LSU Health Sciences Foundation
Holy Angels
Shreveport, Louisiana / $20,000
Holy Angels was established in 1965 by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows and the Catholic Diocese to provide residential care to individuals and disabilities. Today, Holy Angeles operates as an independent facility run by a 25-member Board of Directors, licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals and Developmental Disabilities. Our 170 residents include children and adults with complex medical needs. A staff of approximately 250 professionals focuses on participants’ vocational training and job coaching, supporting individuals living and working in the community and residentially.
Volunteers for Youth Justice
Shreveport, Louisiana / $15,000
Volunteers for Youth Justice is a volunteer-based, community-supported non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a community caring for children, youth, and family’s crisis. These programs rely on VYJ staff along with over 400 community volunteers who help children and their families in times of crisis. They provide advocacy for child victims of abuse of neglect, diversion, and intervention services, youth mentoring and leadership, and truancy intervention with family support services. VYJ serves children of all ages, racial and socio-economic backgrounds in Northwest Louisiana.
Eden House
New Orleans, Louisiana / $20,000
Eden House addresses our community’s epidemic of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, in addition to the related issues of addiction, mental illness, poverty and homelessness. In our residential program, we use a victim-centered and trauma-focused recovery approach which not only treats the symptoms of a life of sexual exploitation but creates a foundation of skills that facilitate the victim’s ability to move forward with her life. We also continue to provide support services to our graduates to ensure they continue to be stable and advance in their progress toward self-sufficiency.
First United Methodist Church
Shreveport, Louisiana / $10,000
(Discretionary Grant)
LSU Health Sciences Foundation
Shreveport, Louisiana / $13,000
The LSU Health Sciences Foundation in Shreveport exists to support the mission of LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, including their grants management. In addition, LSUHS serves as the safety net hospital for all of Northern Louisiana, as well as some of the state’s poorest parishes. The Foundation’s sole purpose is to receive private gifts and grants, distributing those dollars to support LSU Health Shreveport programs and initiatives.
Volunteers for Youth Justice