Where Can I Go, Lord?

Jennifer Gaudet 876-0490 [email protected]

Office of Individual & Family Assistance Updated August 13, 2018

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For people living in the following parishes, additional resources can be obtained by calling 211 which is the VIA LINK Resource Hotline: Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington: VIA LINK call center provides 24 hours a day assistance with crisis counseling, information and referral to programs to help with needs such as food, shelter, medical care, counseling programs, substance abuse treatment, childcare, etc.

Alternatives to Abortion/Foster Care Resources: • Hope Restored For Life Pregnancy Center and Crisis Helpline: 872-4994: Provides caring services to pregnant women in crisis by offering education, guidance, and spiritual support especially to those considering abortion or other alternatives. • Crossroads Pregnancy Resource Center: 446-5004 or 1-866-446-5004: Provides caring services to pregnant women in crisis by offering education, guidance, and spiritual support especially to those considering abortion or other alternatives. • Goodwill: 504-457-2277 or 985-262-8666: assists individuals ages 14-26, who are in foster care or have aged out of faster care with independents living skills training, case management, peer support or assistance for those individuals aged 18-26 who are experiencing a disruption in their housing situation. • Liberty Dwelling: 985-262-8558 or www.libertydwelling.org : provides housing, spiritual, educational, psychological, emotional and physiological support to young adults that have aged out of the foster care system. • Department of Children & Family Services: assists children in foster care with finding foster parents who are willing to take them into their homes:  Lafourche: 447-0945  St. Mary: 337-828-5278  Terrebonne: 857-3630 • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support www.nationalshare.org or 1-800-821-6819: Offers support for parents that have lost a child due to miscarriage or stillbirth. • The Nurturing Network: www.nurturingnetwork.org : Provides an individually tailored program of support free of charge to mothers whose own support networks have let them down. Support offered includes specialized educational and employment assistance along with the more routine medical, housing and counseling services.

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• www.aplacetoremember.com : Uplifting support materials by those who have been touched by a crisis pregnancy or death of a baby.

Adoptions: • Catholic Charities Diocese of Houma Thibodaux: 876-0490 or https://www.htdiocese.org/catholic-charities: Counseling is offered for mothers who are struggling with the issue of keeping the baby or surrendering the baby up for adoption. Offer adoptive Placements with Catholic couples in the Diocese of Houma/Thibodaux, when infants are surrendered for adoption. Pre-placement home studies for inter-country adoptions are also available. • Children of the World: 1-251-990-3550 or http://childrenoftheworld.com/contact-us/ : locate children to adopt from either inside or outside of the . • For a listing of Maternity Homes outside of the state of Louisiana: www.abcadoptions.com/maternityhomes.htm • Hope Cottage Pregnancy and Adoption Center: 1-800-944-4460: International adoption agency