Girls and Boys Town is a nonsectarian organization that provides a range of child welfare programs and family services. It primarily focuses on providing abused, abandoned and neglected children with a safe, caring and secure environment. It specializes in a selection of short-term residential and treatment foster family services, as well as common sense and parenting programs. In addition, the organization provides various professional training programs, and it partners with communities, schools and other child care communities. It has received the Consortium for Child Welfares Outstanding Agency of Year award. Girls and Boys Town maintains a location in Washington D.C.