ACCESS Pregnancy & Referral Centers
ACCESS Pregnancy & Referral Centers provide free, confidential testing and counseling to women facing an unplanned or troubled pregnancy, and a 24-hour crisis line. All ACCESS sites are Certified Medicaid Application Centers. Pregnancy education includes nutrition, parenting, childbirth, breastfeeding, and newborn care. We also provide free ultrasounds.
Toll Free 1-866-566-1399  
Hotline (504) 581-5433

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National Right to Life

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Deaf Action Center
Deaf Action Center is a community service program for people who are deaf, deaf-blind or hard of hearing. Our services include 24-hour interpreting,
C-Print Captioning services, telephone equipment distribution, information and referrals, American Sign Language classes, and case management.
(504) 310-6869
TDD: (504) 525-DEAF

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Deaf.com

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Padua Community Homes
Padua Community Homes are residential facilities with home-like atmospheres as well as community-based services to developmentally delayed individuals and the elderly. We provide counseling, employment, recreation, and many other services.
(504) 367-1465

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Padua Pediatrics Residential Program
Padua Pediatrics Residential Program is a residential program for medically fragile children between the ages of birth and 25. Clients have been diagnosed with severe to profound mental retardation and are non-ambulatory. Our active treatment services include 24-hour nursing and custodial care, developmental training, and consultative psychological, physical, occupational, and speech therapies. The Plaquemines Parish School System provides educational programs.
(504) 392-0502

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National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

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St. Vincent Maternity Clinic
St. Vincent Maternity Clinic provides affordable, private medical care, education, and counseling to low- to moderate-income women during pregnancy and delivery, and provides up to three days stay at Touro Infirmary. The clinic accepts Medicaid and is a Medicaid application center. It is currently under repair – please call the clinic for updates.
(504) 837-6346