Overview:
-Food Stamp Assistance-Medical Help-Legal Aid-Free Medicaid Enrollment-Families Helping Families: Disability Assistance-Narcotics Anonymous (Solutions Group)-Catholic Charities: Case Management
Office of Family Support — Food Stamp Assistance
Staff members from the Louisiana Department of Social Services Family Assistance Program are at the Community Center every Tuesday and Thursday from 10AM until 3 PM to help residents enroll for the Food Stamp Program. No appointment is necessary and all cases are seen on a first-come first-served basis. Residents can stop by and pick up an application form to fill out in advance.
More information about how to qualify and how to determine the amount of benefits that residents and their families can receive is at:For more information, please phone the Office of Family Assistance - Orleans Parish at 504-599-1700.Disaster Food Stamps Program Enrollment
Disaster Food Stamps are a separate program from the regular Food Stamps program. Families can pre-enroll so that, in the event of a disaster, they will quickly be able to receive any benefits for which they may be eligible.
Legal Help from SLLS
Tuesday, 10 a.m. - 12 noonAttorneys from Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) offer free legal aid every Tuesday from 10 AM- noon at the Community Center of St Bernard. Assistance is available for civil law matters such as consumer debt, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, home ownership, family law, successions, public benefits, employment, tax, Road Home and FEMA appeals. Attorneys will be present every week except on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Mardi Gras. For more information phone SLLS at 529-1000 or visit www.slls.org.Southeast Louisiana Legal Services has four full-time offices. All offices are open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., unless closed by holiday or emergency. Please contact the nearest office first. Intake is usually done by appointment, except in emergencies or when service by telephone is needed. If you cannot get to one of our offices, call to find out where else you can meet with us or if we can help you by telephone. The email address is selegal(at)slls(dot)org.
St Anna's Medical Mission
Now on Thursdays 10AM - 1:30PM
In the aftermath of Katrina, St. Anna's Medical Mission fills a critical need: free stopgap healthcare services delivered directly to the people repopulating Orleans, St. Bernard and Jefferson Parishes. Equipped with a range of medical supplies, equipment and sample medications necessary to treat hypertension, hyperglycemia, colds, flu, cuts, rashes and other basic health problems, St. Anna's medical van rotates through designated neighborhoods each week and provides health outreach through a staff nurse and the volunteer doctor, nurse, social worker or non-medical staff who are signed-on for that week.If you need healthcare, please stop by and see the medical staff on duty every Thursday. St Anna's is parked a block away from the Community Center in the Dollar General parking lot at the corner of LeBeau St and St Bernard Highway. No appointments are necessary. For more information about the wonderful work being done by the dedicated staff of St Anna's, visit their Homepage here.For more information about free medical care in the greater New Orleans area, please visit www.nolafreehealthcare.com
Support Services
Free Medicaid Enrollment at the Community Center of St Bernard every Monday!
The Community Center of St. Bernard is pleased to announce that through its partnership with Methodist Health System Foundation, Inc., a Medicaid enrollment specialist will be available every Monday to assist St. Bernard residents with Medicaid enrollment applications beginning on Thursday, July 8 th . Medicaid enrollment hours will be 10am—4:30pm every Monday at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi. No appointment is needed to receive assistance.Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Now Available!
Families Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana are now at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi, every Thursday from 10AM – noon. The mission of Families Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana is to enable and empower families of individuals with disabilities through an effective coordinated network of resources, support, and services. FHF of SELA is dedicated to helping families stay together, living independently and striving to reach their full potential. Moreover, FHF of SELA seeks to ensure that all individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to attend school, live, work and recreate in their community with typical peers.At the Community Center, FHF of SELA staff will provide individuals with disabilities and their families with information and referral, education and training, and peer-to-peer support. Resources available through FHF of SELA include services from the Metropolitan Human Services District, theState Department of Education, Louisiana Parent Training and Information Center, formerly known as Project PROMPT, the Louisiana State Improvement Grant and other local initiatives designed to assist individuals with disabilities.FHF of SELA services are free to the public and no appointment is needed. For more information about FHF of SELA resources, please phone 504-943-0343 or visit www.fhfsela.org.Solutions Group NA Meetings on Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Solutions Group of Narcotics Anonymous will be moving its meeting from Gethsemane Lutheran Church on Paris Rd, Chalmette, to the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi, starting on Saturday, October 3, 2009.Solutions Group of Narcotics Anonymous is a non profit group that is not affiliated with any other organization, has no dues or fees and is recognized as one of the best methods of recovery from addiction. 12 step programs are almost always advised as part of treatment in formal substance abuse counseling. Many people need go no further than using the 12 steps of Narcotics Anonymous in order to stop abusing substances.The Solutions Group was established in 1995 as a splinter group of the “It Works” N.A.group in Chalmette in order to provide a more relaxed atmosphere for people new to the 12 step program. Saturday meetings start at 7:30 PM and last approximately ninety minutes. The meeting is open to anyone who has a desire to stop using drugs or has a family member who is addicted. For more information about the Solutions Group NA meeting, please contact the Community Center at 504.281.2512.
Overview:
-Food Stamp Assistance-Medical Help-Legal Aid-Free Medicaid Enrollment-Families Helping Families: Disability Assistance-Narcotics Anonymous (Solutions Group)-Catholic Charities: Case Management
Office of Family Support — Food Stamp Assistance
Staff members from the Louisiana Department of Social Services Family Assistance Program are at the Community Center every Tuesday and Thursday from 10AM until 3 PM to help residents enroll for the Food Stamp Program. No appointment is necessary and all cases are seen on a first-come first-served basis. Residents can stop by and pick up an application form to fill out in advance.More information about how to qualify and how to determine the amount of benefits that residents and their families can receive is at:For more information, please phone the Office of Family Assistance - Orleans Parish at 504-599-1700.Disaster Food Stamps Program Enrollment
Disaster Food Stamps are a separate program from the regular Food Stamps program. Families can pre-enroll so that, in the event of a disaster, they will quickly be able to receive any benefits for which they may be eligible.
Legal Help from SLLS
Tuesday, 10 a.m. - 12 noonAttorneys from Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) offer free legal aid every Tuesday from 10 AM- noon at the Community Center of St Bernard. Assistance is available for civil law matters such as consumer debt, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, home ownership, family law, successions, public benefits, employment, tax, Road Home and FEMA appeals. Attorneys will be present every week except on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Mardi Gras. For more information phone SLLS at 529-1000 or visit www.slls.org.Southeast Louisiana Legal Services has four full-time offices. All offices are open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., unless closed by holiday or emergency. Please contact the nearest office first. Intake is usually done by appointment, except in emergencies or when service by telephone is needed. If you cannot get to one of our offices, call to find out where else you can meet with us or if we can help you by telephone. The email address is selegal(at)slls(dot)org.
Overview:
-Food Stamp Assistance
-Medical Help
-Legal Aid
-Free Medicaid Enrollment
-Families Helping Families: Disability Assistance
-Narcotics Anonymous (Solutions Group)
-Catholic Charities: Case Management
Office of Family Support — Food Stamp Assistance
Staff members from the Louisiana Department of Social Services Family Assistance Program are at the Community Center every Tuesday and Thursday from 10AM until 3 PM to help residents enroll for the Food Stamp Program. No appointment is necessary and all cases are seen on a first-come first-served basis. Residents can stop by and pick up an application form to fill out in advance.
More information about how to qualify and how to determine the amount of benefits that residents and their families can receive is at:
For more information, please phone the Office of Family Assistance - Orleans Parish at 504-599-1700.
Disaster Food Stamps Program Enrollment
Disaster Food Stamps are a separate program from the regular Food Stamps program. Families can pre-enroll so that, in the event of a disaster, they will quickly be able to receive any benefits for which they may be eligible.
Tuesday, 10 a.m. - 12 noon
Attorneys from Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) offer free legal aid every Tuesday from 10 AM- noon at the Community Center of St Bernard. Assistance is available for civil law matters such as consumer debt, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, home ownership, family law, successions, public benefits, employment, tax, Road Home and FEMA appeals. Attorneys will be present every week except on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Mardi Gras. For more information phone SLLS at 529-1000 or visit www.slls.org.
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services has four full-time offices. All offices are open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., unless closed by holiday or emergency. Please contact the nearest office first. Intake is usually done by appointment, except in emergencies or when service by telephone is needed. If you cannot get to one of our offices, call to find out where else you can meet with us or if we can help you by telephone. The email address is selegal(at)slls(dot)org.
St Anna's Medical Mission
Now on Thursdays 10AM - 1:30PM
In the aftermath of Katrina, St. Anna's Medical Mission fills a critical need: free stopgap healthcare services delivered directly to the people repopulating Orleans, St. Bernard and Jefferson Parishes. Equipped with a range of medical supplies, equipment and sample medications necessary to treat hypertension, hyperglycemia, colds, flu, cuts, rashes and other basic health problems, St. Anna's medical van rotates through designated neighborhoods each week and provides health outreach through a staff nurse and the volunteer doctor, nurse, social worker or non-medical staff who are signed-on for that week.
In the aftermath of Katrina, St. Anna's Medical Mission fills a critical need: free stopgap healthcare services delivered directly to the people repopulating Orleans, St. Bernard and Jefferson Parishes. Equipped with a range of medical supplies, equipment and sample medications necessary to treat hypertension, hyperglycemia, colds, flu, cuts, rashes and other basic health problems, St. Anna's medical van rotates through designated neighborhoods each week and provides health outreach through a staff nurse and the volunteer doctor, nurse, social worker or non-medical staff who are signed-on for that week.
If you need healthcare, please stop by and see the medical staff on duty every Thursday. St Anna's is parked a block away from the Community Center in the Dollar General parking lot at the corner of LeBeau St and St Bernard Highway. No appointments are necessary. For more information about the wonderful work being done by the dedicated staff of St Anna's, visit their Homepage here.
For more information about free medical care in the greater New Orleans area, please visit www.nolafreehealthcare.com
Free Medicaid Enrollment at the Community Center of St Bernard every Monday!
The Community Center of St. Bernard is pleased to announce that through its partnership with Methodist Health System Foundation, Inc., a Medicaid enrollment specialist will be available every Monday to assist St. Bernard residents with Medicaid enrollment applications beginning on Thursday, July 8 th . Medicaid enrollment hours will be 10am—4:30pm every Monday at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi. No appointment is needed to receive assistance.
Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Now Available!
Families Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana are now at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi, every Thursday from 10AM – noon. The mission of Families Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana is to enable and empower families of individuals with disabilities through an effective coordinated network of resources, support, and services. FHF of SELA is dedicated to helping families stay together, living independently and striving to reach their full potential. Moreover, FHF of SELA seeks to ensure that all individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to attend school, live, work and recreate in their community with typical peers.
At the Community Center, FHF of SELA staff will provide individuals with disabilities and their families with information and referral, education and training, and peer-to-peer support. Resources available through FHF of SELA include services from the Metropolitan Human Services District, theState Department of Education, Louisiana Parent Training and Information Center, formerly known as Project PROMPT, the Louisiana State Improvement Grant and other local initiatives designed to assist individuals with disabilities.
FHF of SELA services are free to the public and no appointment is needed. For more information about FHF of SELA resources, please phone 504-943-0343 or visit www.fhfsela.org.
Solutions Group NA Meetings on Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Solutions Group of Narcotics Anonymous will be moving its meeting from Gethsemane Lutheran Church on Paris Rd, Chalmette, to the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi, starting on Saturday, October 3, 2009.
Solutions Group of Narcotics Anonymous is a non profit group that is not affiliated with any other organization, has no dues or fees and is recognized as one of the best methods of recovery from addiction. 12 step programs are almost always advised as part of treatment in formal substance abuse counseling. Many people need go no further than using the 12 steps of Narcotics Anonymous in order to stop abusing substances.
The Solutions Group was established in 1995 as a splinter group of the “It Works” N.A.group in Chalmette in order to provide a more relaxed atmosphere for people new to the 12 step program. Saturday meetings start at 7:30 PM and last approximately ninety minutes. The meeting is open to anyone who has a desire to stop using drugs or has a family member who is addicted. For more information about the Solutions Group NA meeting, please contact the Community Center at 504.281.2512.
CCSTB Partners
The Community Center is grateful to those agencies, corporations, foundations and individuals whose ongoing support makes it possible for us to continue providing practical and much-needed assistance to the residents of St Bernard Parish as they work to rebuild their lives and their communities.We would especially like to acknowledge the following major grantors and donors:
- United Way of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana
- Greater New Orleans Foundation
- Harry Chapin Foundation
- Reily Foundation
- Metlife Foundation
- New Orleans Musicians' Clinic Gig Fund
- Prebyterian Hunger Relief Fund
- Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Fund
- Share Our Strength
- Delgado Community College
- Curves St Bernard
- St Bernard Parish Schools
- Christen Foundation
- Harrah's Foundation
- ELCA Domestic Hunger Grants
- Louisiana Family Recovery Corps
- Salvation Army
- Wal-Mart
- Union Pacific Foundation
- Nobles and Greenough School
- Jones River Landing Environmental Heritage Center
- Winn-Dixie Foundation
- Fidelity Trust
- Benson Foundation
- Woolard Family Foundation
- St Bernard Volunteers for Family and Community
Community Partners
The Community Center is is committed to connecting with existing agencies in whatever ways possible to foster and facilitate our common goals, and to creating a permanent community resource so that we may assist their progress. We currently have working partnerships with many organizations in the civic, faith-based, and nonprofit sectors, including:
- Christian Fellowship Worship Center
- St Bernard Health Center
- Milestones Mental Health Agency
- Bayou Land RC&D
- St. Bernard Parish Government
- St. Bernard Parish Long-Term Recovery Committee
- ACCION Louisiana
- BlueStone Ministries
- Arts Council of New Orleans
- United Commercial Fishermen's Association
- Habitat for Humanity - Camp Hope Volunteer Base Camp
- Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans (CCANO)
- Louisiana Masons, Andrew Jackson Lodge #428
- Plenty International
- Superior Wireless
- CACRC
- Green Project
- St Anna's Medical Mission & Talk It Out Van
- Daughters of Charity of New Orleans
- Loyola University School of Law
- Louisiana Office of Family Support, Plaquemines Parish
- Families Helping Families of SE Louisiana
- Furnishing Our Neighbors
- Jefferson Parish Council on Aging
- ARC of New Orleans
- Habitat Restore
- Help for Families
- Milestones Mental Health Agency
- Relief Spark
- St. Bernard Battered Women's Program
- ABC Channel 26 WGNO
- Celebration Church, Arabi Campus
- Carolyn Park Presbyterian Church
- Gethsemane Lutheran Church
- Boat People SOS
- Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations
- St. Bernard Parish Citizens Recovery Committee
- CrossRoadsMissions
- AmeriCorps
- New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
- Rotary Club
- Catholic Charities
- Girl Scouts of St. Bernard Parish
- Louisiana Spirit
- HOPEWorldwide - Gulf Coast
- Living Cornerstone Church International
- Unified Nonprofits of Greater New Orleans
- Neighborhoods Planning Network
- Trinity Christian Community
- Bywater Church of Christ
- National Relief Network
Our Mission: Respecting the dignity and potential of each human person, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans (CCANO) collaborates with the wider community to serve those in need. Impelled by the love and teaching of Jesus Christ, we offer life-giving programs, advocate for the voiceless, and empower the poor and vulnerable to foster a more just society. Our Values: Dignity through Respect -- Service through Love -- Justice through Advocacy and Empowerment --Unity through Prayer.Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans has been serving the community since 1727, when Ursuline nuns first stepped onto Louisiana soil in the area now known as the Ninth Ward of New Orleans to care for the citizens of Louisiana. Although nearly three centuries have passed, the legacy of the Ursuline nuns continues through Catholic Charities and its mission to care for those in need. CCANO is now fully accredited through the Council on Accreditation (COA). COA partners with human service organizations worldwide to develop and implement best practices in global service delivery, with the shared goal of bringing about and maintaining the well-being of individuals, families, and communities.
In St. Bernard Parish, to date, approximately 3000 individuals and families have benefited from Catholic Charities’ assistance, and we currently offer case management, information, and referral services to the residents of the parish. Catholic Charities is proud to maintain its presence in St. Bernard Parish, working with fellow community partners and voluntary agencies, as well as the community at large, to meet the needs of parish residents of this great community.
Plenty is a not-for-profit alternative relief and development organization founded in Tennessee in 1974. Plenty has managed projects in 15 countries on four continents with an emphasis on support of the world's native peoples and other disenfranchised people and our common environment.Plenty promotes appropriate and sustainable technologies such as small scale agriculture, nutrition, primary health care, clean water, alternative energy, and more. Recent disaster relief efforts have extended from Mayan villages in Guatemala to orphanages in tsunami stricken India. Plenty crews arrived in New Orleans just days after hurricane Katrina struck and are working there still, now primarily focused on helping families and individuals repair their damaged homes so they can move back.
The mission of the St. Bernard Battered Women's Program, Inc. is to empower all survivors of domestic violence through strong programs that promote quality assurance and continuous growth to live independent lives free from power and control by other individuals. The services we offer include shelter placement, counseling, and referrals. We also provide legal information and advocacy. We offer information on Temporary Restraining Orders and assist in their filing for qualified survivors of domestic violence. Referrals for legal representation are also provided.
We are a coalition of nonprofit leaders in the Greater New Orleans area, unified with one voice to support, lead and fully participate in the recovery and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Please join us in sharing information, networking with each other and collaborating to move forward together, as a nonprofit sector. We meet weekly at Nonprofit Central on Mondays, 1824 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, from 9:30-11:00am.
Founded in 1967 during the height of civil unrest, Trinity Christian Community exists to help those most at-risk in our city become leaders that will shape our city's future. Since Katrina TCC has become a center of volunteerism and rebuilding. Over 1,500 homes have been repaired, 275,000 volunteer hours logged, 5,000 assisted through surveying and direct aid and over $20,000,000 placed back into the economy. Our AmeriCorps programs have helped schools rebuild and have placed vital people resources into the rebuilding efforts.
The National Relief Network is proud to support St. Bernard Parish's Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. The NRN organizes student volunteer disaster relief programs for high schools, colleges, universities, churches and synagogues across the country. From UCLA to NYU, student volunteers are finding that working with the NRN is not only a lot of hard work, it's also incredibly rewarding. The NRN is the only non-profit organization promoted by both the National Honor Society and the National Association of Student Council in Washington , DC for high school students who would like to lend a hand following Hurricane Katrina. Come and join us, from wild fires near San Diego to respite centers at 911's ground zero, and now along the Gulf Coast, our student volunteers rock the world in a wonderful way.