Lourdes Initiative for Family Empowerment (LIFE) Project

Lourdes Youth Services will offer research-based, family-focused and strength-based services for at risk youth and families in a variety of venues. The Lourdes Initiative for Family Empowerment (LIFE) Project combines the well researched and evidenced based models Families and Schools Together and FASTWORKS within the Teen Nurturing Parenting Program; Managing Pressures Before Marriage(MPM; Parents As Teachers; and Healthy Families America. This project will allow Lourdes Youth Services to strengthen the development of children from infancy through late adolescence by offering family centered services that address the needs of the family as a whole. CA/NCF