Empowering Runaway and Homeless Youth
Ouachita Youth Center provides client-centered and trauma-informed care to youth that are at-risk or experiencing homelessness through essential services with minimal barriers in our children's shelter.
Key Services include:
Step-by-step case management and advocacy
Health services referrals
Education, employment, and housing support
Life skills
Individual and family counseling
Family reunification
Not only will Ouachita Youth Center be an accepting, inclusive space for all, but we also serve as a Safe Place hub for our community:
Safe Place is a national youth outreach and prevention program for young people under the age of 18 (up to 21 years of age in some communities) in need of immediate help and safety. As a collaborative community prevention initiative, Safe Place designates businesses and organizations as Safe Place locations, making help readily available to youth in communities across the country. Safe Place locations include: libraries, YMCAs, fire stations, public buses, various businesses, and social service facilities.
