Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services

Louisiana United Methodist Children and Family Services (aka "Methodist Children's Home") has cared for thousands of Louisiana's children and families. We minister to children and families across the spectrum of need.We provide an array of ministries across Louisiana from intensive, home-based services delivered to families in their own communities to residential treatment services for children with severe emotional and behavioral needs who are unable to live at home with community-based supports.With prevention and early intervention services like Methodist Family Plus in Shreveport and Lake Charles we build families by focusing on family preservation to help children remain at home. Our Methodist Foster Care program recruits, trains and certifies therapeutic foster families throughout Louisiana from regional offices in Ruston, Monroe, Alexandria and Lafayette. We are expanding our recruiting efforts on the Northshore of Ponchartrain, in Baton Rouge, and in Lake Charles.We provide alternative school services in Ruston, Louisiana, at Howard School and we provide vocational training for older adolescents at the Allen Career and Vocational Training Center on the grounds of Louisiana Methodist Children's Home.