contact information

 

Housing

Faith House

Phone: 1-800-411-1333

Website: https://faithhouseacadiana.com/housing-shelter

Statewide: No

Parishes: Lafayette

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: No

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Emergency shelter for victims of Domestic Violence and their children.  DV counseling available, transitional housing, case management and Permanent Supportive Housing.


HUD-subsidized apartments

Phone:

Website:

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: Yes

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: No

Special Notes: Subsidized apartment complexes for low income adults with mental illness capable of independent living.


Louisiana Housing Search

Phone: 1-877-428-8844

Website: http://www.lahousingsearch.org/

Statewide: Yes

Parishes:

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: No

Income Eligibility Criteria: No

Duration Limitation: No

Special Notes: 


O'Brien House

Phone: 225-344-6345

Website: https://obrienhouse.org/

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria:

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Shelter and rehab program for recovering substance abusers


Permanent Supportive Housing

Phone:

Website: http://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/page/1732

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: Yes

Age Eligibility: No

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: No

Special Notes: Waitlist.


Volunteers of American Greater Baton Rouge

Phone: 225-388-5800

Website: https://www.voagbr.org/drop-in-services

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: Yes

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes:  Low income working families and individual with disabilities.


Women's Community Rehab Center

Phone: 225-336-0000

Website: http://wcrcbr.com/

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes:  Transitional living for women with mental illnesses.

 

 

Shelter

Bishop Ott Shelter for Women and children

Phone: 225-383-7341

Website: https://svdpbr.org/

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Shelter for women and children.


Maison De Ami

Phone: 225-343-3827

Website: http://www.maisonbr.org/services/

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Shelter and services for adults with mental illnesses.


St Agnes Emergency Shelter

Phone: 225-383-7341

Website: https://svdpbr.org/

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge

Catchment Area:

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Day shelter for women and children

(boys under 12 years of age).

Food

Connections for Life

Phone: 225-379-3640

Website: http://www.connectionsforlife.net/

Statewide: No

Parishes: East Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: Yes

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: No

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes:  Food Pantry.  Services for women and children coming from battered women's shelter, prison, or treatment facility.  transitional housing.


DCFS-SNAP

Phone: 1-888-524-3578

Website: https://cafe-cp.dcfs.la.gov/selfservice/

Statewide: Yes

Parishes: All

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: No

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Monthly benefits that help low-income households buy their food


Food for Family

Phone: 225-355-2081

Website:

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: Yes

Age Eligibility: No

Income Eligibility Criteria: No

Duration Limitation: No

Special Notes: Food Pantry


Living Faith Food Bank Ministry

Phone: 1-888-464-0377

Website: https://livingfaith-cc.org/

Statewide: No

Parishes: East Baton Rouge

Catchment Area: Yes

Age Eligibility: No

Income Eligibility Criteria: No

Duration Limitation: No

Special Notes:  Food Pantry


WIC

Phone: 1-800-251-BABY (2229)

Website: https://www.wicprograms.org/

Statewide: Yes

Parishes:

Catchment Area: Yes

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Supplemental nutritious foods(formula, fruits, and vegetables) for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children (under 5 years old)

 

Utility Assistance

Louisiana Housing Corp. LIHEAP

Phone: 225-763-8700

Website: https://www.lhc.la.gov/energy-assistance

Statewide: Yes

Parishes: Lafayette, Acadia, Iberia, St. Martin, Vermillion

Catchment Area: No

Age Eligibility: No

Income Eligibility Criteria: Yes

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Energy assistance for low income families and individuals.


Salvation Army

Phone: 225-355-4483

Website: http://salvationarmyalm.org/batonrouge/social-services/

Statewide: No

Parishes: Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes

Catchment Area:  Yes

Age Eligibility: Yes

Income Eligibility Criteria: No

Duration Limitation: Yes

Special Notes: Utility assistance, rent/mortgage assistance, and prescription drug assistance.  Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes.