Programs

​​​​​​​​Boys Town has been dedicated to saving children and healing families for 100 years. Boys Town New England offers a variety of services based on the research-proven Boys Town Model^®:

Boys Town Family Homes

We provide a family for children ages 10 to 18. Six to eight boys or girls live in each single-family home with a married couple called Family-Teachers®. In these homes, youth learn social and independent-living skills that help them find success in school and in their community.

Foster Family Services

Foster parents, trained and supported by Boys Town, open their homes to children who need a safe place to live. To embark on the meaningful journey of becoming a foster parent in New England, get started ​here or call 401-845-2250.

Start the foster parent application or the Massachusetts application.

In-Home Family Services

We help teach families not only how to handle issues after they arise but also how to prevent them from becoming more disruptive, while they remain in their home.

Community Support Services

Children and parents can tap in to a wide variety of resources to learn how to help themselves through advice from our experts, or receive direct care through ​specialized services. Most resources focus on prevention rather than intervention.

• Care Coordination Services  provide a lifeline for children suffering from mental health issues by connecting them with programs or resources that can provide the best care.

• Common Sense Parenting ^®  helps parents learn new skills, build on their parenting strengths and develop healthy relationships with their children. Numerous families and children benefit each year from these classes, which are offered to parents in the New England area. Learn more or find a class in your area.

• LIFT Together with Boys Town^(SM)is a community-based, multi-tiered, multi-component, prevention intervention system. Our goal is to intervene before problems reach a level where children are unsafe, not at school, and the school community is not thriving. The program’s family- and school-based programs combine for a multi-component approach that uses a common language and a common set of expectations among teachers, parents, and children. Learn More.

  The LIFT program was introduced in 2018 in Pawtucket’s Fallon Memorial Elementary School and Elizabeth Baldwin Elementary School and is expanding into the middle school and high school levels of the Pawtucket School District. We have seen dramatic improvements in student behaviors and over​all school climate.

• The Boys Town National Hotline^® (800-448-3000) is a free resource and counseling service that assists youth and parents 24/7, year round, nationwide.

• Parenting Support  We've learned a lot about caring for children and families over the past 100 years. All that knowledge has been adapted and made available to all parents online.  View our content for Parents »

• Boys Town Press^® produces books, audio products, DVDs, display materials and other resources to assist children, parents, caregivers, educators and other professionals.

• YourLifeYourVoice.org is a special website that enables and encourages teens to ​share their problems and concerns in positive ways and provides access to immediate help in a crisis.

• School-Based Programs provide a variety of training and instruction resources for teachers, administrators and other school staff that can support or enhance an educational environment. Training programs are based on the Boys Town Education Model®, which focuses on skills teaching, relationship building and effective discipline procedures.