To request help from the Advocacy Center, call 1-800-960-7705 (Voice or via 711 Relay) or 1-855-861-3577 (TTY) or email advocacycenter@advocacyla.org. Our intake specialist will contact you within 1-2 business days to discuss your issue in detail and determine if AC can help.

Links Related to Community Integration

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OCDD Waiver Supports and Services page: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=191

OCDD Residential Options Waiver information: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/publications.asp?ID=191&Detail=1952

OCDD Children’s Choice Waiver information: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/faq.asp?CID=21&ID=191#Faq-1274

Long-term Personal Care Services for Adults: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?ID=92&Detail=4105

Office of Aging and Adult Services website: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=105

Louisiana’s Coordinated System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: http://www.dss.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=132&pnid=6&pid=272&catid=0

Louisiana Medicaid Services: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?id=92&detail=6736

Louisiana Permanent Supportive Housing Program (Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes):  http://www.mhsdla.org/home/OtherServices/PermanentSupportiveHousing/tabid/76/Default.aspx

Louisiana Office of Behavioral Health: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=62

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Louisiana: http://www.namilouisiana.org/

The Extra Mile: Southeast Louisiana: http://www.temsela.org/about_us.html & Region VIII (Monroe, Ruston): http://www.theextramileregionviii.com/Home.html

Louisiana Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health: http://www.laffcmh.org/

Louisiana Mental Health Advocacy Service: http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaServices/PublicPages/ServiceDetail.cfm?service_id=2848

Mental Health America of Louisiana: http://www.mhal.org/

U.S. Department of Justice ADA pages: http://www.ada.gov/

Center for Personal Assistance Services www.pascenter.org

The Clearinghouse for Home and Community Based Services www.hcbs.org

National Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled:  http://www.ciadny.org/Adult%20Homes%20in%20NYC.htm

Disability Law Lowdown: http://www.disabilitylawlowdown.com/

Technical Assistance Collaborative:  http://www.tacinc.org/hudprojects.html

DBTAC:  http://adaanniversary.org/  or http://www.adata.org/Static/Home.aspx

Louisiana Housing Alliance:  http://www.lahousingalliance.org/web/ 

HUD User:  http://www.huduser.org/portal//

National Council on Independent Living:  http://www.ncil.org/

La Mental Health Planning Council:  http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=153

Governor's Office of Disability Affairs:  http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=subsite&tmp=home&subSiteID=3

Juvenile Justice Project-La:  http://jjpl.org/new/

ADAPT:  http://www.adapt.org/index.php

Family & Friends of La's Incarcerated Youth:  http://fflic.org/

AARP: www.aarp.org

American Association of Persons with Disabilities: http://www.aapd.com/site/c.pvI1IkNWJqE/b.5406299/k.FBCC/Spotlight.htm

Corporation for Supportive Housing: http://www.csh.org/

Easter Seals-Project Action: http://projectaction.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ESPA_homepage&JServSessionIdr004=xlqpfz25o1.app239b