Pacific Youth is an evangelical Christian 501(c)(3) non-profit California corporation. Incorporated in 1985, Pacific Youth provides chaplains, para-chaplains and Christian institutional volunteers in correctional settings (juvenile halls, camps, ranches, shelter care homes, jails and prisons) and in community settings (gang intervention, family guidance and training or consulting for other agencies).

With a primary focus on delinquent youth, Pacific Youth targets county juvenile facilities. Incarcered youth need immediate intervention to help curtail a delinquent career that often continues to age 24. Effective correctional ministry (including chapel services, Bible studies, one-on-one counseling and discipleship, aftercare and sensitizing the Christian community to the needs of troubled youth) shortens delinquent life spans and protects the community at large from prolonged criminal activity.

As a chaplain placing organization, correctional administrators can be confident that each Pacific Youth staff person is fully trained, certified in their capacity and closely supervised. It is the mission of Pacific Youth to pursue excellence in the delivery of religious programming and services.

Each Pacific Youth staff member is an independent contractor who must raise his or her personal funding and ministry expenses as a home/foreign missionary. These monies come form foundations, churches, grants and concerned individuals who believe investing in youth at risk is a sound stewardship that promises immediate as well as eternal rewards.