Life Scene

LifeScene is a Lynn-based social services nonprofit whose mission is to empower youth, parents and families by strengthening life skills. Its Family Resource Center offers parenting resources, support groups and developmental screenings for preschool children, and licensed clinicians and case managers provide stabilization and counseling for families referred by DCF. Other programs include in-home case management for pregnant and parenting young adults in Revere and Chelsea and a paid workforce program for youth.

The organization has deep roots: its predecessors ran a day nursery in the 1880s, a penny lunch program for immigrant children that became Lynn’s school lunch program, a baby clinic and the Lynn Home for Children. Several agencies later merged into Family & Children’s Service of Greater Lynn, which eventually took the LifeScene name. Today it also takes part in the Shannon Community Safety Initiative, offering case management, leadership training and jobs for Lynn youth ages 14 to 24.

What to Know

• LifeScene has served Greater Lynn and surrounding communities since 1885.
• It reaches more than 5,000 people each year.
• Services are offered in multiple languages, both at its centers and in families’ homes.
• It hosts an annual Hope for the Holidays event.
• The youth workforce program runs for 8 or 16 weeks and includes job readiness workshops and service learning.