Families and Youth Initiatives

The mission of PATCH is to provide direct accessibility to available community resources to individuals and families in need. PATCH enhances the coordination of identified resources by providing access to individual and family services, community partnerships and other organizations. PATCH offers a wide-variety of community programming: Monthly Neighborhood Bingo Nights that support and engage community discussions and forums, Quarterly Service Provider Networks that provide opportunities for communication with resource partners, Annual National Night Out that provides opportunities for the Lawrence communities to support violence, crime, and substance use and abuse prevention efforts.