Here is information about community resources and other items that may help you with issues that might not be legal prolems.
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There are 14 resources
Cenla Guide to Human Services
(Separate Website)
Searchable online database of social services agencies in central Louisiana.
By: United Way of Central Louisiana
Center for Responsible Lending
(Separate Website)
CFL fights to stop predatory lending through legislative and policy advocacy, coalition-building, litigation and industry research.
Homeless Help - Providence House
(Separate Website)
Click the link to find out more about Shreveport's Providence House, a "residential development center for homeless families with children, providing comprehensive support services for improving the family structure and moving the family into independent living to break the homeless cycle."
By: Providence House
Homeless Shelters in Louisiana
(Separate Website)
Link to state government website where you can search for a shelter by city.
By: La. Department of Children & Family Services
Housing and Consumer Information for Seniors
(Separate Website)
HUD webpage with lots of information to help you keep your home, find an apartment, protect yourself from fraud, and more.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agencies
(Separate Website)
List of housing counseling agencies in Louisiana, from HUD's website.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Lawyer Referral and Information
(Separate Website)
Here is a link to the Lawyer Referral and Information page from the site of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
Here are the individual numbers listed on that site:
Baton Rouge:
(225)344-9926
Lafayette
(337)237-4700
Lake Charles:
(337)436-3308
New Orleans
(504)561-8828
Shreveport:
(318)222-0720
By: Louisiana State Bar Association
National Alliance to End Homelessness
(Separate Website)
The Alliance is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness.
National Coalition for the Homeless
(Separate Website)
The Coalition focuses on four areas: housing justice, economic justice, health care justice, and civil and voting rights, and works in grassroots organizing, public education, policy advocacy, technical assistance, and partnerships.
By: Nationalhomeless.org
National Low Income Housing Coalition
(Separate Website)
NLIHC is dedicated to ending America?s affordable housing crisis. NLIHC focuses its advocacy on those with the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households, by emphasizing preservation, production, public housing, vouchers and related services.
By: nlihc.org
Resource Guide for Homeless with Mental Illness or Substance Abuse Disorders Information about services for emergencies, housing, basic needs, mental health and substance abuse.
By: Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority
Social Services -- Claiborne Parish
(Separate Website)
Directory of social services available in Claiborne Parish
Travelers Aid Society of Greater New Orleans Resources for homeless and others in temporary periods of crisis. Services include: crisis counseling, long-term planning, emergency food, clothing, and shelter services, financial assistance for rent/mortgage, utilities, household items, and long distance transportation.
By: Travelersaid.org
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Separate Website
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(Separate Website)
Website of the federal housing agency.
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Learn how to use this site: click here to hear and see a slide show. En Espanol: oprima aqui.
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