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Families Helping Families

Families Helping Families is a statewide network of ten family-directed and family-staffed regional resource centers which provide information on all types of services, goods, technologies, and activities that improve the quality of life in the community; help individuals understand their rights and how to advocate for themselves; and lend support from someone “who has been there”.

Map of Louisiana broken down into 10 Families Helping Families regions.
Click the map to download the Families Helping Families Directory.

Region I – serving parishes of Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard
Families Helping Families NOLA
Aisha Johnson, Executive Director
2401 Westbend Parkway
New Orleans, LA 70114
504-943-0343 or 1-877-243-7352
504-940-3242 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Website:  www.fhfnola.org

Region II – serving parishes of East and West Baton Rouge, East and West Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, and Ascension
Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge, Inc.
Dr. Marilyn Thornton, Executive Director
2356 Drusilla Lane
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
225-216-7474 or 1-866-216-7474
225-216-7977 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Website:  www.fhfgbr.org

Region III – serving parishes of Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John, St. Mary, Terrebonne
Bayou Land Families Helping Families, Inc.
Charlie Michel, Executive Director
286 Hwy. 3185
Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301
985-447-4461 or 1-800-331-5570
985-447-7988 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Website:  www.blfhf.org

Region IV – serving parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermillion
Families Helping Families of Acadiana, Inc. 
Nicole Flores, Executive Director
100 Benman Road
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506
337-984-3458 or 1-855-984-3458
337-984-3468 Fax
Email:  [email protected]
Website: http://www.fhfacadiana.org/

Region V – serving parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jeff Davis 
Families Helping Families of Southwest Louisiana, Inc. 
Susan Riehn, Executive Director
324 West Hale Street
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
337-436-2570 or 1-800-894-6558
337-436-2578 Fax
Email:  [email protected]
Website:  www.fhfswla.org

Region VI – serving parishes of Avoyelles, Concordia, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon and Winn
Families Helping Families at the Crossroads of La., Inc.
Jim Sprinkle, Executive Director
2840 Military Hwy., Suite A
Pineville, Louisiana 71360
318-641-7373 or 1-800-259-7200
318-640-4299 Fax
Email:  [email protected]
Website:  www.fhfxroads.com

Region VII – serving parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Desoto, Red River, Natchitoches, Sabine, and Webster
Families Helping Families of Region VII, Inc.
Chanel Jackson, Executive Director
215 Bobbie Street, Suite 100
Bossier City, Louisiana 71112
318-226-4541 or 1-877-226-4541
318-425-8295 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fhfregion7.com

Region VIII – serving parishes of Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll
Families Helping Families of Northeast Louisiana, Inc.
Stacey Guidry, Executive Director
5200 Northeast Road
Monroe, Louisiana 71203
318-361-0487 or 1-888-300-1320
318-361-0417 Fax
Email:  [email protected]
Website:  www.fhfnela.org

Region IX – serving parishes of Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington
Northshore Families Helping Families, Inc.
Karen Artus, Executive Director
108 Highland Park Plaza
Suite 108
Covington, Louisiana 70433
985-875-0511 or 1-800-383-8700
985-875-9979 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Website:  www.fhfnorthshore.org

Region X – serving Jefferson Parish
Families Helping Families of Greater New Orleans, Inc.
Mary Jacob , Executive Director
700 Hickory Avenue
Harahan, Louisiana 70123
504-888-9111 or 1-800-766-7736
504-353-2350 Fax
Email: [email protected]
Website:  http://www.fhfofgno.org/

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