Boys Town Louisiana

Community Based Programs consists of In-Home Family Services, Care Coordination, Early Head Start Program, and Common Sense Parenting. In-Home Family Services is an early intervention program to treat and address youth and family problems at home or school. The main goals of this program are to build family strengths, teach new skills, and reduce out of home placement of children. This program is for families who need supportive services, including families with a youth with a behavioral health diagnosis, to address high-risk situations and to prevent early issues from becoming a crisis. In-home family services is also utilized to reduce delinquency or to make court involvement less necessary. Trained In-Home Family Consultants offer in-home counseling and skill development to children and families by providing teaching and instruction on specific skills competencies. In-Home Family Consultants are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and work directly with families two to four hours a week for 12 weeks. Family assistance includes focusing on the childs behavior and

Intervention and Assessment Services provide temporary and/or emergency housing and care for abused, neglected, runaway, and delinquent male youth ages 12 to 17 by assessing their needs and assisting in the transition of moving the youth into more permanent living situations. The average length of stay is 60 days. When children leave, they may move on to another Boys Town Louisiana, Inc. program, other programs, or return home to their families.

Family Home Program consists of family homes for adolescents. This is a family style, community-based residential program, which can serve six to eight males or females, usually aged 12 to 17. Married couples called Family Teachers are the primary treatment agents, along with a full-time Assistant Family Teacher. Family Teachers are responsible for structured supervision of youth in daily living and treatment activities. The couple and their assistant work on both treatment and skill building in the home, and with community and family resources in the childs life. A major focus of this program is teaching older youth functional skills - that can help them achieve success in school, their families, and work settings. Boys Town Louisiana, Inc. has three residential homes in the Louisiana area.