WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Your donation will help us provide positive resources and opportunities to our youth. All donations are greatly appreciated.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Your donation will help us provide positive resources and opportunities to our youth. All donations are greatly appreciated.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Your donation will help us provide positive resources and opportunities to our youth. All donations are greatly appreciated.
OUR MISSION
To help our young people in making positive decisions by providing opportunities to learn self-management skills, such as responsibility, respect, self-esteem, decision making, problem solving, etc. These skills are important to becoming productive citizens. These real life skills are important and supportive of building positive relationships with family and peers.
OUR VISION
The vision of S.C.A.R.S is to implement a program that will support, guide, and nurture youths to grow into responsible adults in the community.
OUR PURPOSE
To help lay a foundation for further progress. It is our hope that one day our young people will understand the importance of having an education or job training. By allowing their trainings to lead and guide them to a better future to be productive citizens, this more than anything else will make a big difference in their lives and in the community.
EDUCATIONAL & LIFE SKILLS
In this alternative placement, we will service children (ages 10-17) through various activities to help break the cycle of abuse, neglect, and homelessness. These activities include workshops, arts and crafts, community outreach, and more.
The Necessity of S.C.A.R.S
Because over one thousand documented calls are made to the judicial agencies in Louisiana concerning adolescents who have runaway, is out of control, is pregnant, dealing with substance abuse, expelled from school, dropouts, is rebellious or truant, there is a need for S.C.A.R.S.
St. Charles Parish research indicates that:
14.4%
of children under 18 years of age are living in poverty
5.2%
of unemployed are age 16 and over
16.7%
of cases are child abuse/neglect
4.3%
are high school dropouts
Parish versus Statewide percentages: the following data further supports the need of this facility in St. Charles Parish. The age range of students represented in this data is relative to the average adolescent, which is underage for any illegal substance usage.
| PARISH | STATE | |
|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol Usage |
65% |
59% |
|
Smoking Cigarettes |
49% |
47% |
|
Marijuana Usage |
27% |
22% |