The Resource Center provides information on mental health topics of concern to children and their families. Brochures, books, videos, and computer software programs are available. The Resource Center is a joint project of NOAH's Friends and the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital.
Patients work in small groups in the greenhouse located on the hospital grounds.
Research has proven that horticulture therapy is healing for the mentally ill. Children with low self-esteem develop confidence as they nuture living things. Because something alive relies on them for its survival, they learn how to be responsible persons. As they gain interest in the project, the patients work together to resolve problems, and this carries over to their interaction with each other on the psychiatric unit. The Norman Leibouvitz Memorial Greenhouse was built by NOAH's Friends with memorial donations.