Human & Social Services
OVERVIEW
The people of our diverse communities represent our strongest and most important asset. Their potential is key to our region’s future prosperity, and we believe that helping them reach this potential is key to the development of the entire Greater New Orleans area.
We support programs to help improve and make more accessible our region’s social and human services providers, and to build a social services delivery system that is community-based and coordinated across government, nonprofit and other providers. These efforts include fostering closer collaboration among social service providers, informing policy initiatives with feedback from the community, and building coalitions that advocate for improved social services and their delivery systems.
By fostering a more complete, responsive, stable system of human and social services, we can better address the needs of our community and help our neediest neighbors regain control over their lives.
OUR WORK
We support innovation in this arena through:
IMPACT
Our program to create a resilient, sustainable and equitable region where people may achieve their full potential and where our unique culture may flourish. Read More >>
SNAPSHOTS
Providing Legal Aid Southeast Louisiana Legal Services / HANO, Laura Tuggle
When Laura Tuggle joined HANO, she brought years of experience in providing legal services to underserved populations. At Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, she and her staff worked Read More >>
one-on-one to provide free legal aid to those in need. This work led to city-wide changes, such as improvements in how HANO handles its housing voucher program for residents including domestic violence victims and people with disabilities.
“Sometimes in order to meet the needs of individuals, you have to look at where the larger systems need to be changed,” says Tuggle. “And, sometimes the only change necessary is for everybody to work together.”
UNITY of Greater New Orleans
UNITY employs case workers who search for homeless people mostly at night in abandoned buildings. It is estimated there are 6,000 homeless people living in the 65,000 abandoned residential units in New Orleans.
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I need money to pay for a TWIC card for this job with Norwegian Cruise Lines. I am unemployed and do not get unemployment compensation. Are their any resources that can help me get a TWIC card, which cost $132.50?
Dear Vincent,
Thank you for your question. We suggest that you contact the Louisiana Workforce Commission: (225) 342-3111.