The Need

Violence

North Baton Rouge has a homicide rate 25 times the national average. This makes it the 15th most violent city in the United States.

Poverty

The median income is half the national average, and 42% of families with children under 18 years old are living below the poverty level.

Crime

Offenders living in 70805 commit 25% of all of the city’s robberies, 38% of all assaults with firearms and 40% of all aggravated assaults.

Foster Care

In Louisiana, there are more than 4,800 children in foster care. Forty percent of these children in Louisiana experience three or more placements while in foster care and approximately 280 children in Louisiana age out of foster care each year. 70% of state penitentiary inmates have spent time in foster care, and 12-36% experience homelessness at 18 years of age when they transition out of foster care. Foster care personnel and law enforcement estimate that 70% to 80% of child sex-trafficking victims were formerly involved in foster care.

Our Strategy

Empower youth by connecting them to positive adult role models and developing them in these four areas:

Educational Support

Life Skills Training

Career Preparedness

Establish Stable Housing

Our Board Members

  • Johnny Green

    President, Pastor-Healing Place Church

  • Susan Rogers

    Executive Director – Empower 225

  • Greyson Augustus

    Member, Brooks Brothers – Manager

  • Suzanne Rouvalis

    Member, ExxonMobil – Retired

  • Guy Oliver

    Member, GW Oliver Construction – Owner

  • JR Crain

    Member, Autumn Grace – Owner & Medtronic – KA Manager

  • Mark Berger

    Member, LA Nursing Home Assoc. – Executive Director

  • Micheal Scott Enos

    Member, Magnolia Wealth Strategies – Financial Advisor

  • Laura Patterson

    Member, Foster Care / Adoption Advocate

  • Arianne Bellizaire

    Member, Arianne Bellizaire Interiors – Owner

Our Partnerships

Partnerships enable us to support and expand the services provided to empower youth. We appreciate all of our partners!

Community

  • HEALING PLACE CHURCH

  • THREE O’CLOCK PROJECT

  • JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BATION ROUGE

  • CAPITAL AREA ALLIANCE FOR HOMELESS (ONE STOP)

  • BRCC JAG PROGRAM

  • SETPOINT

  • FAMILY YOUTH SERVICES CENTER (FYSC)

  • BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LA

  • CAPITAL CITY ROTARY

  •  CAPITAL AREA HUMAN SERVICES

  • LA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION – ADULT EDUCATION

  • DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

  • CITY OF BATON ROUGE

  • LA ALLIANCE OF CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTERS

  • HOPE MINISTRIES

  • MAGELLAN HEALTH

Business

  • LA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

  • DEPT OF JUVENILE SERVICES

  • HUEY & ANGELINA WILSON FOUNDATION

  • US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

  • US DEPT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

  • LA BALANCE OF STATE CONTINUUM OF CARE (LA BOSCOC)

  • US DEPT OF JUSTICE

  • LA ADVOCACY CORPS: AMERICORP VISTA

  • LA STATE UNIVERSITY – SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

  • SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY – DEPT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SCIENCES

  • EMPLOY BR

Financials

For information on our revenue & expenses, click the link below.

FINANCIALS