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Adoption
Agenda for Children
(Separate Website)
Agenda for Children works to make government work better for Louisiana’s children, keeping track of laws, policies, and decisions that affect children. This involves child protection, welfare, child care, health insurance and Medicaid, child support, education, juvenile justice, housing, and other public services. Agenda for Children also offers training, resource and referral services, information and technical assistance to individuals, families, organizations, service providers and the media.
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
(Separate Website)
National not-for-profit group devoted to improving adoption policy and practice.
Financial Help for Adoptions
(Separate Website)
National nonprofit organization dedicated to providing financial support, information, and services for adoptive and prospective adoptive families.
By: National Adoption Foundation
Financial Help for Adoptions & Foster Care
(Separate Website)
Financial assistance available in Louisiana.
By: North American Council on Adoptable Children
Grants for Adoptions
(Separate Website)
Private foundation helps potential adoptive parents with cash grants to subsidize a part of adoption expenses.
By: Gift of Adoption Fund
Helping Your Foster Child Transition to Your Adopted Child
(Separate Website)
A factsheet for families.
By: Administration of Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Low Interest Loans for Adoptions
(Separate Website)
Nonprofit charitable foundation that gives financial help for international adoption to qualified prospective parents who might otherwise not be able to adopt.
By: A Child Waits Foundation
Social Services -- Claiborne Parish
(Separate Website)
Directory of social services available in Claiborne Parish
Child Abuse and Neglect
Agenda for Children
(Separate Website)
Agenda for Children works to make government work better for Louisiana’s children, keeping track of laws, policies, and decisions that affect children. This involves child protection, welfare, child care, health insurance and Medicaid, child support, education, juvenile justice, housing, and other public services. Agenda for Children also offers training, resource and referral services, information and technical assistance to individuals, families, organizations, service providers and the media.
Childhelp USA
(Separate Website)
The mission of this non-profit organization is to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused and neglected children. It focuses on treatment, prevention, and research.
Covenant House for Homeless and At-Risk Youth
(Separate Website)
Find out here how Covenant House New Orleans helps homeless and at-risk youth, and how you can get help. Shelter, counseling, job training, childcare help and more.
By: Covenant House New Orleans
Crisis Phone Line
COPE LINE is a 24 hour, telephone crisis intervention service. Many calls to VIA LINK's COPE LINE relate to emotional distress, abuse, violence and every day stresses. Callers will receive an immediate and confidential response. COPE LINE is certified by the American Association of Suicidology. Counselors are specially trained to assist in suicide intervention and prevention. Callers are linked to community resources as appropriate.
By: VIA LINK
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Separate Website
Gingerbread House Not-for-profit program that gives counseling for sexually-abused children. Appointments made only on referral from law enforcement or child protection agencies.
Juvenile Justice and Education
(Separate Website)
Look here to find out more about students facing school discipline, and how to keep them from getting lost in the legal system.
Louisiana Children's Trust Fund
(Separate Website)
The Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund is funded by state, federal and other money, and serves as a catalyst for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts in Louisiana. Among its responsibilities are the creation of the plan for prevention of child abuse, presentation of its annual review to the Governor and Legislature, and the funding of community-based child abuse and neglect programs to public and non-profit organizations through its grant process.
By: LCTF.ORG
Louisiana Juvenile Justice Resource Map
(Separate Website)
Link to map where you can find out about Juvenile Courts, Juvenile Public Defenders, Juvenile Probation Officers, District Attorneys and other resources available in your parish.
By: Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(Separate Website)
NCMEC provides services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children.
National Runaway Switchboard
(Separate Website)
Resource for runaways, youth at-risk, families and parents, educators and social service professionals.
Practical Advice on Family Legal Problems
(Separate Website)
This ABA webpage offers "Practical Law" information on different legal problems, including family-related problems such as divorce, custody, domestic abuse, and making wills.
By: American Bar Association (ABA)
Prevent Child Abuse America
(Separate Website)
National non-profit with Louisiana chapter, organizing to prevent child abuse.
By: PREVENTCHILDABUSE.ORG
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