Strengthening Lives
How do you Strengthen Lives? Lives are strengthened when: people in crisis have a trained person to talk with about suicide or death, substance abusers have self help groups and detoxification programs, family members can learn how to cope with an alcoholic family member, neglected and abused children have a friend in court and are safe from abuse, people with HIV-AIDS have help with their medical regimens, families can hold on to their jobs by getting a low interest car repair loan, parents learn how to discipline their children effectively, poor children in West Feliciana Parish have school supplies, children from low income families in St. Helena Parish are ready to learn when they go to elementary school, poor elderly people in rural areas have help with high utility bills and a hot meal, effective counseling helps family members rebuild their relationships, people make the transition from a life of substance abuse and loss to productive independent living and employment, psychiatric treatment is available from qualified professionals in St. James Parish, a community has assets than can help it heal from the fractures caused by racism, single heads of households can get a GED while their children are taken care of in the evening.
Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center
Baton Rouge Detoxification Center
Family Services of Greater Baton Rouge
Happi Llandiers
Livingston Youth and Family Counseling
River Parishes Mental Health
United Methodist HOPE Ministries