About
Welcome to Boys Town Louisiana
Boys Town Louisiana opened in 1989, and today meets the needs of youth and families through a variety of Continuum of Care® services. The site offers Diagnostic and Assessment Services to provide immediate help to youth in dangerous situations. The site has three Family Homes for Adolescents in New Orleans and provides In-Home Family ServicesSM to troubled families. Nearly 1,000 children were served by Boys Town Louisiana services in 2024.
Boys Town Louisiana is headquartered in New Orleans. Rashain Carriere serves as the Executive Director.
Boys Town has a long history of serving as an excellent steward of our donor support. Charity Navigator, one of the nation's largest and most-respected charity rating systems, has awarded Boys Town its highest rating for the sound management of its finances. We are very strongly positioned to continue to save children and heal families in Louisiana.
PREA STANDARD §115.322(C):
Boys Town Louisiana ensures that allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment are referred for investigation to the local police in the appropriate jurisdiction to conduct criminal investigations, unless the allegation does not involve potentially criminal behavior. The Office of Juvenile Justice is responsible for conducting administrative investigations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment in our Family Homes Programs. A summary of their findings can be found at the link below.