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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Information by text for pregnant women
(Separate Website)
Pregnant women can get weekly text messages with helpful information geared to each stage of the prenancy. The service is an outreach project of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition.
By: text4baby.org
Job Skills for Seniors -- Senior Community Service Employment Program
(Separate Website)
Information to boost your job skills and help in job searches.
By: Senior Community Service Employment Program
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Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention -- U. S. Department of Justice
(Separate Website)
Find out more about the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice.
By: U.S. Department of Justice
Juvenile Justice and Education
(Separate Website)
This link goes to the site of the Juvenile Law Center. Find out more about students facing school discipline, and how to keep them from getting lost in the legal system.
By: Juvenile Law Center
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
Let's Move! Join the First Lady
(Separate Website)
Join the First Lady in her effort to get kids to become more active. Here is information about how to get children moving in the right direction.
By: The White House, USDA, HHD, DOE
Liberty's Kitchen
(Separate Website)
Find out more about Liberty's Kitchen. "The Liberty?s Kitchen Youth Development Program provides at-risk youth, ages 16-20, with the opportunity to build a better future by increasing their ability to change their situation and engage in a supportive community where they learn life, social and employability skills in a culinary setting."
By: Liberty's Kitchen
Louisiana Children's Trust Fund
(Separate Website)
The Louisiana Children?s Trust Fund is funded by state, federal and other money, and serves as a catalyst for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts in Louisiana. Among its responsibilities are the creation of the plan for prevention of child abuse, presentation of its annual review to the Governor and Legislature, and the funding of community-based child abuse and neglect programs to public and non-profit organizations through its grant process.
By: LCTF.ORG
Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services
(Separate Website)
Link to the website of the state agency that runs these programs: food stamps, welfare, kinship care subsidies, foster care, child support, disability rehabilitation, and more.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services (now Department of Children and Family Services)
Louisiana Neighborhood Place
(Separate Website)
Find out more about Louisiana Neighborhood Place, described as a " a one-stop shop for state services." The first Neighborhood Place opened in Sabine Parish in June 2009.
By: Louisiana State Education, Health and other agencies
National Center for Children in Poverty
(Separate Website)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(Separate Website)
NCMEC provides services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children.
National Child Care Information Center
(Separate Website)
The National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC), a project of the Child Care Bureau, is a national resource that links information and people to complement, enhance, and promote the child care delivery system, working to ensure that all children and families have access to high-quality comprehensive services.
By: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
National Shared Housing Resource Center
(Separate Website)
See the site of this organization, which focuses on helping elderly and disabled people find shared housing or a housing companion to help them live independently in their own homes.
By: Shared Housing of New Orleans
Phys Ed: Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter?
(Separate Website)
Phys Ed: Can Exercise Make Kids Smarter?
By: The New York Times
Practical Advice on Family Legal Problems
(Separate Website)
This ABA webpage offers "Practical Law" information on different legal problems, including family-related problems such as divorce, custody, domestic abuse, and making wills.
By: American Bar Association (ABA)
Prevent Child Abuse America
(Separate Website)
National non-profit with Louisiana chapter, organizing to prevent child abuse.
By: PREVENTCHILDABUSE.ORG
Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana (PCAL)
(Separate Website)
PCAL's mission is prevention of child abuse and neglect. The organization sponsors the KIDLINE hotline (1-800-CHILDREN).
From PCAL's site: "anonymous, toll-free, statewide telephone service offering crisis intervention, support, parenting information and referrals to community resources within the state of Louisiana."
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
Save Our Schools -- New Orleans Information
(Separate Website)
Site includes a chart indicating which organizations/networks run which schools in New Orleans.
By: Save Our Schools
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