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Resource Category Financial & Utility Assistance
Help with bills, rent, electricity and cash assistance
United Way of Southeast Louisiana – Northshore Prosperity Center
United Way of Southeast Louisiana’s regional office in Covington, operating a Prosperity Center that offers financial stability programming. United Way SELA programs include free VITA tax preparation for lower-income filers, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library early literacy books, matched savings through…
Society of St. Vincent de Paul – St. Tammany Parish Conferences
Parish-based volunteer conferences of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul provide direct assistance to neighbors in need in their communities. St. Tammany conferences include Mary Queen of Peace and Our Lady of the Lake in Mandeville, St. Genevieve and…
LIHEAP – Louisiana Housing Corporation Energy Assistance
State program that helps low-income households pay heating and cooling bills, provides crisis bill payment assistance, and can help repair or replace heating and cooling equipment. Applications in St. Tammany Parish are taken locally by the St. Tammany Parish Community…
Entergy Louisiana – Bill Payment Help
Entergy Louisiana offers payment extensions, deferred payment arrangements of up to four months for qualifying customers, a senior discount that waives the $10 monthly customer charge, and The Power to Care emergency bill payment assistance for customers age 60 or…
Cleco – Customer Assistance Programs
Cleco offers budget billing that spreads costs over 12 months, credit extension agreements for more time to pay, the CARE program giving a 25% year-round discount on the fuel portion of the bill for LIHEAP-income-eligible customers, the Critical Care Alert…
Access Health Louisiana – St. Tammany Community Health Center (Slidell)
Federally qualified community health center providing adult and pediatric primary care, behavioral health and psychiatry, contraceptive care, HIV/STI testing, medication assisted treatment, health coaching, WIC and telehealth. Uninsured patients pay on a sliding scale based on household size and income,…
St. Tammany Parish Community Action Agency (CAA)
Parish government agency that takes applications for LIHEAP energy assistance, the CLECO CARE fuel discount, ATMOS Share the Warmth, and emergency rental and mortgage assistance funded by the Community Services Block Grant. Also handles Emergency Solutions Grant housing help, Child…
The Samaritan Center
An interfaith assistance ministry founded in 1989 by Mandeville churches and supported by more than 23 congregations. It provides groceries, hygiene care packages, clothing and household goods through Gran’s Attic thrift shop, and financial help with utilities, rent and housing.…
Good Sams (Good Samaritan Ministry, St. Luke the Evangelist) – Emergency Assistance
Runs an emergency food pantry and a Food for Seniors program, and provides baby formula through its Secure Beginnings Program. Seasonal help includes school supplies in August, Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas gifts. Staff also help clients apply for SNAP benefits.
FITAP and Kinship Care Subsidy Program (Louisiana Department of Health)
FITAP (Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program) provides temporary monthly cash assistance to very low-income families with children. The Kinship Care Subsidy Program provides a monthly cash payment to relatives raising a child. Both programs moved from DCFS to the Louisiana…