Service Areas: Statewide
Contact Person: LaVondra Dobbs ldobbs@biala.org
100 Innwood Drive, Suite B
Covington, LA  70433
Toll free number:  800-500-2026
Phone:  985-892-9900
Fax:  985-892-9900
Email: info@biala.org
Web:  http://www.biala.org

Resource support and advocacy for persons
with brain injury and their families/care providers.
Community education and awareness

1131 Barataria Blvd.
Marrero, LA 70072
TeI/TDD - 504-371-7747
FAX - 504-371-7889
www.ccano.org

    Pre-employment devices (resume writing, interview skills)
    Career counseling
    Job referrals
    Training referrals

200 Henry Clay Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
504-896-9228

• Case Management-Ventilator Dependant Persons under the age of 25
• Technical Assistance to School Districts, Families, Clients and Agencies to Promote Inclusion into School and Community Activities of Persons with Disabilities
• Transition Technical Assistance

The Betty and Leonard Phillips Deaf Action Center of Louisiana

601 Jordan Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: 318-425-7781 or Fax: 318-226-1299
info@deafactioncenter.org
http://www.deafactioncenter.org

Tabitha Glass – tabby@deafactioncenter.org
Joe Todaro – joe@deafactioncenter.org

Service Area:  Nationwide
• Advocacy representation
• Assistance with the Job process by providing:
   °Dynamic and Video Remote Interpreting, Foreign Languages and Remote Captioning
   °Case Management
   °Job Coaching

GOODWILL INDUSTIRES OF NORTH LOUSIANA
800 W. 70th  Street
Shreveport, La 71106
1-888-263-4001
www.goodwillnla.org

Services Provided:

• Supported Employment
• On-Site Employment
• Work Readiness Training
• Job Essential Training (J.E.T.)
• Ticket-To-Work
• Goodwill Mental Health Program

Bobbie Hodges
Rehabilitation Manager

P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
TeI/TDD - 225-219-7550
1-877-668-2722
FAX - 225-219-7551
http://www.gov.state.la.us/disabilityaffairs

• State Agency Coordination
• Advise the Governor on Disability Issues
• Employment-related training
• Coalition building
• Disability Policy Development

3241 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 203
Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 835-3880

• Ticket-to-Work En
• Supported Employment
• Job Placement
• Career Development

1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
TeI: (504) 658-4000
www.cityofno.com/portals/portal56/portal.aspx

• Pre-employment services
• Vocational evaluations
• Referral services
• Career counseling
• Job referrals

401 Olive Drive
Slidell, LA 70458
985-326-9334 (Office)
www.kiisacorporation.com

david@kiisacorporation.com
sharon@kiisacorporation.com

Kiisa is your creative source for professional development, education and training. From technical writing and tailored presentations to targeted motivational speaking and community interfacing, kiisa will help you build strong, lasting business relationships. Kiisa creates much of the work they present within the corporate, academic, and non-profit arena…where stated, “Kiisa created, Kiisa facilitated,” you are assured the materials have been created, by kiisa, especially for your company!

Kiisa corporation...home to workplace transformation, motivation, inspiration, education

2773 N. Flannery Road
Baton Rouge, LA. 70814

225-275-1200
www.lhb.org

Our goal is to promote independent living among persons who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or possess other disabilities in addition to promoting employment opportunities in a competitive and integrated working environment.

Specific services include:

· Supported Employment Placement
· Vision Rehab Services
· Daily Living Skills
· Home Habilitation and Training
· Orientation and Mobility Training
· Job Coaching
· Assistive Technology
· Low Vision Clinic (slated to open First Quarter of 2012)
· Information and Referral
· Social Services
· Support Group
· Work Readiness Training
· Youth Programs including School to Work Transition

Most programs are supported by federal or state assistance. For more information, please contact us.

Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network (LATAN)

3042 Old Forge Drive, Suite D
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone:  225-925-9500 V/TTY
Toll Free:  800-270-6185 V/TTY   
Fax: 225-925-9560
www.latan.org

LATAN’s mission is to assist individuals with disabilities to achieve enhanced quality of life and greater independence through access to assistive technology.  LATAN serves individuals of all ages with all types of disabilities, and is the only statewide organization to do so.  We focus on providing information about and trial on low- and high-tech devices which enable people to participate in the environments of their choosing:  school, workplace, home and community.  We serve babies, students, workers, wounded warriors, older people, and anyone in between who needs assistance with daily activities.

Specific services include:

• Individualized assistive device hands-on demonstrations
• Tours of device demonstration centers for education and training purposes
• Communication device programming
• Assistive device short-term loans
• Financial (cash) loans
• Access to previously owned devices for low or no cost
• Recycled computers
• Training on and about assistive devices
• Technical assistance to agencies and organizations regarding assistive technology
• Emergency preparedness, response and recovery information and materials for assistive technology and durable medical equipment users, and other people with disabilities
• Awareness presentations on the benefits of assistive technology
• Information & assistance for users, regarding assistive technology vendors, potential funding sources, other disability services

100 Central Avenue
Jefferson, LA 70121
ApseLouisiana@gmail.com
www.apse.org

APSE is a growing national non-profit membership organization, founded in 1988 as the Association for Persons in Supported Employment, now known as APSE.  Louisiana APSE was formed in 2008.

APSE is the only national organization with an exclusive focus on integrated employment and career advancement opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

APSE supports the only annual national conference focused solely on the advancement of integrated employment.

Our Goals:

• Promote employment opportunities for all people, through local, regional, and national networks.
• Help establish and expand equitable employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
• Advocate with federal, state, and local legislators for legislation promoting integrated employment.
• Work with federal, state, and local policy makers to increase funding for integrated employment.
• Raise awareness within the business community as to the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities.
• Advocate for social change to help those with severe disabilities achieve a lifestyle that approximates that of individuals without disabilities.

504 Mayflower Dr.
Metairie, LA 70001
TeI/TDD - (504) 835-6387
www.lbln.org

Business-led non-profit who values persons with disabilities as consumers and workers
Facilitates Interagency Collaboration
Provides Technical Assistance and Training to Business

1201 N. Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5243
1-877-453-2721
www.doe.state.la.us

P.O. Box 3455
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
(225) 342-6804
(800) 450-8108
www.laddc.org

The Council is a 28-member Governor-appointed body charged with implementing the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 in Louisiana. Through advocacy, systems change and capacity building activities, the Council works to increase the self-determination, independence, productivity, integration and inclusion of people with developmental disabilities. The Council’s mission is to advocate for and support people with developmental disabilities to exercise control over their lives and participate fully in the community.

1051 North Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA70802-5239
800-450-8114 / 225-342-3000
http://www.louisianaeconomicdevelopment.com/opportunities.aspx?gt=b&rdr=SmallBiz

Louisiana Economic Development works to reposition Louisiana as one of the nation’s top states for business investment and economic opportunity. With more than 380,000 small businesses in Louisiana, LED is committed to connecting small businesses with the services and resources they need to grow and succeed.

In partnership with the Department of Health and Hospitals, LED recently launched the Disability Initiative, which offers individuals with disabilities the competitive advantage they need to gain access to programs and resources for self-employment opportunities.

For information on small business programs and resources available to individuals with disabilities, visit OpportunityLouisiana.com/SmallBiz or contact Brenda Bohrer at 225.342.3728.

1900 Gravier Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
Tel: (337) 962-3476
FAX: (337) 896-2273
http://www.hdc.lsuhsc.edu

The mission of the Human Development Center (HDC) is to provide leadership and innovation in interdisciplinary education, community service, research, and to disseminate information to strengthen and increase the capacity of local communities to support and include individual with [developmental] disabilities of all ages and their families in all aspects of life in the community. We accomplish our mission by doing the following:

• Implement Model Demonstration Projects
• Provide Direct Services
• Conduct Research & Evaluation
• Offer Interdisciplinary Training on a wide rage of topics to Professionals, Paraprofessionals, Families, Advocates & Self-Advocates
• Disseminate Information about Disabilities, and Services

P.O. Box 91288
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9288
Tel - 1-888-544-7996
TTY - 1-800-220-5404
www.dhh.la.gov

• Health insurance
• Statewide job fairs
• Coalition building

TeI/TDD - 225.342.0095
FAX - 225.342.8823
www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?lD=77

Supported Employment
Microenterprise program
Day Habilitation
Pre-employment services
Employment-related training

628 North 4th St. - 4th Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
TeI/TDD - (225) 342-2540
www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?lD=77

• Supported employment (services vary by region)

627 North 4th St. 2nd Floor
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
TeI/TDD -- 225-219-2225
1-800-737-2958
FAX - 225-219-4993
P.O. Box 91297, BR, LA 70821
www.dss.state.la.us

• Career counseling
• Vocational evaluations
• Training (Educational, Vocational, OAT)
• Pre-employment services (resume development, interview skills)
• Job placement
• Supported Employment
• Assistive Technology
• Transition services
• Individualized services needed to reach employment goal
• Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Blind/Visually Impaired Program
• Louisiana Commission for the Deaf

P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
TeI/TDD - 225-219-7552
1-800-579-5611
FAX - 225-219-7551

• Consumer-driven "voice" for provision of Independent living services
• Develops Louisiana State Plan for Independent Living in conjunction with other IL entities; includes provision of four core services, by Centers for Independent Living including:
   ° Information & Referral
   ° IL Skills Training
   ° Peer Counseling
   ° Individual and Systems Advocacy

1001 North 23rd Street
Post Office Box 94094
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9094
225-219-0022 (Fax)

Service Area:  Statewide
http://www.laworks.net

Services:

• Guides One-Stop Career Center staff in helping people with disabilities access and navigate the various programs that impact their ability to gain/retain jobs;
• Facilitates integrated, seamless, and comprehensive services in One-Stop Career Centers to persons with disabilities;
• Improves linkages to the employer community and develops demand-responsive strategies to meet their recruitment and retention needs; and
• Brings together multiple partners to foster a collaborative effort by building Interagency/intra-agency Integrated Resource Teams (IRTs).

Disability Program Navigators:

Jermaine Proshee
Disability Program Navigator, Alexandria/Lafayette Region
(318) 792-8282 -Mobile
(318) 992-8264 Ext#227 - Office
jproshee1@lwc.la.gov
jprosheedpn@att.net

Brian Kaufman
Disability Program Navigator, Monroe/Shreveport Region
3290 Front St.
Winnsboro, LA 71295
(318) 237-1570- Cell
kaufmanb@bayou.com

Georgette K. Wallace
Disability Program Navigator, Baton Rouge/New Orleans/Houma Regions
Louisiana Workforce Commission
1001 N. 23rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA
GWallace1@lwc.la.gov
(225) 342-2936- Office
(985) 351-1626- Cell
(225) 342-7676- Fax

LSU-HDC-OAAS
www.DSS.la.us
211 Service

Tel - 1-800-772-1213
TTY - 1-800-325-0778
5455 Bankers Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
1-866-613-3070
www.socialsecurity.gov

• Eligibility determination for SSI & SSDI benefits
• Work incentive education

991 Grand Caillou Rd. #2
Houma, LA 70363
TeI/TDD -- 985-223-3093
FAX 935-223-3095
P.O. Box 4217
Houma, LA 70361

• Career counseling
• Training (Educational, Vocational, OJT)
• Pre-employment services (resume development, interview skills)
• Job placement
• Assistive Technology
• Transition services
• Traditional healing
• Individualized services needed to reach employment goal

1979 Beaumont Dr.
Baton Rouge, La 70816
225-928-1400
www.uplifted.org
Email- Nicole@upliftd.org

UpLIFTD is a non-profit agency with a mission to assist persons with disabilities and/or disadvantaged to achieve self-sufficiency through employment.

• Vocational Services- Job Readiness, Job Placement, Vocational Evaluation, Ticket To Work Employee Network, Supported Employment, Alternative Staffing Agency

• Business Enterprise - Custodial Services, Grounds Maintenance....

• Residential Services- WCRC is our residential treatment center for Woman with chronic mental illness.

Unseen Arts was established to provide a creative outlet for people with physical disabilities. 

Unseen Arts is dedicated to providing the disabled a forum where they can express themselves creatively.  We seek to promote and support the artistic endeavors of the physically disabled.  We offer all our creations for sale.  The proceeds from these sales go directly to the artists and to further provide them with arts and crafts materials.

Unseen Arts is promoting our artists in hope to raise awareness for the physically disabled and shift focus from what the disabled can't do, to the many amazing things that they CAN do.

Unseen Arts goal is to have a Studio where the physically disabled feel they have accomplished one more step towards independence with their creations and artistic materials.

Unseen Arts is in need of support of the public, private for-profit and non-profit sectors.

Unseen Arts needs the support of state agencies and private sectors to further its needs of aiding the growth of the individuals that are physically disabled. 

Unseen Arts was founded by a person that is vision impaired and has a hearing disability.   

Unseen Arts hopes that with the commitment and contributions of Louisianans this foundation will reach its goals of individuals with disabilities becoming financially independent.

Unseen Arts has many needs but strongly believes that with the support of individuals we will succeed reaching our goals.

360 Jordan St
Shreveport, LA 71101-4847
Phone: (318) 221-2669
FAX: (318) 222-6370
www.voanorthla.org

Pre-employment services
Supported employment
Internships
Work incentive planning
Volunteer placements