05/2017

FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES

REGION 7 RESOURCE GUIDE

2620 Centenary Blvd. Bldg. 2 Ste. 250 Shreveport, La. 71105(318) 226-4541 1-877-226-4541 Fax: (318) 226-4518

Email: info@fhfregion7.com Website: www.fhfregion7.com

Our mission is to provide information and referral, education and training and peer to peer support to individuals with disabilities or

special needs and their families.

Our vision is to strengthen, support, and empower individuals with disabilities or special needs and their families.

Table of Contents

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FHF List of Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

Food & Clothing Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-3

Housing Assistance ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-6

Housing Authorities --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-7

Utility Assistance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-8

Emergency & Homeless Shelters------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8-9

Housing Repairs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

FEMA Assistance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9

Case Management Agencies -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-11

Elderly Assistance --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-13

Employment --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13-15

Family Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15

Transportation---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16

Legal Assistance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16-17

Autism ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17-18

Referral Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18-19

Education------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19-20

Counseling Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21-22

Mental Health Services --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22-24

Emergency Medication -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24

Medication Assistance & Physical Health or Disabilities Services -------------------------------------------- 24-26

Medical Facilities-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26-27

Helpful Apps and Websites ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27-29

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Families Helping Families Region 7 ServicesOur community includes: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster parishes

Our mission is to provide information and referral, education and training and peer to peer support to individuals with disabilities or special needs and their families.

Our vision is to strengthen, support, and empower individuals with disabilities or special needs and their families.

Information and Referral NWLAHSD Developmental Disabilities Support and Information Coordinator

Trained specialist that is funded by the Developmental Disabilities Division of Northwest Louisiana Human Services District to assist families to find and receive appropriate services and support in their community.

Resource Lending Library FHF has a large lending library with up to date information about all types of disabilities. The library is filled

with books, video tapes & DVD’s on various topics relevant to individuals with disabilities and their families.

Education and Training

Louisiana Department of Education Contract This program promotes collaboration between home, school and community through planned workshops and one-on-one training and coaching. .Our Education Coordinators & Transition Specialist help parents and family members learn to effectively work with the school system to facilitate a free appropriate public education for students with special education needs.

LaCAN– La Council's Advocacy Network LaCAN provides information and support to individuals wishing to effectively advocate for systems

change in the areas of home and community-based services, education, and employment. Regional LaCAN teams include individuals with disabilities, their family members, and professionals. These members are notified by email or phone when communication with state agency officials, legislators or the Governor is necessary.

Peer Support

EarlySteps Community Outreach Specialist

The program offers community awareness and parent support for the EarlySteps program. The specialist is a parent of a child with a disability who is under the age of ten and can offer parent support as well as information and referral.

P.O.P. - Power of the Parent Support Group

This support group is for parents and caregivers of individuals with disabilities. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to come, share and learn with other parents and caregivers. The group meets every third Wednesday of the month at the FHF center from 5:30pm - 6:30pm.

H.W.F. - Hanging With Friends

H.W.F. is a socialization group for self advocated 18 and over or self advocates out of the school system. H.W.F. meets once a month to have fun, meet new people, and participate in community activities.

In addition to these programs, the following resources are available at the FHF Resource Center:

Peer-to-Peer Support; Disability Resource Library (books, audio, and DVD); Speakers Bureau on topics related to disabilities; Workshops, Conferences and Presentations on a variety of topics for individuals with disabilities, family members and

professionals; and a semi-annual Agency Newsletter.

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Food & Clothing Services

Radiant Life Food Pantry318-925-0907 Keithville, LA 71047

We provide food for those who qualify under the rules and regulations set by the NorthwestLouisiana Food Bank. We Are open on Mondays from 10AM to 2:00. On the fifth Mondayof a month we are open from 10 am to 12 noon.

Joe LeBlanc Food Pantry318-299-6375 Minden, LA 71055

JLFP distributes food once a month to families below the poverty level in Webster Parishwith an intent t o connect them to a network of resources to help with underlying issues.

Noel Neighborhood Ministries Food Pantry318-424-0434 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Noel Neighborhood Ministries is a food pantry that operates Monday - Thursday from 10 - 2and Saturdays from 10 - 1.

Bernstein Development Inc. 318-636-2063 Shreveport, LA 71108

Providing food to low income and impoverished families.

Helping Hands Food Pantry318-742-3823 Bossier City, LA 71112

• Food Pantry is open Tuesday - Friday from 9:00 am until 11:30 am. We offer nonperishable food itemsto the needy who live in Bossier Parish. Each family may receive food once every 3 months.

Northwest Louisiana Food Bank318-675-2400 Shreveport, LA 71103

• Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana is a non-profit 501C3 organization.  Their mission is to serve asthe primary resource for fighting hunger in Northwest Louisiana.  Our programs consist of: Food andEmergency Distribution, Disaster Relief, Senior Box Program, Mobile Pantry, Kids Cafe', BackPackProgram, Summer Food Service Program and K.I.D.S (Kids in Distressed Situations).

• Hours of operation are: Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:30 pm, and we are located at: 2307 TexasAvenue, Shreveport, Louisiana 71103.

Open Hand Ministries 318-687-3330 Shreveport, LA 71149

• Assist low income families New Life has partnered with Open Hand Ministries to provide clothing,food and loving support to individuals and families in our community.

Christian Services Program318-221-4857 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Assist low income families New Life has partnered with Open Hand Ministries to provide clothing,food and loving support to individuals and families in our community.

Institute for Global Outreach 318-425-3351 Shreveport, LA 71103

• To provide hundreds of unfortunate families with shelter, food, clothing, medical care, rehabilitationand educational supplies.

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United Christian Assistance Program318-377-6804 Minden, LA 71058• UCAP provides emergency assistance with food, utilities/rent, clothing and overnight lodging for

stranded transients and persons waiting to get into a homeless shelter.

Common Ground Community Center318-221-7816 Shreveport, LA 71106

• Thursday Nights: Clothing Room & Grocery Help – 5:45 p.m.After each Thursday meal, we open up the clothes closet where our friends can select clothes thathave been donated to Common Ground. We also pass out groceries to each family that attends ourmeal. Our shelves in the food pantry are always in need of food. We welcome donations of food(non-perishable and perishable), household goods, appliances, etc. Please contact Mr. Brian formaking arrangements to drop off donations.

Food Stamps & Governmental Food Assistance( La. Dept. of Children & Family Services) 1-888-524-3578 (1-888-LAHELPU) www.dcfs.la.gov

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Louisiana Combined Application Project(LaCAP), Child Care Assistance Program(CCAP), Family Independence Temporary AssistanceProgram (FITAP), and Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP).

The Salvation Army Shreveport La Corps318-424-3200 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Emergency Social Services - The Social Services Department assists qualifying community memberswith food boxes, utility and rental assistance, special seasonal needs and disaster relief coordination ofclothing and items for the home.

Asbury United Methodist Church318-746-5349 Bossier City, LA 71111• Asbury has a food pantry with food available upon request during office hours.• We also have a limited number of Walmart gift cards that are available upon discretion of the Facilties

Manager, C.L. (Kip) Holloway.

His Cornerstone Ministry 318-697-6652 Logansport, LA 71049

• Provide a food & clothing pantry.

Benton Presbyterian Church 318-747-2802 Benton. LA 71006

• Food & Clothes Closet -Call church for hours.

Baptist Tabernacle318-687-7473 Shreveport, LA 71118

• Food Pantry - call the church for hours.

Eastwood Baptist Church318-949-9433 Haughton, LA 71037

• Food Pantry

Eastwood Church of Christ318-949-1846 Haughton, LA 71037

• Food Pantry and Clothes Closet

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Housing Assistance

Magnolia Corporation of Natchitoches318-357-1520 Natchitoches, LA 71457• Providing housing for individuals with disabilities.

Cornerstone Assistance Foundation 318-798-7913 Shreveport, LA 71115• Financial assistance with housing for Elderly.

Caddo Community Action Agency318-861-4808 Shreveport, LA 71108• Provide rent assistance to the poor, disadvantaged and unemployed.

The Fuller Center for Housing Inc. Northwest Louisiana318-865-1237 Shreveport, LA 71108• The Fuller Center builds affordable new houses for low-income home buyers who otherwise could

not afford a mortgage on a new home. Under its “Greater Blessings” Program, Fuller CenterNWLA also does repairs on older homes for low-income home owners.

Louisiana Disable Persons Housing Corporation318-221-8392 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Provide low cost housing to adults with disabilities.

Mansfield Elderly Housing Association School Hill Village Apartments318-866-9511 Mansfield, LA 71052• Provides affordable elderly housing.

Urban Housing of America Inc. Louisiana318-621-9263 Shreveport, LA 71133

• Low-income family housing Manages: PINES ROAD LLC PO BOX 3401 SHREVEPORT, LA71133 GREENWOOD VILLA PARNERS I LP PO BOX 3401SHREVEPORT, LA 71133CULLEN HOMES PARTNERS I LP PO BOX 3401SHREVEPORT, LA 71133

Bossier Office of Community Services Inc.318-747-1045 Bossier City, LA 71111

• Provides assistance to qualified households

Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Louisiana318-868-8040 Shreveport, LA 71104

• Provide affordable housing to the working poor.

Garrett Road Apartments318-343-9200 Shreveport, LA 71163

• Low income housing for people with a mental illness.

Minden Charity Classics 318-377-0395 Minden, LA 71058

• Provides assistance to families that have suffered a house fire, or assisting a family stricken with adevastating illness that creates a financial hardship. Monies are distributed by application only, andwe do not advertise, but rather seek input from ministers, principals, and social workers regardingfamilies in need.

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Ministers Fellowship on Common Ground318-621-9293 Shreveport, LA 71129• To provide low income housing in Cullen, Louisiana.

Queensborough Neighborhood Association 318-635-8100 Shreveport, LA 71109• Renovation of affordable housing for low and moderate income families and individuals.

Shreveport Independent Living Inc Evergreen318-949-5500 Haughton, LA 71037• Provide affordable housing to individuals with disabilities.

Roberts Place Apartments318-377-2542 Shreveport, LA 71163• Provides low income housing for individuals with disabilities.

Cooper Road Plaza318-227-8697 Shreveport, LA 71107• To provide low income housing in the shreveport, LA area. Call(281) 298-7999

Natchitoches Thomas Apartments318-357-5701 Natchitoches, LA 71457• Provides housing to low income families.

Grace Project Inc318-227-9993 Shreveport, LA 71101• To provide decent affordable housing to low and moderate income families and individuals in the Allendale

area of the city of Shreveport.

Lakeside Garden Inc318-222-5138 Shreveport, LA 71103• Providing suitable housing for low and moderate income families accordance with Section 202 and Section

8 HUD guidelines.

Mt. Calm Senior Hamlet Inc318-371-1760 Minden, LA 71055• Affordable housing for the elderly.

Community Supports Program Inc.318-865-1422 Shreveport, LA 71105• SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE– Rent support to low-income adults who

have a severe mental health diagnosis and have experienced homelessness. Fundedby HUD

• LEDBETTER- 12 affordable townhomes located in the Ledbetter Heightsneighborhood.

Love Thy Neighbor318-539-4238 Springhill, LA 71075• Provides furniture and decorations to those is need.

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Louisiana Housing Search Service www.lahousingsearch.org

The Road Home www.road2la.org

1-888-762-3252

Registered applicants may receive housing assistance or

buyouts.

USDA OFFICE- Rural Development Housing Programs www.rurdev.usda.gov/la

For applications call 318-676-3461- Shreveport USDA Service Center, Mon.-Fri. 8 am-4:30 pm

Low-income applicants can build or buy; very low-income property owners can repair

Housing Authorities

Homer Housing Authority Phone: 318-927-3579Fax: 318-927-3570

Logansport Housing Authority Phone: 318-256-3359Fax: 318-256-0835

Mansfield Housing Authority Phone: 318-872-1383Fax: 318-872-9296

Desoto Parish Section 8Phone: 318-872-0880Fax: 318-871-8616

Sabine Housing Authority Phone: 318-256-3359Fax: 318-256-0835

Webster Parish Section 8 Phone: 318-377-7022Fax: 318-377-2870

Natchitoches Housing Authority Phone: 318-357-0553Fax: 318-352-2086

Claiborne Housing Authority Phone: 318-251-9867Fax: 504-368-2556

Arcadia Housing Authority Phone: 318-263-8471Fax: 318- 263-8841

Bossier City Housing Authority Phone: 318-549-1556Fax: 318-549-3810

Bossier Parish Section 8Phone: 318-549-1556Fax: 318-549-3810

Red River Section 8Phone: 318-932-5719Fax: 318-932-5080

Haynesville Housing AuthorityPhone: 318-624-1272Fax: 318-624-2799

Minden Housing AuthorityPhone: 318-377-1077Fax: 318-377-6252

Natchitoches Housing AuthorityPhone: 318-352-9774Fax: 318-357-8064

Oil City Housing AuthorityPhone: 318-995-6669Fax: 318-995-5348

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Community Supports Program Shreveport - Section 8 Phone: 504-366-3100Fax: 504-368-2556

Caddo Parish Section 8Phone: 318-227-0906

Utilities Assistance

LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program)

318-861-4808 Shreveport, LA 4055 St. Vincent Ave. 71108

Webster Voluntary Council on the Aging Inc318-371-3056 Minden, LA 71058• Provides utility assistance to the elderly.

Catholic Charities

318-865-0200 Shreveport, LA 71106• EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE: Needs based program for assistance with rent, utilities, food and

other daily needs as well as referrals to other local agencies that may be able to assist.

Bienville Council of Aging318-263-8936 Arcadia, LA 71001• Provides utility assistance to the elderly.

United Christian Assistance Program318-377-6804 Minden, LA 71058• UCAP provides emergency assistance with food, utilities/rent, clothing and overnight lodging

for stranded transients and persons waiting to get into a homeless shelter.

Bossier Office of Community Services318-747-1045 Bossier City, LA 71111• Provides energy assistance to qualifying households.

Desoto Council of the Aging Inc318-872-3700 Mansfield, LA 71052

Shreveport Housing Authority Phone: 318-227-8174Fax: 318-221-2579

Vivian Housing Authority Phone: 318-375-2381Fax: 318-375-4824

• Provides utility assistance to the elderly.

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St. Vincent de Paul318-865-7807 Shreveport, LA319-Provides referrals for utility bill assistance, money for rent and free food and meals.

Emergency & Homeless Shelters

Hope Connections Inc318-670-4591 Shreveport, LA 71103• HOPE also serves as the front-door of the homeless system assisting those individuals

and families experiening homelessness to connect to agencies who provide theappropriate housing and services.

Hope Tower of Refuge318-820-2439 Shreveport, LA 71109• Provides food, shelter, and employment.

Natchitoches Coalition on Homelessness904 Jeston Dr. Natchitoches, LA 71457

Freedom House– Help for Drug & Alcohol Abuse

318-518-3878, Logansport LA 71049

No Charge; applicant must call Brother Wayne Jones for interview.

6 month commitment, but can stay longer if doing well; 1 year program, 2 year program & 3 yearprogram. Males and females accepted.

Providence House318-221-7887 Shreveport, La 71101

Shreveport Bossier Rescue Mission318-227-2768 Shreveport, LA 71133• The Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission exists to pursue the passion of Jesus Christ to lift up the

hungry, homeless, abused and addicted.

Step Up318-424-7327 Shreveport, LA 71101• To provide home and shelter for homeless men and women who are in a program of recovery from

chemical dependency.

• Providence House, a community project, is a residential development center for homeless families with children,providing comprehensive support services for improving the family structure, and moving the family intoindependent living to break the homeless cycle.

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The Salvation Army318-424-3200 Shreveport, LA 71101

• The Merkle Center of Hope: With 115 beds, The Merkle Center of Hope provides emergency shelterand temporary housing for single women, women with children, single men and Veterans. Theseemergency programs are designed to empower residents to regain their independence and return tobeing self-sufficient members of our community. This support system consists of on-site casemanagement, 24-hour, 7-days a week staff supervision and security monitoring, 2 meals per day plussnacks and on-site laundry services. Additionally, the department offers life -skills services to assistsshelter residents with day-to-day care and services. In order to enhance our residents’ opportunitiesto succeed, we partner with community agencies that make additional services available as needed.Eligibility • ZERO TOLERANCE Drug and Alcohol Policy. Shelter Programs: *Emergency Shelterfor Single Men *Emergency Shelter for Single Women *Emergency Shelter for Women & Children*Veteran's Lodge & Transitional Living & Assistance Program

United Christian Home Inc318-377-6003 Minden, LA 71058

• United Christian Home, Inc. (UCH) is a homeless shelter consisting of two propertieslocated on Fuller Street in Minden, LA. The shelter can accommodate up to 12 clients. Themain property houses up to three women and three children.  The second property housesup to six men.

• UCH provides lodging and food for residents and also offers services such as employmentguidance, directions to educational rehabilitation, spiritual encouragement and direction toother applicable programs.  Sources of funding include donations from individuals, churchesand businesses and from grants primarily obtained through Webster Parish CommunityAction.

Veteran’s Homeless Resource 1-877-424-3838 (Alexandria, VA)

Housing Repairs

The Fuller Center of Northwest Lousiana318-865-1237 Shreveport, LA 71108• “Greater Blessings” Program, Fuller Center NWLA also does repairs on older homes for low-income

home owners.

FEMA Assistance

FEMA

1-800-621-3362 TO APPLY ON THE PHONE and ALL OTHER ASSISTANCE

Mildred Eual Center, Inc.318-584-7086 Bossier City, LA 71112• Provides small interior/exterior home repairs for senior/elderly disabled in rural areas of Caddo and

Bossier Parishes. These small construction projects help to improve the quality of life for our seniorsand the community.

• FEMA rental resources – https://asd.fema.gov/inter/hportal/home.htm

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Case Management Agencies

Advocacy Center www.advocacyla.org 1-800-960-7705 Fax: (504) 522-5507 (8325 Oak St., New Orleans LA 70118)

• Assist with issues related to accessibility of services and programs, disability and medical benefits, specialeducation, vocational rehabilitation, housing rights, accommodations for persons with disabilities,protection from abuse and neglect and protection from institutional resident’s rights.

• Funded by state to provide legal assistance to people residing in nursing homes in LA, as well asresidents 60 years and older in Orleans, Plaquemines & St. Tammany Parishes.

Changing Behavior Solutions318-617-5869 Fax:318-675-0226 Shreveport, LA 71107

• Provides the delivery of community based mental health services to individualswith intellectual disability, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services toindividuals with those disabilities.

• Services may range from companion care, respite, transportation, communityintegration, crisis intervention and stabilization, supported employment, daysupport, prevocational services, residential support, therapeutic and supportiveconsultation, environmental modifications, intensive in-home therapy and daytreatment, in addition to traditional mental health and behavioral treatment.

Community Health Care Solution 318-869-1899 Shreveport, LA 71104

• An organization that is responsible for providing case management services. The agency providesservices which assist an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social, educational, and/orother services. Case management services may be used to locate, coordinate, and monitornecessary appropriate services.

• It may be used to encourage the use of cost-effective medical care by referrals to appropriateproviders and to discourage over utilization of costly services.

• Case management may also serve to provide necessary coordination of non-medical services suchas vocational rehabilitation, education, employment, when the services provided enable theindividual to function at the highest level.

Desoto Council of Aging318-872-0671 Mansfield, LA 71052

• Provides case management to the elderly.

Divine Case Management318-938-5375 Shreveport, LA 71119

• The agency provides services which assist an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social,educational, and/or other services.

• Provides support coordination services to the elderly and individuals with development disabilities.

Easter Seals of Louisiana318-226-4541 Shreveport, LA 71101

• The agency provides services which assist an individual in gaining access to needed medical, social,educational, and/or other services.

• Provides support coordination services to the elderly and individuals with development disabilities.

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Philadelphia Center318-222-6633 Shreveport, LA 71104

• Provides case management to individuals with HIV/AIDS, to assist with locating servicesand programs in the community.

Quality Support Coordination Agency318-219-2514 Shreveport, LA 71104

Seedlinks Behavior Management318-458-3651 Bossier City. LA 71111

• Provides the delivery of community based mental health services to individuals withintellectual disability, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals withthose disabilities.

• Services may range from companion care, respite, transportation, community integration,crisis intervention and stabilization, supported employment, day support, prevocationalservices, residential support, therapeutic and supportive consultation, environmentalmodifications, intensive in-home therapy and day treatment, in addition to traditional mentalhealth and behavioral treatment.

Shoulders of Strength318-848-7143 Shreveport, LA 71104

Elderly Assistance

Community Action Agency318-868-4808 Shreveport, LA 71108

Cornerstone Assistance Foundation318-789-7913 Shreveport, LA Shreveport, LA 71115

• Provides support coordination to the elderly and individuals with disabilities.• The agency provides services which assist an individual in gaining access to

needed medical, social, educational, and/or other services.

• Provides support coordination services to individuals with disabilites.

• Provides assistance to weatherize dwellings low income particularly the elderly andindividuals with disabilities.

• Financial assistance with housing for elderly.

Webster Parish Council on Aging318-371-3056 Minden, LA 71058

• Provides meals to the elderly and utility assistance.

Desoto Council on Aging318-872-3200 Mansfield, LA 71052

• Provides meals to the elderly, utility assistance, transportations, information andassistance, outreach, public education, and sitter services.

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Natchitoches Parish Council on Aging357-3250 Natchitoches, LA 71457

• Provides home delivery meals to the elderly.

Benefits Check Up www.benefitscheckup.org

Assisting seniors identify financial benefits for which they may not know they

qualify.

Bossier Council on Aging318-741-8302 Bossier City, LA 71111

• Provides transportation to the elderly.• Provides meals to the elderly.• Homemaker support services.• Provides utility assistance to the elderly.

Caddo Council on Aging318-676-7900 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Provides meals of wheels.• Resource information• Home Services• Senior Center• Aging and Disability Resource Center

Bienville Council on Aging318-263-8936 Arcadia, LA 71001• Provides utility assistance, transportation, meals, and healthcare information to the elderly.

Red River Council on Aging318-932-5721 Coushatta, LA 71019• Provides transportation• Provides meals and housing.• Assistance in gaining access to services.• Individual counseling, support groups, and caregiver

training.• Respite Care• Supplemental Services, on a limited bases.

Sabine Council on Aging318-256-4140 Many, LA 71449• Provides transportation• Provides meals to the elderly.• Information Assistance and Outreach• Emergency Food Bank• Emergency Utility Assistance• Caregiver Program• Legal Services• Homemaker• Medical Alert System• Recreation• Wellness• Nutrition Education

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Eye-Care America’s Seniors Eye Care Program 1-800-222-3937

www.eyecareamerica.org Free exam and up to a year of treatment for persons 65 and

older.

Call to find out if you qualify.

New Horizons Independent Center 318-671-8131 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Assisting consumers in nursing homes to return to community living or to remain intheir own home without nursing home admission.

• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program which provides free income taxpreparation for eligible consumers.

Employment

Goodwill Industries of North Louisiana318-868-4701 Shreveport, LA 71106

• Goodwill Industries is the leading non-profit provider of vocational employment andtraining services for people with disabilities and disadvantaging conditions in NorthAmerica.

Dress for Success Shreveport Bossier318-828-2983 Shreveport, LA 71104

• The Women of the Workforce Program (W.O.W.) is committed to achieving desirable trainingand employment outcomes for our students for twelve (12) weeks.

• The Career Center is a job-readiness resource center that encourages confidence andprofessionalism by providing clients with the career guidance and technology skills that arenecessary to enter the work force.

• Dress for Success Shreveport-Bossier has a boutique filled with donated and purchasedinterview appropriate women’s clothing, shoes, hose, purses, jewelry, etc.

• The Professional Women’s Group (PWG) is an invitational network association for all Dressfor Success Shreveport-Bossier clients who have recently entered the workforce.

Louisiana Center for the Blind318-251-2891 Ruston, LA 71270

• Step Program - Summer Training And Employment Project Is For Blind Teenagers To PromoteJob Readiness Skills And Independence.

Louisiana Association for the Blind318-635-6471 Shreveport, LA 71103

• Provides stable employment, vocational training, and rehabilitative services, along with employment toindividuals who are blind and visually impaired in Louisiana.

Sparks Life Services 318-847-4356 Sarepta, LA 71071

• Provides day habilitation services and supported employment services. Sheltered workshop forindividuals with developmental disabilitites.

Cane River Children's Services 318-352-9349 Natchitoches, LA 71457• The Independent Living Program objective is to assist in seeking and obtaining educational/

vocational training and gainful employment to provide services aimed at enhancing life skillsindependent living skills and to promote social and emotional qrowth.

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New Horizons Inc318-671-8131 Shreveport, LA 71107

Arcadia Business and Career Solutions Center318-236-8456 Arcadia, LA 71001

Bossier Office of Community Services

Red River Business and Career Solutions Center318-932-9570 Coushatta, LA 71019

Louisiana Rehabilitation Services

318-676-7155 & 800-737-2966 Shreveport, LA 71101

Desoto Business and Career Solutions Center 318-871-2391 Mansfield, LA 71052

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Unemployment Claims www.laworks.net

1-866-783-5567

• Provides employment services to individuals with disabilities.

Bossier Parish Community College318-678-6000 Bossier City, LA 71111

• The Workforce Investment Act (W.I.A.) Program offered at BPCC serves low-income studentsbetween the ages of 17-21 from Bossier or Caddo parishes. These individuals need assistancecompleting their education/training programs, and with finding and retaining employment.

• For more information on additional qualifications for the program contact the WorkforceDevelopment and Continuing Education Department.

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Bossier Business and Career Solutions Center741-7360 Bossier City, LA 71111

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

• Provides services to help persons with disabilities to obtain the job skills and other resourcesthey need to get a job, keep a job and develop a career.

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Claiborne Business and Career Solutions Center

318-747-1045 Bossier City, LA 71111

318-927-3338 Homer, LA 71040• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Sabine Business and Career Solutions Center318-256-2698 Many, LA 71449

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Webster Business and Career Solutions Center318-377-7702 Minden, LA 71058

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

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Natchitoches East Business and Career Solutions Center

Bienville Business and Career Solutions Center318-894-9173 Ringgold, LA 71068

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Caddo Business and Career Solutions Center318-676-7788 Shreveport, LA 71104

• Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Louisiana Workforce Commission www.laworks.net

Delta Lamda Omega Ivy Crown Community Services 318-344-8964 Shreveport, LA 71133

Presbyterian Child and Family Program 318-424-9130 Shreveport, LA 71101

Project Celebration Inc318-256-6242 Many, LA 71449

• PCI provides advocacy, outreach, and counseling at no charge to sexual assault, domestic violence, andchild abuse survivors.

• We also provide behavioral health services in Sabine and DeSoto Parish Schools and a FamilyResource Center in Sabine Parish that offers 16 week parenting classes.

• Our service area consists of 7 parishes: Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red Rivers, Sabine, andWebster.

• We have two Domestic Violence Shelters that provide safe housing for women and children. TaylorHouse is located in Sabine Parish and Project Celebration Domestic Violence Shelter located in CaddoParish.

Family Life Community Development 318-636-6155 Shreveport, LA 71118

• Provides job readiness program, after school program, and school achievement program.

357-3145 Natchitoches, LA 71457•Provides site resources, youth services, jobseeker services, and business services.

Family Services

• Empower and assist families in Northwest Louisiana to move towards fulfilling and improving theirquality of life.

• Program seeks to serve families in crisis situations to address issues and keep families together.• We work with Families in need of emotional support, Single parents, Grandparents raising children, Families

struggling with children's difficult behavior, adolescents not living at home, parents at the end of their rope.• We seek to help our families by doing in home work and assessments.• We work to identify strengths and determine areas where families can grow.• We support families in developing goals to promote change and instill hope.• We provide parenting and life skills, family and individual counseling, and how to build healthy relationships.• We can also assist with out of home placements for children if needed.• All services are provided at no cost to the client.

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Transportation

Medicaid Transportation 1-855-325-7565

Healthy Louisiana 1-855-229-6848 www.myplan.healthy.la.gov

Call Center Call Center #

Logisticare 1-877-917-4150Southeastrans 1-866-430-1101Logisticare 1-888-913-0364

Logisticare 1-855-369-3723

Plan Name Aetna Amerigroup AmeriHealth Caritas LA LA Healthcare Connections United HealthCare Logisticare 1-866-726-1472

Monday -Friday 8 am to 5 pm 8 am to 6 pm 8 am to 5 pm 8 am to 5 pm 8 am to 5 pm

Bossier Council on Aging318-741-8302 Bossier City, LA 71111

• Provides transportation assistance to medical appointments, grocery shopping, senior centers, outings &Barksdale Air Force Base. There is a $10.00 fee charged for round trip transportation to medicalappointments, all other trips are free however we do accept donations.

Child Support Enforcement / La. Dept. of Children & Family Services www.dcfs.la.gov

1-888-524-3578

Louisiana Civil Justice Center www.laciviljustice.org & www.lawhelp.org/la

1-800-310-7029 (504) 355-0970Telephone advice and referral service for low income elderly or disaster affected Louisiana residents.

Information and self-help resources provided to those who aren’t qualified for free legal aid.

Intake and referral service for people seeking pro-bono oil spill claims assistance.

Monday – Friday from 9 am to 4 pm (Hot Line)

Community Support Programs Inc318-865-1422 Shreveport, LA 71105

• A program that provides transportation to Non-Medicaid NLHSD clients to behavioralhealth and social service appointments in Region VII. Funded by the Office of BehavioralHealth.

Red River Arc318-932-6520 Coushatta, LA 71019

• Provides transportation to individuals with developmental disabilities 18 and over.

Sportran Liftline318-673-7415 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Liftline is a paratransit van service that is specially equipped with wheelchair lifts/ramps and otheraccessibility features that allow maximum mobility for customers with disabilities.

Legal Services

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Legal Services of North Louisiana Inc

The Advocacy Center of Louisiana

Autism Society of America Northwest Louisiana Chapter

The Educational Center for Autism 318-671-7100 Shreveport, LA 71129

• Provides ABA therapy to kids and adolescents.

Shreveport Pro Bono Project

318-221-8104 Shreveport, LA 71101•The Pro Bono Project provides free legal assistance by volunteer attorneys in civil matters for qualified indigent and low-income Caddo and Bossier Parish residents.

1-800-960-7705 New Orleans, LA 70118• Provides legal assistance to individuals with disabilities and senior citizens.

Southern Poverty Law Center504-486-8982 New Orleans, LA 70130

•Seeks justice for the most vulnerable people in society.

Autism

http://www.autism-society.org/ • Support Group for individuals who have loved ones with Autism.

Odyssey Foundation http://www.odysseyfoundationla.org/

• Provide resources to families of children with autism spectrum disorders.

Dr. Cheryl Marsiglia 318-865-2764 Shreveport, LA 71105

• Autism Diagnostic Center, we offer full multi-disciplinary approach psychologicalevaluations with a specialty focused on autism diagnostics. We obtain data in cognition,adaptive, developmental, and social-emotional functioning, as well as sensory assessmentand autism data (if applicable). We partner with area speech-language pathologists,occupational therapists, and pediatricians for further assessment. The obtained results areintegrated into a comprehensive written report.

318-222-7186/ 1-800-621-2488 /1-800-826-9265 Shreveport, LA 71101•Provides free legal services to eligible low-income and elderly clients who are financially unable to afford a private attorney.

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Little Works in Progress

Louisiana State Autism Chapter (800) 955-3760 www.lastateautism.org www.facebook.com/AutismSocietyLouisiana autismsociety_lastatechapter@yahoo.com

ASA – Autism Society of America www.autism-society.org

Asperger’s Society

www.aspergerssociety.org

Referral Services

Best Buddies www.bestbuddies.org & www.bestbuddies.org

Mentoring and friendship program for people with intellectual disabilities. Free e-mail pen pal program.

Families Helping Families Region 7

318-226-4541/877-226-4541 Shreveport, LA 71104• Provide information, referrals, education, training, peer support and advocacy skills to individuals

with disabilities and their families.• Covers the following parishes: Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Caddo, Desoto, Natchitoches, Red

River, Sabine, and Webster

FINS - Volunteer for Youth Justice

318-795-3388 Shreveport, LA 71105• Provides ABA therapy to kids and adolescents.

Janey Macey and Associates318-741-5909 Bossier City, LA 71111

• Provides ABA Therapy

Behavioral Specialist of Louisiana 318-300-3560 Shreveport, LA 71104

• Behavioral Specialists of Louisiana's clinical team has experience in the assessment and treatment ofchildren and adults with developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, and otherbehavioral health concerns

318-425-1883 Ext.6080 Shreveport, LA 71101 •A prevention/diversion program that provides services to males and females prior to adjudication for truancy/FINS.  A FINS probation officer monitors youth to ensure court orders are being followed and that services ordered by the judge are being received, and refers youth to appropriate services.

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Northwest Louisiana Human Services District318-741-7444 Bossier City, LA 71112 (Formerly the Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities.)

Louisiana Assistive Technology www.latan.org

1-800-270-6185 Fax: (225) 925-9560 (3042 Old Forge Dr. Ste. D.Baton Rouge LA70808)

Medical and assistive equipment distribution program after large-scale disasters

Loans for purchase of assistive technology and home/vehicle modification, and other help toindividuals with disabilities

A.T. Market Place is a data base of used, free or low-cost equipment

Device demonstrations and device loans

Louisiana Dept. of Insurance www.ldi.la.gov

1-800-259-5300 & Fax: 225-342-3078 (Physical:1702 N. Third St., Baton Rouge LA 70802Mailing: P.O. Box 94214, Baton Rouge, La. 70804-9214)

For questions about insurance call for assistance

Hope Connections Inc318-670-4591 Shreveport, LA 71103

Social Security Administration 1-800-772-1213

Veteran’s Affairs 1-800-827-1000 & www.va.gov Veteran’s Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1)

Veteran’s Homeless Resource 1-877-424-3838 (Alexandria, VA)

Education

American Red Cross www.redcross.org

318-865-9545 Shreveport, LA 71107

Caddo Parish Adult Education

318-424-3417 Shreveport, LA 71101• Call for dates and times.

Definitive Human Services Inc318-687-5400 Shreveport, LA 71129

• Definitive Human Services has created a program that will address the issues of bothchildren and youth. We are involved in a collaborative effort with NorthwestLouisiana to equip, engage and empower children and youth of our area. Thisprogram, Youth Enrichment Program (YEP), will provide motivation,encouragement, and build self-esteem through education and economic training.

• Provides information and referral to the homeless in Shereveport.

• Disaster preparedness, CPR, first aid, babysitting training, and emergency disaster relief.

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Family Resource for Education and Empowerment Inc318-671-9403 Shreveport, LA 71108

• A leadership and mentorship program that reaches at-risk high school youth and provide them socialand emotional learning competencies; awakening their self-identity to ensure graduation andcontinuation of their life pathway. We activate community collaboration within the educational pipeline.

Renzi Education and Art Center318-222-1414 Shreveport, LA 71101

• During the academic year, The Renzi Education and Art Center offers a FREE 28-week AfterSchool program. The program provides academic assistance and multidisciplinary arts-basedactivities for students in kindergarten through high school.

• Multi-disciplinary arts summer camp under the guidance of professional artists to provideopportunity to explore learn & create

Community of Faith Family Ministries 318-872-1751 Mansfield, LA 71052

• Provide educational service to low income students and other services to low income population.

New Zion Baptist Church318-746-0602 Bossier City, LA 71112

• After-school and Summer program is a source for youth and adolescents to succeed. Services offeredby the program include life skills training through an abstinence based curriculum, tutorial andhomework assistance,access to technology through hands on computer training, and supportiveservices through involvement with parents, mentors, and tutors.

Supportive Intergrated Services318-675-0403 Shreveport, LA 71101

• Provides a school based mentoring program and after school tutoring.

Plant a Seed in our Youth Foundation318-212-0029 Bossier City, LA 71111

• Provides tutoring and homework program.

Zion Human Services318-636-0141 Shreveport, LA 71108

• Provides after school programs for qualified students in the community.

Reach Out and Touch318-682-3850 Bossier City, LA 71111

• After School and Summer Tutoring : Reach Out and Touch offers after school tutoringMonday - Thursday, October - May from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm. This is an excellentopportunity for students who need help: studying for tests, completing homework, skills inEnglish, Spanish, Math and Language, Common Core series grades 1 - 8 Math and ELA,and developing organizational skills. ROT use mobile learning devices called Study Buddy.Study Buddy is a dedicated purpose teaching and learning mobile device. All teachers arecertified by the Louisiana Department of Education.

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Counseling Services

The Center for Families

Adult Protection

Investigate abuse, neglect, exploitation and extortion of disabled people (ages 18 – 59)

Will not accept cases by fax, only by phone

Council of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse 318- 222-8511

Alcoholics Anonymous www.aa-shreveport.org 318-865-2172

Shreveport Behavioral Health Clinic 318-676-5111 Fax: (337) 639-3008

Monday - Friday Open 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

PTSD TBI Couseling Center of Northwest La. 318-286-4290

Alzheimer’s Association Shreveport: 318-868-8680 www.alz.org/louisiana

Ark-La-Tex Pregnancy Crisis Center 318-861-4600 Shreveport, LA 71105

Natchitoches Behavioral Health Clinic

Youth Outreach Services Jewell House 318-429-6594 Shreveport, LA 71129

Child Protection Hotline 1-855-452-5437

Elderly Protection 1-800-898-4910 (Hotline) Shreveport Number: 318-676- 5200 Fax: 318-676-5212

318-221-6121 Shreveport, LA 71101

Child and Adolescent Response (CART) 225-342-2540/1-800-290-8750 Assistance for children and parents experiencing a crisis.

Restoration Center318-871-4045 Mansfield, LA 71052

318-222-0759 Shreveport, LA 71104• Provide counseling services to families and individuals of moderate to low income, including

addiction therapy, parenting skills, anger management, and grief recovery

1-800-898-4910 Fax: 225-342-9069

318-357-3122 Natchitoches, LA 71457• Monday - Friday Open 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

• The mission of the Jewell House-Youth Outreach Transitional Living Facility is to enable disadvantaged andunder served residents, particularly at-risk youth, to become self-sufficient. Jewell House provideseducational and vocational services, homework assistance, counseling; community, and economicdevelopment activities and housing.

Samaritan Counseling Center Inc.

• The mission of the Samaritan Counseling Center is to provide support and counseling to individuals,families, and the community by licensed professionals in a faith-based setting.

• Counsels young teenagers.

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Mental Health Services

Many of these providers are for-profit and may require payment for services. Some may take insurance, Medicaid or have a sliding fee scale for services; please ask about payment plans when scheduling service.

Addiction Disorder

Addiction Center for Treatment 1-800-210-6085

Alcohol Drug Treatment 1-800-454-8966

Addictive Rehab Care Treatment 318-402-4900 Shreveport, LA 71105

Core Gambling Treatment Center 318-424-4357 Shreveport, LA 71101

Rehab Services 318-742-3408 Shreveport, LA 71105

Children's Counseling Center of Shreveport 318-949-8096 Princeton, LA 71067

Minden Behavioral Health 318-371-3001 Minden, LA

Louisiana Association for Compulsive Gambling 1-877-770-STOP

Milestone Counseling Services 318-220-4291 Shreveport, LA 71104

Superior Counseling Services 318-681-9935 Shreveport, LA 71104

Knight Counseling Services 318-393-9690 Shreveport, LA 71104

Integrated Counseling Service 318-861-8616 Shreveport, LA 71106

Envision Counseling Center 318-562-3707 Shreveport, LA 71129

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) www.naminwla.com318-573-9788 Shreveport, LAConnections Support Group for adults with a mental illness.National Suicide Prevention Lifeline/ Veteran’s Crisis Line 1-800-273-8255 (TALK)

Healing Heart Counseling Center 318-222-6100 Shreveport, LA 71101

Brighterfuture Counseling Services 318-424-8735 Shreveport, LA 71107

Power Counseling Services 318-779-1235 Shreveport, LA 71107

Jenkins Counseling Services 318-470-0931 Shreveport, LA 71101

Community Supports Program 318-221-1026 Shreveport, LA 71101

Buckhalter Recovery Center 318-222-1767 Shreveport, LA 71101

Overcomers 318-687-4777 Shreveport, LA 71118

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Pines Treatment Center 318-632-2010 Shreveport, LA 71119

You Are Not Alone 318-221-0375 Shreveport, LA 71101

Oakwood Home for Women 318-221-9451 Shreveport, LA 71101• To provide a safe and structured environment for women to recover from addiction.

Counseling - Personal & Family

Success Counseling Services 318-222-4299 Bossier City, La 71112

Mental Health Solutions 318-222-7555 Shreveport, LA 71105

The Center for Families 318-222-0759 Shreveport, LA 71104

Gingerbread House 318-674-2900 Shreveport, LA 71101

YWCA Woman's Resource Center 318-550-4417 Shreveport, LA 71104

Shreveport Family 318-221-4455 Shreveport, LA 71101

Family Counseling Center 318-747-6977 Shreveport, LA 71111

Family Services Unlimited 318-226-9944 Shreveport , LA 71101

Family Strategies Counseling 318-861-8688 Shreveport, LA 71106

Associated Counseling Services 318-746-5600 Bossier City, LA 71112

New Life Christian Counseling 318-797-4961 Shreveport, LA 71105

Personal Solutions Inc. 318-686-0012 Shreveport, LA 71105

Ark-La-Tex Counseling Center 318-629-0157 Shreveport, LA 71105

New Choice Counseling Center 318-658-9927 Shreveport, LA 71105

McMillan Counseling 318-227-9002 Shreveport, LA 71105

Hospitals with Mental Health Programs

Brentwood Hospital 318-678-7500 Shreveport, LA 71101

University Health Shreveport 318-675-5000 Shreveport, LA 71103

Physicians Behavior Hospital 318-550-0520 Shreveport, LA 71103

Williams Counseling Services 318-219-9508 Shreveport, LA 71105

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Seaside Healthcare 318-841-2619 Shreveport, LA 71106

Christus Schumpert Behavioral 318-949-0882 Bossier City, LA 71111

Willis Knighton Health Systems 318-212-4000 Shreveport, LA 71103

Behavioral Health Clinic 318-675-1300 Shreveport, LA 71101

Psychiatrists

LSU Health Shreveport Psychiatry 318-813-2070 Shreveport, LA 71103

Grace Behavioral Health Solutions 318-861-7340 Shreveport, LA 71105

Pierremont Psychiatric Clinic 318-212-2960 Shreveport, LA 71105

Center for Psychiatric Support 318-212-8424 Shreveport, LA 71103

Psychiatric Associates 318-848-2801 Shreveport, LA 71101

Women's and Children Center 318-550-3398 Shreveport, LA 71105

Phifer Association LLC 318-795-4774 Shreveport, LA 71105

Emergency Medication

Pool of Siloam Medical Ministries 318-631-2212 Shreveport, LA 71109• The Pool of Siloam Medical Ministry was formed to reach out to the medically underserved and

uninsured residents in our community through primary medical care, preventive medicine,education, medical screening and referral.

Northwest Louisiana Interfaith Pharmacy 318-425-3553 Shreveport, LA 71104

Medication Assistance & Physical Health or Disabilities Services

Advocacy Center www.advocacyla.org Primary# 1-800-960-7705 Fax: (504) 522-5507 (8325 Oak St., New Orleans LA 70118)

Assist with issues related to accessibility of services and programs, disability and medical benefits,special education, vocational rehabilitation, housing rights, accommodations for persons withdisabilities, protection from abuse and neglect and protection of institutional resident’s rights.

Funded by state to provide legal assistance to people residing in nursing homes in LA, as well asresidents 60 years and older in Orleans, Plaquemines & St. Tammany Parishes.

Bayou Health www.bayouhealth.com 1-877-229-6848 or 1-855-BAYOU4U

How most of Louisiana's Medicaid and LaCHIP recipients receive health care services

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Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International "PATH” 318-938-9166 Greenwood, LA 71033

Children’s Special Health Services 318-676-7488 Shreveport, LA 71103

Provides medical diagnostic and treatment services for eligible children who have health problemswhich require services beyond routine basic care. This includes children with disabilities,handicapping conditions and chronic illnesses of sufficient severity to cause or to be likely to causeimpairments which could significantly limit life activities.

C.M.A.P. – Cenla Medication Access Program www.cmaprx.org

(318) 443-7494 & 1-888-443-7494 and Fax: (318) 448-4473 Open 8-12 & 1-5, Mon. – Fri.

Serving people over 18 who meet income guidelines and do not have Medicaid, Medicare or privateinsurance. Covers entire state of Louisiana.

Martin Luther King Health Center 318-227-2912 Shreveport, LA 71104• The Mission of MLK Health Center & Pharmacy is to extend comprehensive primary healthcare and

pharmacy services at no cost to uninsured or underinsured patients with chronic illness whootherwise often forego routine medical care because of a lack of resources.

Healthy Louisiana Helpline 1-855-229-6848 www.myplan.healthy.la.gov

Total health care for children without insurance at no or low

cost.

Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council 1-800-450-8108 www.laddc.org

Louisiana Rehabilitation Services

318-676-7155/1-800-737-2699 Shreveport, LA 71103

Partners for Prescription Assistance 1-888-477-2669 www.pparx.org

Helps pay for medicine.

Shots for Tots 318-212-2520 Shreveport, LA

Shots For Tots is a community service of Willis-Knighton Health System.  Vaccines are providedby the federally funded Vaccines for Children program.

Bring a copy of child’s current shot records. Please call the number above for their locations.

Caddo Parish Health Unit 318-676-5222 Shreveport, LA 71101• Do not work with people who have private insurance• Open 8 am – 4:30 pm Mon. – Fri.• Provide immunizations for all. 8 am – 11 am on Wednesdays; ages 0 to 18 years

• Provides services to help persons with disabilities to obtain the job skills and other resources they need to get ajob keep a job and develop a career.

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Patient Advocate Foundation 1-800-532-5274 Fax: (757) 873-8999 www.patientadvocate.org

Offers free help in navigating healthcare systems

Assist with insurance, job & debt financial issues and assist patients with chronic life-threateningillness. Mon – Thurs, 8 am – 8 pm; Fri, 8:30 am – 7:00 pm EST

Senior RX (a program of the Caddo Council on Aging)318-676-7900 Shreveport, LA 71101

Philadelphia Center 318-222-6633 Shreveport, LA 71104

David Raines Community Health Center318-227-3350 Shreveport, LA 71107

Medical Facilities

Springhill Medical Center 318-539-1000 2001 Doctor's Dr. Springhill, LA 71075

Willis-Knighton Medical Center 318-212-4000 2600 Greenwood Rd Shreveport, LA 71103

Christus Schumpert Medical Center 318-681-4500 1 Saint Mary Pl Shreveport, LA 71101

Total Care Medical Clinic 318-424-63632001 E. 70th St. Ste. 315 Shreveport, LA 71105

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center 318-221-8411 510 E. Stoner Ave. Shreveport, LA 71101

University Health Shreveport 318-675-50001541 Kings Hwy. Shreveport, LA 71103

Natchitoches Parish Health Unit 318-357-3132 625 Bienville St. Natchitoches, LA 71457

Bossier Parish Health Unit 318-741-73143022 Old Minden Rd. Ste. 100 Bossier City, LA 71112

• Assist anyone over 21 years of age with a chronic illness to obtain medication throughmanufacturers’ assistance programs. (Even psychiatric medication may qualify.)

• Provides services for HIV positive persons – HIV counseling, testing, teen education, case management, foodpantry, supports groups, transportation, dental and eye care. They also offer free community presentations.

• David Raines Community Health Centers (DRCHC) has been committed to providing quality and affordablehealth care. The DRCHC staff includes doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, social workers andmedical assistants across a variety of practices.

• Our services include medical, dental, optometry and behavioral services for the entire family.• Operating six centers in Northwest Louisiana, we are committed to providing quality health care in a variety

of communities. You can find a DRCHC clinic in Bossier, Gilliam, Haynesville, Minden and Shreveport.

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Minden Medical Center 318-377-23211 N Medical Plaza Minden, LA 71055

Christus Coushatta Health Care Center 318-932-20001635 Marvel St. Shreveport, LA 71019

North Caddo Medical Center 318-375-3235715 S Pine Vivian, LA 71082

Sabine Medical Center 318-256-5691240 Highland Dr Many, LA 71449

Desoto Regional Health System 318-872-4610207 Jefferson St. Mansfield, LA 71052

Claiborne Memorial Medical Center 318-927-2024 620 E College St. Homer, LA 71040

Bienville Medical Center 318-263-47001175 Pine St. Arcadia, LA 71001

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Social Security Lawyer

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LINCC

http://lincc.us/communityplatform/nla/ourcommunityOnline database of resources in North Louisiana.