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Agenda for Children
(Separate Website)
Agenda for Children works to make government work better for Louisiana?s children, keeping track of laws, policies, and decisions that affect children. This involves child protection, welfare, child care, health insurance and Medicaid, child support, education, juvenile justice, housing, and other public services. Agenda for Children also offers training, resource and referral services, information and technical assistance to individuals, families, organizations, service providers and the media.
Bayou Land and Families Helping Families, Inc.
(Separate Website)
Website of regional Families Helping Families resource center, which provides programs and services to families who have members with special needs. This regional center serves the parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, and Terrebonne.
Conflict and anger skills training for kids Agenda for Children has a Second Step program which teaches skills that enable children to resolve conflicts and handle anger productively.
By: Agenda For Children
Covenant House for Homeless and At-Risk Youth
(Separate Website)
Find out here how Covenant House New Orleans helps homeless and at-risk youth, and how you can get help. Shelter, counseling, job training, childcare help and more.
By: Covenant House New Orleans
Crisis Phone Line
COPE LINE is a 24 hour, telephone crisis intervention service. Many calls to VIA LINK's COPE LINE relate to emotional distress, abuse, violence and every day stresses. Callers will receive an immediate and confidential response. COPE LINE is certified by the American Association of Suicidology. Counselors are specially trained to assist in suicide intervention and prevention. Callers are linked to community resources as appropriate.
By: VIA LINK
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Separate Website
Families Helping Families of Acadiana
(Separate Website)
Website of regional Families Helping Families resource center, which provides a variety of programs and services to families who have members with special needs. This regional center serves the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion.
Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge
(Separate Website)
Regional Families Helping Families resource center. Has a variety of programs and services to support families with special needs members. This center serves the parishes of East and West Baton Rouge, East and West Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee and Ascension.
Families Helping Families of Greater New Orleans
(Separate Website)
One of the regional Families Helping Families Resource Centers. Services and support to families with special needs members. This center serves the parishes of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and Jefferson.
Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention -- U. S. Department of Justice
(Separate Website)
Find out more about the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice.
By: U.S. Department of Justice
Juvenile Justice and Education
(Separate Website)
Look here to find out more about students facing school discipline, and how to keep them from getting lost in the legal system.
Louisiana Children's Trust Fund
(Separate Website)
The Louisiana Children?s Trust Fund is funded by state, federal and other money, and serves as a catalyst for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts in Louisiana. Among its responsibilities are the creation of the plan for prevention of child abuse, presentation of its annual review to the Governor and Legislature, and the funding of community-based child abuse and neglect programs to public and non-profit organizations through its grant process.
By: LCTF.ORG
Louisiana Juvenile Justice Resource Map
(Separate Website)
Link to map where you can find out about Juvenile Courts, Juvenile Public Defenders, Juvenile Probation Officers, District Attorneys and other resources available in your parish.
By: Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
National Runaway Switchboard
(Separate Website)
Resource for runaways, youth at-risk, families and parents, educators and social service professionals.
Prevent Child Abuse America
(Separate Website)
National non-profit with Louisiana chapter, organizing to prevent child abuse.
By: PREVENTCHILDABUSE.ORG
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