The goal of LSF Youth and Family Services is to reunite families torn apart by conflict due to the ungovernable and truant behavior of troubled teens. Programs include short-term, residential shelters for runaways and troubled youth (ages 10-17) as well as both individual and family counseling.

Master's level professionals and trained staff provide a full range of services including:

• Screening and Assignments

• Referrals

• Temporary Shelter

• Counseling

• Intervention

• Case Management

• Aftercare/Follow-Up for Six Months

LSF helps adolescents stay alive and out of the juvenile justice system through its prevention and intervention activities. Recent studies have shown an 82% success rate of youth returning home to their families to rebuild their lives following their stay at LSF shelters. In addition to providing temporary shelter, counseling, and case management services, LSF is also a designated SAFE PLACE agency and, as such, serves as a partner with local businesses and schools to help youth in trouble. Project SAFE PLACE is a national network of voluntary community sites where youth in need of help can go for safe refuge. (Read more about Safe Place here.)  LSF is the designated SAFE PLACE provider in areas with LSF shelters.