The Family and Youth Service Center (FYSC) is a component of EBR Truancy Assessment Inc., a non-profit corporation with a Board of Directors defined by legislative action. FYSC works with the community to provide health, education, and human services supporting children and families in their progress toward success in school. This assistance for the students ultimately also provides support for the family as it progresses toward self-sufficiency.
        FYSC has 12 agencies and programs that work together to identify obstacles that interfere with a child achieving his or her greatest potential. When the obstacles are identified, the team works together to connect the child and the family to the services that are needed to help them become their best.

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​The mission of the Family and Youth Service Center (FYSC) is to identify children who have exhibited truant tendencies, assess the causal problems for those tendencies, and provide access to services for children and their families to eliminate causal problems.
Within FYSC, multiple organizations have a staff presence and extend their services or make appropriate referrals. The staff partners from various programs work together to attain the best solutions for the family's need.
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​Data within East Baton Rouge Parish demonstrates a strong correlation between the truancy rates and the domicile of juvenile crime offenders within designated zip codes. In East Baton Rouge Parish 40.95% of juvenile crime is committed by juveniles living in only three zip codes (70805, 70802 and 70807): 70.82% of juvenile offenders live in only eight zip codes.
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  • Louisiana has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. One out of every 55 Louisiana residents is behind bars. The overwhelming majority of inmates are functionally illiterate.
  • The average cost of an inmate in Angola is $22,378 per year. The average cost of housing a juvenile inmate in an adult prison is more than $ 300,000 per year for each offender.
  • Livability factors of a community include the educational level of the citizens, the effectiveness and success of the public school system, as well as the crime rate.
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​Family and Youth Service Center of EBRP
  • Truant students and their families are assessed and an individualized service plan is created for each child and family member to foster a successful outcome.
Neighborhood Place Concept
  • ​Direct services are provided to the children and their families on-site at Family and Youth Service Center.

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​The Family and Youth Service Center currently has 12 agencies on 9 acres of beautiful land right next to the Interstate near downtown Baton Rouge.  The agencies work on the 3 C principle; Collaboration, Communication, and Cooperation to meet the needs of children and youth who are struggling with behavioral and/or educational difficulties.