Life Skills Training Center

The Road to Success, Learning Skills for Life

The Life Skills Program serves not only residents of the Louisiana Methodist Children's Home, but also children living in group homes and foster homes in a twelve-parish region of North Louisiana.  This program provides the opportunity for youth, ages 15-18 years, to learn the life skill necessary to transition successfully into independence.  These youth also have the opportunity to return after completion of the program until the age of 21 to "brush up" on their skills.

This program is housed in the Life Skills Training Center where the staff works closely with staff to meet the needs of the LMCH youth as well as the foster youth.  The beauty of this program is its ability to meet teens on their own level and grow them toward the goal of independent living.  The essential life skills taught in this program include:  personal appearance and hygiene, checkbook balancing, meal planning, money management, housing, parenting and sex education, and job-seeking skills.

Other services of the Life Skills Training Center include:  Continuing Educational Services, Independent Living Skills Outreach Program, Youth Advisory Board, Mentoring, Positive Youth Development, LMCH Social Skills Program, LMCH Character Counts(sm) Program, the Hope Chest Donation Program, and the Transitional Living Program.

Residents and foster youth preparing to live in their first apartment are in great need of household items such as pots and pans, bathroom accessories, bedding, small appliances, etc.  The Life Skills Training Center maintains the Hope Chest Program to collect donations of such items.  Contact Angie Thomas, Director of Life Skills, at (318) 255-3717 if you wish to donate items or learn more about the Life Skills Training Center.