Father Flanagan's Boys' Home

Founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917, Boys Town is now 90 years strong. Through an integrated continuum of care, the nonprofit, nonsectarian organization provides the right services at the right time based on a child’s or family’s needs. Boys Town offers children and families services in their own homes, or, when necessary, family-like out-of-home services to children with special treatment needs. Boys Town works with communities and schools in order to meet the growing and more diverse needs of today’s children and families. Under the direction of Father Steven Boes, Boys Town provides direct care to more than 400,000 children and families each year through its youth care and health care programs at sites in a dozen states and the District of Columbia. Boys Town's National Headquarters and largest child-care facility are located at the world-famous, historic Village of Boys Town in Nebraska. To get a feel for life in our town, which has its own Zip Code, National Geographic ZipUSA describes how children live as part of our family.