Programs

Supported Employment Program is designed to provide job placement and retention services to persons with disabilities living in Northwest or Central Louisiana. A referral from Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS) is necessary to enter this program. This program is funded through the State of Louisiana's Workforce Commission and free to any individual referred.

The Good Support and the Good Support Child Support Employment & Training Programs are referral based programs through Caddo Parish Juvenile & District Courts that helps aid both non-custodial and custodial parents. It provides job readiness training, self-directed job search and individualized case management, with the goal of obtaining employment, empowerment and providing successful financial support to their families. This program is funded by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Caddo Parish Juvenile Court, and are free to participants.

is a referral based program in partnership with the Volunteers of America and the City of Shreveport. The program is designed to serve clients with barriers to employment living in the identified Shreveport Choice neighborhood through work readiness training, job placement and job retention. This program is funded through HUD, through the City of Shreveport, and is free to participants.

This reentry program provides case management, discharge planning and job readiness training services to inmates housed at Caddo Correctional Center. The goal is to assist with successful reentry back into the community. The Reentry Program is funded by the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office.

This reentry program provides case management, discharge planning, job readiness training services and supportive service assistance to help inmates housed at Ouachita Correctional Center transition back into the community. The Reentry Program is funded by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office.

This program is the single point of contact, convener, facilitator and implementer of all reentry efforts in both the Northwest and Northeast Louisiana. The goal of the program is to help any formerly incarcerated individual access the help needed to ensure an individual's success and to advocate for system-wide change. This program is funded by the Department of Corrections and all services are free.

Ex-Offender Placement is designed to serve clients, who have a criminal record, with work readiness training, self-directed job search and individualized case management in Caddo, Bossier, Webster or Desoto parishes. These direct services are free to anyone who has a criminal record who seek our assistance. This program is funded by the Community Foundation of North Louisiana, Community Development Block Grant funds and Caddo Parish Commission.

EXIT-318 Program is a referral based program through the Department of Corrections that serves high-risk, high-need ex-offenders with individualized case management and wrap-around services in Caddo, Bossier, Ouachita, Richland, Franklin, Caldwell parishes. As part of this collective impact project, each partner is charged with providing different services to address specific needs of ex-offenders. The State of Louisiana Department of Corrections provides funding for this program, and all the services are provided free to participants with the goal to help them not recidivate.

This program is funded through the Department of Labor, in partnership with Goodwill Industries International, designed to provide case management and wrap-around services, including paid work experiences and certifications, training stipends, emergency funds and incentives to young adults (18-24 year olds), living in high crime, high poverty zip codes in Caddo or Desoto parishes, who have some type of justice involvement.

Good Transitions is a referral based program through the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) that provides services to youth ages 14-23 in foster care living in Northwest or Central Louisiana. The program's goal is to help prepare youth develop the skills and supportive services necessary to become independent and to transition into adulthood and assume personal responsibility for their daily care. This program is funded by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Good Futures is a program to improve educational and employment opportunities for at-risk youth, ages 16-24, living in Caddo or Bossier parishes, to achieve lasting financial stability and self-sufficiency. In partnership with the City of Shreveport and Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC), HiSET classes, as well the opportunities to receive nationally recognized certifications and employment, is offered. This program is funded through WIOA funds, Beaird Foundation and BPCC, and is offered at no cost to its participants.

This program is aimed at decreasing youth access to tobacco products. The program is overseen by the Department of Health and contracted through the Northwest Louisiana Human Service District with a goal to educate tobacco merchants on the laws on the sale of tobacco products to underage youth within Northwest Louisiana.