Programs
- LAFAYETTE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LEAP)
Provides rental assistance on behalf of eligible tenants, including households and single occupants. - LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP)
Provides direct payments to home energy suppliers on behalf of eligible households, particularly the elderly and disabled. - COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM (CSBG)
Provides support services for community-based, anti-poverty programs and projects, such as emergency assistance, transportation, housing and weatherization. - Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO)
We offer a variety of affordable housing development options including: single and multifamily rental assistance, single-family new construction and acquisition/renovation homeownership for low to moderate income individuals and families. - GENERAL TRANSPORTATION
Provides transportation services (within and outside of respective parishes) for a nominal fee so that clients may attend hospital and medical appointments and social service appointments. - EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER NATIONAL BOARD PROGRAM (FEMA)
Provides emergency food and shelter, and helps with rent or mortgage payments and assists those families in need of emergency shelter and food. - EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Provides emergency assistance with food, housing, clothes and prescriptions. - LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS
Provides supplementary assistance for transportation, housing and emergencies. - COUNSELING AND REFERRALS
Provides counseling services to clients who have been referred by other social agencies. Also provides alternative services that may be available to clients. - HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Provides the homeless with the opportunity to make the transition out of poverty. Also provides social and maintenance assistance. - HUD-APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING COUNSELING
Provides housing counseling assistance to HUD-related clients. Housing counseling activities include mortgage default, pre-purchase activities, consumer education, preoccupancy rental, rental delinquency, relocation assistance, and others. - HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING
Provides the pros and cons of becoming first-time homebuyers. - RETIRED & SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP)
Places retired senior volunteers in various social service agencies, which is beneficial to both the volunteers and the community. - SMILE HOMEWORK CENTER
Provides afterschool educational assistance for students to enhance their academics. - EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS (ESG) PROGRAM
Provides transitional housing for homeless families, including supportive services, to help them achieve independent living. - MEDICAID APPLICATION ASSISTANCE
Assists with completing applications for clients wishing to enroll in the Medicaid Program. Eligibility determinations are made by the state. - COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER
Provides limited computer technology and internet services for community residents. - HEALTH & WELLNESS
Provides fitness and nutrition workshops and activities.