Agency Info
Advocacy Center
1010 Common St, #2600
New Orleans, LA 70112
Tel: 504-522-2337
Toll-free 1-800-960-7705
FAX: 504-522-5507
www.advocacyla.org
- Individual and systems advocacy
- Legal/Advocacy representation
- Employment Discrimination
- SSA recipient employment issues
- Assistive Technology access/issues
- Higher education accommodations/access
- Rehabilitation Act program issues
- LA TBI/spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund access
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
1131 Barataria Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
TeI/TDD - 504-371-7747
FAX - 504-371-7889
www.ccano.org
- Pre-employment devices (resume writing, interview skills)
- Career counseling
- Job referrals
- Training referrals
Children's Hospital/Ventilator Assisted Care Program
200 Henry Clay Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-896-9228
- Case Management-Ventilator Dependant Persons under the age of 25
- Technical Assistance to School Districts, Families, Clients and Agencies to Promote Inclusion into School and Community Activities of Persons with Disabilities
- Transition Technical Assistance
Goodwill Industries
1-800-741-0186
www.goodwill.org (regional information available here)
- On-site employment
- Supported employment
- Job placement
- Vocational evaluations
Governor's Office of Disability Affairs
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
TeI/TDD - 225-219-7550
1-877-668-2722
FAX - 225-219-7551
goda.la.gov
- State Agency Coordination
- Advise the Governor on Disability Issues
- Employment-related training
- Coalition building
- Disability Policy Development
Jefferson Chamber Foundation
3241 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 203
Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 835-3880
- Ticket-to-Work En
- Supported Employment
- Job Placement
- Career Development
JOB1 New Orleans
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
TeI: (504) 658-4000
www.cityofno.com/portals/portal56/portal.aspx
- Pre-employment services
- Vocational evaluations
- Referral services
- Career counseling
- Job referrals
Louisiana Business Leadership Network
504 Mayflower Dr.
Metairie, LA 70001
TeI/TDD - (504) 835-6387
www.lbln.org
- Business-led non-profit who values persons with disabilities as consumers and workers
- Facilitates Interagency Collaboration
- Provides Technical Assistance and Training to Business
Louisiana Department of Education
1201 N. Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5243
1-877-453-2721
www.doe.state.la.us
Louisiana Disability Program Navigator Initiative
1001 North 23rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9094
TeI: (225) 342-7686
- Pre-employment services
- Job referrals
- Continuing education
Louisiana Medicaid Purchase Plan/MIG
P.O. Box 91288
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9288
Tel - 1-888-544-7996
TTY - 1-800-220-5404
www.LaMPP.org
- Health insurance
- Statewide job fairs
- Coalition building
Louisiana Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
TeI/TDD - 225.342.0095
FAX - 225.342.8823
www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?lD=77
- Supported Employment
- Microenterprise program
- Vocational evaluations
- Day Habilitation
- Pre-employment services
- Employment-related training
Louisiana Office of Mental Health
628 North 4th St. - 4th Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
TeI/TDD - (225) 342-2540
www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?lD=77
- Supported employment (services vary by region)
Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
627 North 4th St. 2nd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
TeI/TDD -- 225-219-2225
1-800-737-2958
FAX - 225-219-4993
P.O. Box 91297, BR, LA 70821
www.dss.state.la.us
- Career counseling
- Vocational evaluations
- Training (Educational, Vocational, OAT)
- Pre-employment services (resume development, interview skills)
- Job placement
- Supported Employment
- Assistive Technology
- Transition services
- Individualized services needed to reach employment goal
- Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Blind/Visually Impaired Program
- Louisiana Commission for the Deaf
Louisiana Statewide Independent Living Council
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
TeI/TDD - 225-219-7552
1-800-579-5611
FAX - 225-219-7551
- Consumer-driven ''voice'' for provision of Independent living services
- Develops Louisiana State Plan for Independent Living in conjunction with other IL entities; includes provision of four core services, by Centers for Independent Living including:
- Information & Referral
- IL Skills Training
- Peer Counseling
- Individual and Systems Advocacy
Louisiana Work Incentive, Planning and Assistance (LA-WIPA) Coalition
TeI/TDD - 1-888-942-8104
www.advocacyla.org/publications/WIPAfinal.pdf
www.lawipa.org
- Benefit counseling to SSI/SSDI recipients
- Information on SS work incentives programs
- Assessment of how income will impact other federal & state benefits
- Ticket to Work
M.HRehab Option
LSU-HDC-OAAS
www.DSS.la.us
- 211 Service
Social Security Administration
Tel - 1-800-772-1213
TTY - 1-800-325-0778
5455 Bankers Ave, Baton Rogue, LA 70808
1-225-389-0697
www.socialsecurity.gov
- Eligibility determination for SSI & SSDI benefits
- Work incentive education
United Houma Nation Vocational Rehabilitation Services
991 Grand Caillou Rd. #2
Houma, LA 70363
TeI/TDD -- 985-223-3093
FAX 935-223-3095
P.O. Box 4217, Houma, LA 70361
- Career counseling
- Training (Educational, Vocational, OJT)
- Pre-employment services (resume development, interview skills)
- Job placement
- Assistive Technology
- Transition services
- Traditional healing
- Individualized services needed to reach employment goal
Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans, Inc.
4152 Canal St
New Orleans, LA 70119-5941
Phone: (504) 482-2130
www.voagno.org
Volunteers of America of North Louisiana
360 Jordan St
Shreveport, LA 71101-4847
Phone: (318) 221-2669
FAX: (318) 222-6370
www.voanorthla.org
- Pre-employment services
- Supported employment
- Internships
- Work incentive planning
- Volunteer placements