Our History & Story

Comprehensive Youth Services was incorporated on June 26, 1970, originally under the name Love Incorporated. From the beginning, the organization focused on strengthening individuals and families through care, education, counseling, and community support.

The Establishment was created as a division of Love Incorporated, offering a broad range of services for young people and families, including drug counseling, a teen drop-in center, runaway counseling, parent and youth support, crisis intervention, and referrals.

The organization officially became Comprehensive Youth Services, Inc., a name that reflected its growing range of programs and services for youth and families.

The Macomb County Youth Interim Care Facility opened in Warren, providing residential services for runaway youth and establishing what would eventually become one of CYS's longstanding youth programs.

CYS assumed administration of The Harbor, expanding runaway youth services into St. Clair County.

CYS established Clinton Counseling Center in Mount Clemens to provide outpatient substance use services. This marked the beginning of a program that would continue to expand its behavioral health services in the decades ahead.

Clinton Counseling Center expanded its work to the Macomb County Jail, beginning what would become the Clinton Counseling Center Jail Program.

Clinton Counseling Center expanded its treatment options with the addition of Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) services.

The Macomb County Youth Interim Care Facility was officially renamed Family Youth Interventions (FYI), establishing the program name that continues today.

Clinton Counseling Center received CARF accreditation for mental health and substance use outpatient treatment for adults and adolescents.

The Harbor received funding to establish a Transitional Living Program, creating additional housing and support for young adults ages 16–21 in St. Clair County. The program opened later that year.

Family Youth Interventions expanded its housing services with the opening of its Transitional Living Program at 235 Cass Avenue in Mount Clemens.

Clinton Counseling Center began providing outpatient mental health services, further expanding CYS's continuum of behavioral health care.

The Harbor's Cypress Place Street Outreach Program received the only Street Outreach grant awarded in Michigan that year, expanding support for youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, CYS continued adapting its services to meet community needs, with all programs operating as of January 2021. FYI also purchased its Transitional Living Program home at 235 Cass Avenue in Mount Clemens. CYS also received funding to begin Rapid-Rehousing services through HUD. Rapid Rehousing provides rental assistance for up to one year for young adults.

FYI received federal funding to restart its Street Outreach Program, with dedicated program space opening at 2 Crocker Boulevard in Mount Clemens in early 2025. CYS also received funding for the Thumb Region Youth Partnership (TYRP), a HUD-funded program providing transitional and rapid rehousing to young adults living in the Thumb region. The program provides up to 12 months of rental assistance and other crisis services to help youth work toward self-sufficiency.

CYS celebrates 55 years of providing hope and healing through a ribbon-cutting and a celebration at Jimmy John's Field in Utica, Michigan.

More than five decades after its founding, Comprehensive Youth Services continues its mission through programs addressing mental health, substance use, runaway and homeless youth services, housing, outreach, and prevention, building on more than 55 years of service to the community.