Services
Youth Counseling
Our *FAYS counseling program aims to help youth and their families resolve crises and develop coping and parenting skills.
Referrals are welcome from any individual, agency, school, or family.
The goals of the *FAYS program (*Family and Youth Success Program):
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To address family conflict and everyday struggles.
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To promote strong families and youth resilience.
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To help families and youth learn to resolve crisis and develop coping skills.
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To help parents resume and maintain parental responsibility.
Who qualifies to receive these confidential, short-term services?
GSMYC’s *FAYS Program is FREE to families with children ages 6-18 who reside in Hays County or attend Hays County schools.
To begin services today:
Contact our office at 512-754-0500 or fill out our online referral form below.
Counseling services are available Monday to Friday by appointment, including after-work and school hours.
Please complete separate referrals for each child needing services.
Additional Services
Parenting Education Classes
Your parenting challenge is to raise a confident, respectful, self-reliant, responsible, and cooperative child.
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) classes provide you with the parenting tools for you to fulfill this challenge in an effective, non threatening manner.
To register for this FREE class or check availability for future classes, please call
Truancy Intervention
Our counselors help discover the problem areas that may cause a youth to miss school, including friends, family, drug issues, peer pressure, and environmental issues.
The program calls for weekly school visits by a counselor with the student, while simultaneously reviewing their attendance records and grades.
Youth & Family Advocacy
Providing parents and youth the skills needed to increase their confidence in their abilities to solve problems, avert crisis, and advocate for themselves.
Counselors may advocate on behalf of the family and youth when deemed appropriate.
Our *FAYS Impact
2025 Community Impact Report