The Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial – also known as the Andrus Children's Center – is a private non-profit community agency offering prevention, assessment, educational, treatment and research programs that help children and families achieve healthy, stable lives.

Originally founded as an orphanage for needy youngsters, Andrus provides annually a broad network of supports to over 2,500 vulnerable children and families of all backgrounds and means. Andrus serves more than 140 seriously emotionally disturbed children, grades K-9, in three treatment programs and a Blue Ribbon school on its lovely, 110-acre campus. In community-based initiatives across Yonkers and Mt. Vernon, we partner with local agencies, government organizations and families to address the needs of hundreds of children, from birth through grade school. Our mental health programs help to provide counseling to young children with mental health needs in four locations throughout Westchester County.

Our innovative therapeutic and educational approaches serve as models advancing the overall field of family and children's services throughout New York State and nationally. We invite you to take a tour through our Website - to visit our programs and campus; meet our partners and supporters; learn about our hopes and achievements; and discover how you can take part in and contribute to our efforts.