Girls and Boys Town does not have a detoxification unit in the Village. If a boy or girl needs hospitalization to manage a drug or alcohol problem, the Family-Teachers would admit the youth to a local hospital or outpatient clinic. About 40 percent of our boys and girls are minorities. Catholic and Protestant youth are about equally divided, with 45 percent being Catholic and 49 percent being Protestant. There are a small number of Jewish youth, and those affiliated with other religions.
Children follow the religious affiliation of their parents or guardian.
They attend services and receive instruction in that religious faith. Girls and Boys Town holds Protestant and Catholic services in the Village. Jewish youths attend services and receive religious instruction at a nearby synagogue. At Girls and Boys Town sites across America, youth attend local churches. The Village of Boys Town has a full-time religious staff that includes Catholic and Protestant chaplains.