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, telephone equipment distribution and a hearing aid program.

Check out our YouTube page for videos in American Sign Language detailing what to do in case of weather-related emergencies like flash floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

For administrative issues, please call (504) 615-7122.
For interpreters, please call (504) 615-4944 or (504) 482-0961.

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Marque Medical Emergency Grant
This program provides case management and direct financial assistance (emergency grants) to individuals and families experiencing financial hardship due to a medical condition faced by a member of the family.  Clients come to the program only by way of referral from specific partner agencies which have conducted their own initial screening.  Individuals cannot refer themselves to this program.

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New Directions Adult Day Health Care Center
This Adult Day Health Care Center provides services exclusively to the developmentally disabled population.
(504) 943-9418
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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.

Community Homes are located throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans, including Harvey, Gretna, Metairie and Slidell.
(504) 392-0502
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Padua Home & Community Based Services
Padua Home & Community Based Services provides in-home care to developmentally delayed individuals in their homes.
(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. 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