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How to Get Legal Help/Como Obtener Ayuda Legal
Information in English and Spanish about how to get help from programs that offer free help to qualified people. This slide show has an audio track in Spanish.
Lea aquí para aprender cómo obtener ayuda gratis con problemas legales, ayuda de los programas para las personas de ingresos bajos.
By: Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Immigrant Eligibility for Disaster Assistance A fact sheet about services available in the immediate aftermath of disasters.
By: National Immigration 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:
Lawyer Referral Numbers
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
Oil Spill -- Emergency Rules to Help Louisiana's Coastal Families
(Separate Website)
Find out more about what the state is doing to help people in the seafood industry whose jobs and businesses were harmed by the oil spill.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
Oil Spill: Boat People SOS
(Separate Website)
Site for Vietnamese Americans. Focus now on oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Read this in:
Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
Oil Spill: Fact Sheet: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Legislative Package
(Separate Website)
President Obama wants Congress to pass new laws to help with the oil spll -- find out more here.
By: The White House
Oil Spill: Find help for people and businesses, from the State of Louisiana
(Separate Website)
See this "Directory of Resources for Louisiana Residents Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill" on Emergency.louisiana.gov.
By: State of Louisiana
Oil Spill: Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
(Separate Website)
See this site to track areas hit by the oil spill and other information.
By: State of Louisiana
Oil Spill: Help from the Community Center of St. Bernard
(Separate Website)
See the site of the Community Center of St. Bernard. The center is helping people affected by the oil spill. The center also continues to help people affected by other disasters, like the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
By: Community Center of St. Bernard
Oil Spill: Louisiana Emergency Information
(Separate Website)
See this site for updates about the oil spill, from the State of Louisiana.
By: State of Louisiana
Oil Spill: the United Way Responds
(Separate Website)
Information from the United Way. Help for people affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
By: United Way
Oil Spilll - List of Resources with links
(Separate Website)
See this list of resources for people affected by the oil spill. There is information about unemployment insurance, SBA loans, food aid, help from Catholic Charities and more.
By: New Orleans Bar Association
Pre-Apply For Disaster Food Stamps
(Separate Website)
Online pre-application is available.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
SNAP Informational Materials in Vietnamese
(Separate Website)
SNAP Informational Materials in Vietnamese
By: USDA -- Food and Nutrition Service
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
Vietnamese: Questions and Answers About Getting and Using SNAP, FNS-313
(Separate Website)
Flyer in Vietnamese about SNAP benefits.
By: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt
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