Resource Links
Agencies Serving People with Disabilities
- Children’s Special Health Services
- Department of Education
- Department of Health and Hospitals
- Early Steps
- Family Opportunity Act
- Governor’s Office of Disability Affairs
- Governor’s Office of Elderly Affairs
- Louisiana Rehabilitation Services
- Louisiana Housing Search
- Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities
- Office of Mental Health
State Advocacy Organizations
- Arc of LA
- Advocacy Center
- Families Helping Families of Louisiana
- Human Development Center
- Louisiana Citizens for Action Now (LaCAN)
- Louisiana Direct Support Professionals
- People First of Louisiana
National Advocacy Organizations
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
- The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- The Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions, and Seclusion (A.P.R.A.I.S.)
- Mental Health America of Louisiana
- National Association of Mental Illness
- National Disability Rights Network
- Partners in Policymaking Training Courses
Non-Profit Organizations
State Government
Federal Government
- Administration on Developmental Disabilities
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- U.S. Congress
Newspapers
- Alexandria - Town Talk
- Baton Rouge- Advocate
- Lafayette - Advertiser
- Lake Charles - American Press
- Monroe - News Star
- New Oleans - Times Picayune
- Shreveport - The Times
Telephone Numbers
- Medicaid Hotline - 888-342-6207
- Medicare Hotline - 800-433-4958
- Medicaid Abuse Line - 800-488-2917
- Medicaid Waiver Complaint Line - 800-660-0488
