Oesterlen Services for Youth

Working together to build lives of hope.

Welcome to the online introduction and information center for Oesterlen Services for Youth, Inc. As you browse our website, we hope you will find the specific information you are seeking, and you will gain a broader understanding of the spectrum of services and opportunities offered by Oesterlen. Since our founding in 1903, our single objective has been to serve children and their loved ones.

Oesterlen began as an orphanage in 1903. Since the mid-1950’s we have been a mental health treatment center for emotionally, behaviorally, and psychologically troubled children and youth. Today we offer a full range of services, including residential and outclient community services programs.