It’s all about a chance for something better.
For kids who need it most.

K-Bar-B Youth Ranch occupies 75 acres of beautiful wooded land between Slidell and Lacombe, Louisiana. The property was acquired by the Kiwanis Club of New Orleans in 1946 and was used as a summer camp for underprivileged children until the early 1970s. At that time, the Kiwanis Club formed a partnership with Broadway, Inc., to create a facility to treat Louisiana's abused children.

Broadway, Inc., is the volunteer board of directors that governs K-Bar-B Youth Ranch as a private, non-profit residential treatment facility. Broadway, Inc., maintains a strong partnership with the Kiwanis Club of New Orleans which, along with other Kiwanis Clubs, sponsors the ranch. Ranch sponsorship is one of the organization's primary projects.

Licensed for up to 25 girls, K-Bar-B cares for 40-50 children in the course of a typical year. It takes an average of one year to complete the residential program, at which time the children are placed in foster homes, returned to their parents or relatives, adopted, or settled in other abuse-free living arrangements. Children must be referred by the Louisiana Office of Community Services (OCS) or by a private psychiatrist or psychologist.

Kids come to K-Bar-B seeing nothing but obstacles. We show them possibilities.

For information about referrals, contact us here. Or call (985) 641-1425.

Broadway Inc./K-Bar-B Youth Ranch Board of Directors

George Panzeca, President
Lenny Simmons, Vice President
Henrik Pontoppidan, Secretary
A.J. Saltalamacchia, III, Treasurer

Sal Crespo
John Francis
Gordon Gsell
Aaron Ogea
Robert Perkins
Carl Schneider