NOLA Dashboard
Wednesday, 21 June 2006
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS/OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
The City of New Orleans Emergency Operations Center will be moving to the 9th floor of City Hall by July 1st. They are still continuing preparations for this year’s hurricane season, including planning for the evacuation of trailer communities and training National Guardsmen to drive RTA buses. There was no EOC briefing this morning.
For more details, visit the City of New Orleans website (www.cityofno.com) and click “Situation Report for New Orleans” under City Updates.
REGIONAL AMBULATORY CARE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The partners of PATH (Partnership for Access to Healthcare) and additional organizations that have been part of the planning process for the restoration of ambulatory care facilities post-Katrina have been meeting weekly to formalize plans for continued restoration of facilities and additions of clinics and clinical capacity. The purpose of the planning includes the definition of needs and prioritization of those needs, with an early objective of developing a methodology that all parties agree upon for distribution of SSBG funds associated with increasing clinical capacity.
NEXT MEETING:
Thursday, June 22nd at 1:30 PM at Tidewater Building, TulaneSchool ofPublic Health & Health Sciences Center, 1440 CanalSt., 12th floor
For notes of the last meeting held on June 8th, please contact Nancy Burris at .
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Index
Health and Relief Services Information…………………………………………………………………….. / 2 - 4Clinic Operations Summary / 5 - 11
Daily hospital census information from www.gnoems.com ……………………………………………….. / 12 - 13
Mobile Clinic Schedule …………….………………………………………………………………………. / 14
Health Services map and listings ….……………………………………………………………………….. / 15 - 17
Behavioral Health Services map and listings ….…………………………………………………………… / 18 - 19
List of Support Groups in Greater New Orleans…………………………………………………………… / 20 - 21
Health and Relief Services Information
Office of Community Services/Department of Social Services
The Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services has reopened for Child Protection, Family Services for families with child abuse and neglect problems, Foster Care Services, and Adoption Services in the Orleans District Office at 1010 Common Street, downtown New Orleans. Orleans District Office phone number is: (504) 680-9100. Inquiries for being a foster parent can be made to the local number or through: 1-888-617-3298. The Orleans District serves Orleans Parish.
Reports of child abuse and neglect and calls for related services in Jefferson Parish, West Bank, St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemine Parish are being served through the Jefferson Parish, East Bank Office, (due to offices lost in St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemine Parish). The Jefferson Parish, East Bank Office number is: (504) 736-7001; inquiries for being a foster parent can be made to the local number or through: 1-888-617-3298. The Jefferson District Office of Community Services serves: Jefferson Parish, West Bank (office on West Bank is now closed), Jefferson Parish, East Bank, St. Bernard Parish, and Plaquemine Parish.
The Department of Social Services website www.dss.state.la.us has information there for DSS and Office of Community Services clientele. The Office of Community Services link at the Department of Social
Services website also has information on all Office of Community Services activities as well as quick links for information on child abuse and neglect prevention and how to report child abuse and neglect on the DSS website.
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Our staff is working hard to connect you with up-to-date, reliable information about New Orleans neighborhoods and post-Katrina resources, including schools and child care centers, updated parish population estimates (for all parishes except Orleans), and the updated Katrina Index from the Brookings Institution. Visit the website at www.gnocdc.org.
Louisiana Family Recovery Corps.
Utilize the Provider Directory which has a list of organizations and government agencies state-wide that provide services to evacuees in Louisiana; website at www.recoverycorps.org.
VIA LINK
VIA LINK connects people and organizations with information resources to enable them to help themselves and others; website at www.vialink.org
Department of Health and Hospitals
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (NOLA Medicaid) 504-599-0656; Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners at 504-568-6820; Louisiana Board of Nursing at 225-763-3570 or the Louisiana Board of Dentistry at 504-568-8574.
Second Harvest Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank and its affiliates work to address hunger in our community caused by poverty. www.secondharvest.org
· Visit the Treme Neighborhood Food Pantry at St. Augustine Catholic Church. Hours of operation are Tues., Thurs., and Sat. from 10:00am until 3:00pm. Distribution of food items and clothes. Services may be expanding. Located at 1210 Governor Nicholls St. This service is provided by Tulane University School of Public Health’s RALLY project. Call them at (504) 525-5934.
Contact: Margaret Dubuisson or Corinne Knight
504-592-5691 / 504-905-1070 504-592-5690/251-591-5378
Through 6 new programs, Catholic Charities is helping New Orleans to address and recover from the problems brought on by Hurricane Katrina.
- Emergency Relief Services began in order to provide direct assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina: rent, food, utilities, prescription drugs, furniture, crisis counseling, case management and miscellaneous assistance. As we move into phase II, the program will have a stronger emphasis on case management, with direct assistance as part of a holistic approach to recovery. There are 10 Emergency Relief Services locations throughout the Greater New Orleans area.
- Project Fleur de Lis is a cooperative effort among Catholic Schools, Social Services and Health Care to reach out to students, parents and teachers in the Catholic Schools. The program helps address mental health issues related to Hurricane Katrina. Services include counseling and wrap around services. Catholic Charities is one of five partners in this collaboration.
- Katrina Aid Today offers case management services to people affected by hurricane Katrina.KAT places a special emphasis on helping clients who are elderly, disabled, mentally ill, or otherwise economically or socially vulnerable.
- Louisiana Family Recovery Corps assists TANF eligible single and 2-parent households who were affected by Hurricane Katrina. This program completes a Family Needs Assessment, develops a 4 month Family Recovery Plan, provides referrals, and on a very limited basis can provide emergency assistance. Due to the overwhelming request for assistance, enrollment is closed until further notice.
- Louisiana Spirit is an outreach program designed to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Spirit staff delivers door-to-door crisis counseling and referral services in the seven parishes affected by Katrina.
- Operation Helping Hands matches local and national volunteer groups with those suffering serious damage from Hurricane Katrina. The volunteers gut and clean homes of seniors and the disabled with no or very little insurance.
Kingsley House
1600 Constance Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504.523-6221 ext. 131
Adult Services
Kingsley House Adult Services Program is FREE and open to disabled adults and seniors 60 and over. Participants are provided two hot meals each day and enjoy stimulating recreational and socialization activities. Hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Mobile Medical Unit
The Children’s Health Fund and Tulane University School of Medicine are now offering the following free services aboard the Mobile Medical Unit in the parking lot of Kingsley House, 1600 Constance Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. (The corner of Felicity and Constance)
Vaccinations (Flu for those at risk, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B)
Care of Acute Medical Problems
Care of Chronic Medical Problems
Prescription Refills
Services are available each Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free Health Insurance
Health Care For All at Kingsley House is now open to assist families, free of charge, to complete and submit Medicaid, LaCHIP and LaMOMs applications. Appointments are available Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Resettlement/Recovery Drop-In Center
Kingsley House is offering free day-care services for children and the elderly, Monday through Saturday. As well, individuals can access a computer lab for internet and word processing. In addition, individuals can have access to family and individual counseling. Programs are free of charge.
Kingsley House is located in the Lower Garden District one block off of Magazine Street. For more information, contact Luanne Francis at 504.523-6221 ext. 172.
Clinic Operations Summary
Covenant House
611 North Rampart Street, New Orleans 70112 Tel: (504) 584-1167
Hours of Operation:
Monday to Thursday 9 am - 4pm; Friday 9 am - 12pm
Description:
The Covenant House clinic is now located in the rear of the complex of buildings on site at 611 North Rampart Street. Patients can enter the clinic from the Municipal Auditorium side of Covenant House. Clinic hours are 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Thursday and 9 am to 12 pm on Fridays. NO APPOINTMENTS ARE NECESSARY. Clinical services include immunizations, urgent care, primary care and mental health services for adults 5 days per week. At any given time there are 5 General Internists from Tulane University and1-2 psychiatrists.
Please note that while the Covenant House clinic provides medication refills, this is NOT a pharmacy. Medication samples are only distributed to patients who demonstrate substantial financial limitations. All other patients will receive a prescription to fill at a local pharmacy. Patients should not be referred to this site after seeing another doctor elsewhere. All patients who request a medication refill will have to seeone ofourphysicians.
Medicaid enrollers are no longer stationed at this site.
Tulane Drop-In Clinic
For infants, children, and adolescents (under age 24)
Located at Covenant House (in the front), 611 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Hour of Operation:
9-12 M-F Pediatric clinic
1-4 M-F Adolescent clinic
Free medical services include well-baby exams, immunization updates, urgent medical care, reproductive health care, STD screening and treatment. Referrals as needed. Some medications on site when available. Walk-ins accepted.
Hutchinson Clinic:
1545 Tulane Avenue; 3rd floor Tel: (504) 903-2373
Hours of Operation:
Monday to Thursday 9 am - 4pm; Friday 9 am - 12pm
Other updates:
Lab services (except for Radiology) are now available. There is a 24 hour turn over time for routine labs; speciallaboratory studiesmay take longer.
Description:
MCLNO's Hutchinson Clinic is aprimary careclinic for adults only. The clinic is currently staffed by 3-5 Tulane and 2 LSU General Internists. Clinical services include urgent care and primary care for adults. No medicine subspecialty services are currently available except for HIV through the HOP clinic located on the second floor and Dermatology on Friday afternoons. MCLNO pharmacy services are restricted to self-pay patients. The clinic also has access to MCLNO's electronic records for prior discharge summaries and diagnostic studies only for former Charity patients.
Common Ground Free Clinic (free service)
** NEW LOCATION & PHONE **
1400 Teche St., New Orleans, LA 70114 (Algiers) Tel: (504) 361-9800 Email:
Hours of Operation
Call for Mon - Sat hours of operation; Closed Sunday
Description
1400 Teche St Clinic: Free health clinic providing adult health care with Pediatric and Maternal support.
On site are also licensed counselors, professional and lay-midwives, a physical therapist, social workers, massage therapists & herbalists. Has sample pharmacy. Medicaid sign-up. HIV testing at the NOLA HIV Dept. on Wednesdays.
Satellite first aid Clinic in lower 9th Ward at 3708 and 3710 Claiborne Ave 10am - 2pm daily.
Mobile Clinics - various locations
Other Updates:
The Latino Health Outreach Project (504 377-7278), a project of the Common Ground Clinic, has been holding several weekly clinics for primarily Latino patients since September. Our current schedule is Wednesdays from 7:00-9:00 am at the day-laborer pick-up site at Lee Circle, and Saturdays from 12-6pm at the Monte de los Olivos Lutheran Church in Kenner at 4105 Power Blvd. A third weekly clinic is being scheduled this week and we will update you when it is finalized. L-HOP can be reached at (504) 377-7281. Our services are all free, and include vaccinations, first aid and wound care, acupuncture, herbal medicine (which many our patients prefer, as they are familiar with it from their country of origin), health education, referrals (with our volunteer interpreters accompanying patients when necessary), and limited primary care.
SABADO de 12 a 6: Clínica Gratis, En la Iglesia Luterana Monte de los Olivos, 4105 David Drive, Metairie (cerca a Power Drive) Consejo Médico, Vacunas, Chequeo de Presión Arterial, Chequeo de Azucar en Sangre, Acupuntura (Saturday Hispanic clinic in Metairie Iglesia Luterana Monte de los Olivos Provides vaccinations, basic work-up, prescriptions, complementary medicine and referrals.)
CURRENT INFORMATION ABOUT VOLUNTEERING AT THE COMMON GROUND HEALTH CLINIC http://www.commongroundrelief.org/ Click on Info for Health Clinic Volunteers.
Heart to Heart
*NEW!* 4505 S. Claiborne Ave. (parking lot of Annunciation Church).
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Thursday and Saturday from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm (coinciding with Annunciation Church community activities)
Description:
Previously located in Central City at the Edna Pilsbury Clinic, then temporarily in the Ninth Ward and at the former USPHS site at Methodist Hospital, Heart to Heart has now relocated to 4505 S. Claiborne and provides urgent primary care. Our doctors and nurses provide assessment and diagnosis with referral as needed for specialty care. We provide adult immunization for tetanus, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B.
While we do not have a fully functioning pharmacy at this time, we do have a limited number of pharmacy samples that the doctors may choose to give to patients.
Daughters of Charity Health Center
Jefferson Parish Health Unit, 111 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, LA (504) 482-0084
Now located with the Jefferson Parish Health Unit, on the ground near the Airline and Causeway overpasses at the end of Metairie Road. Full service family medicine clinic with pediatrics, podiatry and pediatric and adult COUNSELING in both English and Spanish. $25.00 minimum co-pay and pharmacy program (cost plus). Unfortunately, no official prenatal care but possibility in future.
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NEW ORLEANS HEALTH DEPARTMENT CLINICS
Ida Hymel Health Clinic
1111 Newton St., Algiers, LA 70114 Phone: (504) 364-4023
Hours of Operation:
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Updates:
(1) HIV counseling and testing
(2) Family Planning Services coming soon
(3) Dental Services Tuesdays and Thursdays
Description:
The Ida Hymel Health Clinic has been opened since September 2005, providing primary care and pediatrics. There is a full time Internist and Pediatrician. Services include adult and childhood immunizations, flu vaccine, physical exams, labs, treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, mental health screening and referrals, medical screenings, CommunityCare, KIDMED, WIC.