Minden / Louisiana / United States
Louisiana Office of Community Services provides child welfare programs and services, and administers federal grants for services directed at meeting the special needs of Louisianas needy citizens. Its programs and services include an adoption registry established by the department of social services to facilitate voluntary contact between adult adoptees, birth parents and siblings. It also offers adoption programs that facilitate home placement for children who are legally free for adoption. The office of community services provides adoption petition services include conducting child abuse investigations. It also provides various social service programs to address problems of abuse and neglect, and promote safety of children within families. Its Louisiana childrens trust fund serves as a catalyst for abuse and neglect prevention efforts in the state. Louisiana Office of Community Services is located in Baton Rouge, La.
