Resources & Education

Absolute Care, Inc.

  • Personal Care Attendance
  • Behavioral Health Services
  • Adult Day Care Services

Absolute Care Transportation, Inc.

  • Personal Care Attendance
  • Behavioral Health Services
  • Adult Day Care Services

Advocate Health Advisors (Tom Stratton)

  • Education and Information on Health and services

American Red Cross

  • Natural disaster recovery
  • House fire recovery

Basic Necessities LA

  • provider of clothes. Baby necessties, and women necessities

CASA of Northeast Louisiana

  • Court Appointed Special Advocates for children Serve 11 parishes in NELA

Boys & Girls Clubs of North Louisiana

  • After-school program for kids Tutoring
  • Summer Programs

Bienville Community Coalition

Calhoun Civic Club

  • Volunteer Service

Camp Quality

  • Free camp for children ages 5–18 diagnosed with cancer

Catholic Charities of North Louisiana

  • Rent and utility assistance
  • Financial literacy
  • SNAP enrollment help
  • Immigration legal assistance
  • Citizenship preparedness

Chamber of Commerce

  • Helps the growth of new businesses and strengths work force

Children’s Advocacy Center of NELA

  • Forensic interviews and medical exams for victims of abuse Victim advocacy
  • Training for child abuse prevention

Children’s Coalition of Northeast Louisiana

  • 117 Hall Street, Monroe, LA
  • 318-323-8775
  • bmcnamara@childrencoalition.org
  • Child care resource center
  • Teen pregnancy help
  • Parenting and youth programs

Common Ground Community

  • Volunteer community

Columbia Healthy Communities Coalition

  • Research and community engagemenr in

Community Soup Kitchen

  • Provides meals Tues., Thurs., and Sat. 11:30–1:00

Compassion That Compels

  • Provides home and emotional support for women overcoming cancer

Compassion That Compels

  • Provides home and emotional support for women overcoming cancer

Crowville Healthy Communities Coalition

  • Helps rural towns with access to reources

Dehli Health Rural Clinic

  • Healthcare

Delta Community College – Workforce

  • Short-term employment classes
  • GED/HiSET test prep
  • ESL classes

Delta Veterans, Inc.

  • Provides veteran resources and crisis line 1-800-273-8255

Department of Children and Family Services

  • Child welfare
  • Disability determination
  • Economic stability
  • Emergency preparedness

Domestic Abuse Resistance Team

  • Shelter for domestic abuse victims Counseling

Easterseals Louisiana

  • Free training/support for those with Autism or behavioral issues

Families Helping Families

  • Support for families with children/youth with disabilities Education and counseling

Family Promise of Ouachita

  • Housing and necessities for families
  • Life skills classes
  • Transportation

Families in Need of Service (FINS)

  • Community-based service for families in need

First West

  • Thrift store
  • Freedmen transition program
  • Counseling services
  • Bus tickets and short-term aid

Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana

  • Backpack food program for kids
  • Senior food delivery
  • Emergency boxes
  • Food distribution to agencies

Goodwill Supported Employment

  • Supported employment for people with developmental disabilities

Habitat For Humanity of North LA

  • Builds houses for low-income families

Heroes

  • HIV education, prevention
  • awareness
  • Youth and community programs

Hope Street Ministries

  • Serves lunch Sunday afternoons Gives out clothing and essentials

Life Choices

  • Free pregnancy & STD testing
  • Emergency assistance
  • Abortion pill reversal
  • Counseling and education

Jackson Healthy Communities

Louisiana Baptist Children's Home

  • Children housing
  • Counseling
  • Foster or adoption programs
  • Homeless women and children program

Louisiana Center Against Poverty

  • Youth development center
  • Afterschool programs
  • Tutoring
  • Economic training classes Job preparation

Louisiana Hospices & Palliative Care

  • Provides specialized care promoting wellness and comfort

Monroe Housing Authority

  • Disabled living
  • Retired living
  • Low-income family housing
  • Voucher program

Morehouse Communihealth Services

  • Non-profit community health center

NOVA

  • Career training
  • Resume writing
  • Job placement and preparedness
  • Counseling
  • Finance training

North Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation

  • Education and counseling Patient assistance and transportation

Northeast Delta Human Service Authority

  • Connects to organizations for mental health and addiction services

Northwest LA Food Bank

  • Connects to organizations for mental health and addiction services

Northwest LA Food Bank

  • Food collection and distrubution

O.I.C. of Ouachita

  • Job training and classes in business technology Medical assistant and GED programs

OMCAP (Ouachita Multi-Purpose Community Action Program)

  • Utility and rent assistance
  • Transportation and HiSET fee help
  • Budget counseling
  • Pharmacy and food vouchers

Ouachita Council on Aging (60+)

  • Caregiver support
  • Elderly housing
  • Emergency and legal assistance
  • Meals and nutrition education
  • Transportation
  • Wellness activities

Ouachita Healthy Communities Coalition

  • LSU AgCenter initiative that makes Louisiana towns healthier places to live, work, and play. Local residents decide what the important issues are and come up with possible solutions. The community works together to make healthy foods accessible and affordable, and ensure that outdoor physical activity is safe, accessible, and fun for all.

Ouachita Parish Section 8 Housing

  • : Rental assistance for elderly, handicapped, and low-income families

New Thinking No Excuses (Helen Jackson)

  • Fitness coaching, health advice, empowerment

Rays of Sonshine

  • Recovery housing for women and children Transportation help Education and job planning

Rolling Hills Ministries

  • Disaster relief
  • Mobile pregnancy center
  • HiSET classes
  • Thrift store

Social Security Office

  • Apply for disability, SSI, Medicare, and replacement cards

The Salvation Army Homeless Shelter

  • Night shelter for men, women, and children
  • Community kitchen
  • Social service office
  • Food pantry
  • Disaster services

Two Penny Missions

  • Housing for homeless men
  • Case-by-case assistance
  • Women's shelter in process

The Salvation Army Homeless Shelter

  • Night shelter for men, women, and children
  • Community kitchen
  • Social service office
  • Food pantry
  • Disaster services

United Way of Northeast Louisiana

  • helping families find stability, empowering young people or responding to crises

Will Source

  • Staffing Services, Temp Services, Career Placement

YWCA of Northwest Louisiana (Nurturing Parent Program, etc.)

  • A mission to eliminate racism and empower women

Women's Health Clinic

  • Women's healthcare/OBGYN