Pregnant? Need help? Or facing another situation, before or after birth? There are no-cost or low-cost services of all sorts available in the New Orleans area to help you and your family.

HEALTHCARE SERVICES

  • Baptist Community Health Services: www.bchsnola.org, (504) 533-4999. Primary care, women’s health, pediatrics, counseling and behavioral health
    • 4960 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans
    • 4209 St. Claude Ave. New Orleans
    • 1616 Caffin Ave. 2nd Floor, New Orleans
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  • Covenant House Drop-In Clinic (Tulane): (504) 584-1112. 611 N. Rampart St., New Orleans. Free primary care services for infants, children, and adolescents up to age 23. Well baby exams, vaccinations, urgent care, PAP smears, STI screening and treatment
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  • Daughters of Charity Health Center: www.chcno.org. Primary and preventive health services that address the needs of the total individual – body, mind and spirit
    • (504) 207-3060, 3201 S. Carrollton Ave., New Orleans
    • (504) 362-8930, 3215 General Meyer Ave., Algiers
    • (504) 282-0089, 100 Warrington Dr., New Orleans
    • (504) 367-8777, 1301 Whitney Ave., Gretna
    • (504) 948-2873, 3303 Higgins Blvd., New Orleans
    • (504) 468-4437, 3715 Williams Blvd., Kenner
    • (504) 482-0084, 111 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie
    • (504) 248-5357, 5630 Read Blvd., New Orleans East
    • (504) 941-6041, 1030 Lesseps St., New Orleans
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  • EXCELth Primary Health Care:www.excelth.com, (504) 524-1210. Primary care, dental services, and behavioral health
    • 2050 Caton St., Gentilly
    • 9900 Lake Forest Blvd. Ste. F, New Orleans East
    • 4422 General Meyer Ave. Ste. 103, Algiers
  • Hope Women’s Clinic: www.hopewomansclinic.com, (504) 496-0214, 4612 S. Claiborne Ave., New Orleans. Women’s healthcare services
  • New Orleans East Louisiana Community Health Center: www.noelachc.org, (504) 255-8665, 13085 Chef Menteur Hwy., New Orleans East. Primary, preventive, rehabilitative, and behavioral health care
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  • Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program: www,lbchp.org, (888) 482-2130. 1615 Poydras St. Ste. 1400, New Orleans. No-cost breast and cervical cancer screenings
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  • Odyssey House Community Health Center: www.ohlcommunityclinic.org, (504) 383-8559, 1125 N. Tonti St., New Orleans. Primary care, behavioral health, women’s health (excluding OB), and more
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  • St. Thomas Community Health Center: www.stthomaschc.org, (504) 529-5558. Primary care, pediatrics, women’s healthcare, counseling and more
    • 1020 St. Andrew St., New Orleans
    • 1936 Magazine St., New Orleans
    • 2405 Jackson Ave. Ste. 222, New Orleans
    • 3943 St. Bernard Ave. New Orleans
    • 1200 L.B. Landry Ave. New Orleans
    • 3221 General De Gaulle Dr., New Orleans
    • 230 Ochsner Blvd/Meadowcrest St., Gretna
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  • St. Vincent Maternity Clinic: www.ccano.org/stvincent, (504) 837-6346, 921 Aris Ave. Ste. B, Metairie. Medical care, education, and counseling to women during pregnancy and delivery

PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS

  • Access Pregnancy and Referral Centers: accesspregnancy.com, (504) 832-1503. Free services include pregnancy testing and ultrasounds, education, referrals, and post-abortion counseling
    • 921 Aris Ave. Ste. B, Metairie, (504) 832-1503
    • 1430 Claire Ave., Gretna (504) 427-1278
    • 9701 Hammond St., New Orleans, (504) 427-1278
    • Diaper bank located at Metairie location
  • Celebrate Life Ministries: (504) 872-9737, 2225 Pleasure St , Gentilly. An outreach of Gideon Christian Fellowship International. Free pregnancy tests, counseling, and information on pregnancy, medical care, finances, and adoption
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  • Community Center for Life: www.pregnancytestingwestbank.com, (504) 227-9090, 539 Lafayette St., Gretna. Free pregnancy testing and ultrasounds, counseling, education, referrals, maternity and baby clothes and baby supplies
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  • Pregnancy Care Center: www.pregnancycarecenternola.org, (504) 831-4006, 3108 20th St., #102, Metairie. Free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, education, referrals, counseling, post-abortion support services, and material care for mother and baby
  • Woman’s New Life Center: www.womansnewlife.com, (504) 831-3117, 4612 S. Claiborne Ave., New Orleans. Free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds; education, professional counseling, STD testing, post-abortion services

ADOPTION/FOSTER CARE SERVICES

  • Volunteers of America: www.voasela.org, (504) 482-2130, 4152 Canal St., New Orleans
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  • Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans: www.ccano.org/adoption, (504) 885-1141, 3019 N. Arnoult Road, Metairie
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  • Crossroads NOLA: www.crossroadsnola.org, (504) 482-9135, 5290 Canal Blvd., New Orleans. Adoption/foster care services; recruit people to be foster parents; develop and support foster care parents

HOUSING ASSISTANCE

  • Hotel Hope: www.HotelHope.org, (504) 233-4760, 3923 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Housing assistance for women and their children
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  • New Orleans Mission: www.neworleansmission.org, (504) 523-2116, 1130 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
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  • New Orleans Women and Children’s Shelter: www.nowcs.org, (504) 899-4589 ext. 100, 2020 S. Liberty St., New Orleans
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ADDICTION SERVICES

  • Bethel Colony South Women at the Well: www.bethelcolonysouth.org, (504) 324-6170. Residential Christian recovery program for adult women
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  • Oyssey House: www.ohlinc.org, (504) 821-9211, 1125 North Tonti, New Orleans. Medically-supported detox, long- and short-term adult substance abuse residential program

ASSISTANCE WITH BILLS, BASIC NEEDS

  • Hope House New Orleans Assistance Program: www.needhelppayingbills.com, (504) 525-2561, 916 St. Andrews St., New Orleans. Emergency assistance for food, rent, or utilities; clothes, bus tokens, shelter vouchers, advice and referrals; computers and internet access; after-school youth program
  • Total Community Action: www.tca-nola.org, (504) 324-8609, 1410 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway, New Orleans. Assistance with utilities, job counseling and work readiness; food pantry and commodities, youth development, financial counseling. Also has a Head Start program available to eligible families, and a federal credit union.

COUNSELING

  • Family Services of Greater New Orleans: www.fsgno.org, (504) 822-0800, 2515 Canal St. Ste. 201, New Orleans. Provides caring, confidential counseling for addictions, critical incident stress, child abuse, sexual abuse and anger management
  • Leake Magee Christian Counseling Center: www.nobts.edu/lmccc, (504) 816-8004, 3939 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans. Provides an array of biblical, evidence-based counseling services that are affordable, accessible, and address the diverse mental health relational counseling needs of individuals, couples, and families in the greater New Orleans community, including children, adolescents, and elders.

OTHER SERVICES

  • Common Ground Relief Free Legal Clinic: www.commongroundrelief.org, (504) 355-0970. Provides a wide range of services including consumer protection matters, Elder Law, Family Law, Estate Planning, Foreclosure issues, government programming, Housing and Landlord-Tenant disputes.
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  • Crisis Teen Textline: Text (504) 777-3273. Primarily set to serve youth ages 13-22 experiencing emotional distress
  • Department of Social Services: www.dcfs.louisiana.gov, (504) 599-1700, 1661 Canal St. No. 2000, New Orleans. Information about services and offices for federal social programs, including food stamps, Medicaid, WIC, SSI, unemployment, mental health, FEMA/missing persons, child support, foster care
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  • Hope Center: www.hopecenterla.org, (504) 363-4034, 1900 Lafayette St. Ste. 2, Gretna. Youth development and services, including counseling, job training and placement, GED programs, leadership development, and educational skills development.
  • Human Trafficking Hotline: (888) 373-7888
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  • Louisiana Medicaid: www.medicaid.la.gov, hotline: 1.888.342.6207. Medicaid administers several programs, including LaCHIP, that provide various health care coverage services to children and families who meet certain eligibility qualifications.
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  • Southeast Louisiana Legal Services: www.slls.org, (504) 529-1000, 1340 Poydras Ste. 600, New Orleans. Free civil legal aid to low-income people
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