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Community Resources and Family Support Groups
 
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council
813 Belanger Street
Houma, LA 70360
Phone: 504-879-2273  Fax: 504-879-3766  
Contact: Camye Thibodeaux


Corinne Barnwell, Parent
1917 Audubon Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: 504-862-0311  
Contact: Corinne Barnwell
wbarnwell@cox.net


Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana - Health Department, Substance
P O Box 519
Elton, LA 70532
Phone: 337-584-2208  Fax: 337-584-1473  
Contact: Milton Hebert
mhebert@coushattatribela.org
Counseling and other services in a small Indian community.

Families Helping Families
4323 Division Street,
Ste 110
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: 504-888-9111  Fax: 504-888-0246  Toll Free: 800-766-7736
www.fhfla.org
Staffed by parents of children with disabilities, these families provide support to one another.

Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services
154 North Hollywood Road
Houma, LA 70360
Phone: 504-851-4488  Fax: 504-872-0985  
Contact: Claire Lambert
Group homes and foster care for youth.

Martha Jean Williams
Kenner Cares: Preventing Homelessness
2100 3rd St.
Kenner, LA 70067
Phone: 505-468-7823  
Contact: Martha Jean Williams


Patti Paquette, Parent
Slidell, LA
Contact: Patti Paquette
plp02@gnofn.org


Pelts, Kirkhart, & Associates, LLC
1539 Jackson Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
Contact: Patricia Blackwell, PhD,  Developmental Psychologist
pkmblackwell@bellsouth.net
Treats children prenatally exposed to drugs/alcohol.

Terrebonne Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council
813 Belanger Street
Houma, LA 70360
Phone: 504-879-2273  Fax: 504-879-3766  
Contact: Camye Thibodeaux


Diagnosis of FAS
 
Children's Hospital - Department of Genetics
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: 504-896-9254  Fax: 504-896-3997  
Contact: Yves Lecassie
ylacas@lsuhsc.edu


Tulane University Medical Center - Department of Neurology
1415 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-588-5231  Fax: 504-584-1727  
Contact: Diane Africk
dafrick@tulane.edu


University Medical Center
2390 W Congress Street
Lafayette, LA 70506
Phone: 337-261-6000  Fax: 318-261-6125  
Contact: Parvin Safari


Other
 
Advocacy Center
225 Baronne Street
Suite 2112
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-522-2337  Fax: 504-522-5507  Toll Free: 800-960-7705
advocacycenter@advocacycenter1a.org
Protection and advocacy agency for persons with developmental disabilities.

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
1201 Capitol Access Road
BIN #18, 4th floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 504-342-6717  Fax: 504-342-3875  
Contact: Michael Duffy
mduffy@dhh.state.la.us
Can link substance abusing women patients with treatment resources. In some centers infants and young children may be accommodated.

Prevention Programs, including Treatment for Women
 
Capital Area Human Services District (CAHSD)
4615 Government Street, Building 2
Baton Rouge, LA 70806-5820
Phone: 225-925-4093  Fax: 225-925-1987  
Contact: Jan Kasofsky, Debby Cartwright
CAHSD-Information@DHH.LA.GOV
http://www.cahsd.org/
CAHSD is part of SAMHSA's Partnership to Prevent FASD. Some of the services pertinent to the FASD Partnership are: child/adolescent prevention and treatment; adult treatment (including detox, education groups); outpatient treatment; residential treatment for women with dependent children; inpatient treatment; addictions screening for pregnant women; and treatment for sexual abuse, dual diagnosis, and gambling addiction.

Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse of Greater New Orleans
3520 General De Gaulle Dr.
Suite 5010
New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone: 504-362-4277  Fax: 502-362-9561  
Contact: Keisha Walker
direducation@cadagno.org


Great Expectations - City of New Orleans Health Department
2020 Jackson Avenue
Suite 100
New Orleans, LA 70113
Phone: 504-565-7601  Fax: 504-523-7728  
Contact: Deborah Frazier
Healthy Start program for parents in inner-city neighborhoods.

Louisiana Office of Mental Health - Developmental Neuropsychiatric Program
P.O. Box 3850
Mandeville, LA 70470
Phone: 504-626-6504  Fax: 504-626-6353  
Contact: Cheryl Bowers-Stevens
Inpatient treatment center for youth who have been diagnosed with both mental retardation and behavioral problems. Another phone number: 504-361-6220.

Partners for Healthy Babies (Louisiana Office of Public Health
325 Loyola Avenue, Room 612
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-5073  Fax: 504-568-8162  
Contact: Karis Schoellmann


State Prenatal Information and Referral Hotline
201 Capitol Access Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Toll Free: 800-251-BABY
Contact: Sheila Bridgewater
Part of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

William Black, M.D., Obstetrician
15748 Medical Arts Plaza
Hammond, LA 70403
Phone: 985-542-0663  Fax: 985-542-0698  
Treats pregnant and parenting patients who have substance abuse disorders and works statewide on FAS prevention. Can refer families to support groups

Treatment Services for Affected Individuals
 
Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority
3101 W Napoleon Avenue
Suite 140
Metairie, LA 70001
Phone: 504-838-5357  Fax: 504-838-5400  
Contact: Nancy Haslett
Treatment in hospitals or in the community; case management for families dealing with disabilities. Metairie forms part of greater New Orleans

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