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Community Partners
Agencies Manager
| Community Partner Name | Mission Statement | Population Served | Focus Area | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Center for Restorative Approaches | To provide schools, workplaces and other communities with training, consulting and facilitation of dialogue circles which improve communication, build relationships, reduce violence and allow those most impacted by conflict and wrongdoing to develop their own solutions for justice and well-being. | 102,107,119 | 132,133,147 | |
| Alliance for Affordable Energy | The Alliance for Affordable Energy safeguards Louisiana’s future by protecting consumers’ right to an affordable, equitable, and environmentally responsible energy system. | 107 | 346 | |
| Anna's Place NOLA / St. Anna's Episcopal Church | To promote healing and wholeness of body, mind and spirit in the Treme/7th Ward and Greater New Orleans community by offering academic, cultural, and arts enrichment; holistic health care; and healthy lifestyle education. | 126,108 | 129,131,138 | |
| Audobon Nature Institute | Audubon Nature Institute's purpose of Celebrating the Wonders of Nature is woven into our vision of creating a family of museums and parks dedicated to nature. | 125,126,108,107,117 | 138,389,150 | |
| Caps for Kids | We believe that when children get cancer they should get a cap - a cap that tells them they don’t have to go through this alone, that someone special out there is thinking about them, fighting with them, lending them strength and courage. Join us in our mission to put a cap on the head of every child battling cancer. | 126 | 142,187 | |
| Catholic Charities | Impelled by the love and teaching of Jesus Christ, while respecting the dignity and potential of all people, we collaborate to offer life-giving programs, advocate for the voiceless and empower the vulnerable to foster a just society. | 102,126,105,108,114 | 141,199 | |
| Children's Hospital | Children’s Hospital New Orleans is a 247-bed, not-for-profit pediatric medical center offering a complete range of healthcare services for children from birth to 21 years. With over 40 pediatric specialties and more than 400 physicians, Children's Hospital is the first and largest full-service hospital exclusively for children in Louisiana and the Gulf South. | 126,111 | 142 | |
| Audrey Hepburn CARE Center | The Audrey Hepburn Children at Risk Evaluation (CARE) Center is a comprehensive child abuse center providing state-of-the-art pediatric forensic medicine evaluations in a home-like cottage near Audubon Park. Beyond providing clinical excellence in child abuse forensic medicine, the CARE Center is active in treatment, consultation, prevention, training, education and research. | 126,108 | 136,138,152 | |
| College Track New Orleans | College Track New Orleans first opened its doors in 2008 to ensure that all students, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, earn a college degree and achieve social mobility. Today, more than 400 students are on the path to and through college, making College Track the largest college completion program in the city. | 126,119 | 131,138 | |
| Edible Schoolyard New Orleans | The mission of Edible Schoolyard New Orleans is to teach children to make healthy connections through food and the natural world. | 126,119 | 138,389,141,187,153 | |
| Lusher Charter School - Middle & High School | Lusher Charter School is a Kindergarten through 12th grade New Orleans Public Charter School located in uptown New Orleans and operated by the non-profit Advocates for Arts-Based Education Corporation. | 126,119 | 129,131,138 | |
| New Orleans Abortion Fund | We affirm a person's right to control their body and work to ensure that all people have access to quality medical care, regardless of their economic situation. Working with local medical providers, we provide compassionate and empowering assistance to patients seeking abortions who are unable to fully fund their abortion, and distribute pledges as available. | 113,122 | 142,187 | |
| Eden House | Eden House is a movement to eradicate the trafficking and selling of human beings. We create systemic change through: youth prevention; education and legislative advocacy, and recovery and reentry services for victims, including long-term shelter. | 126,122 | 128,136,138,144,304,152 | |
| YMCA Educational Services | Our mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. | 102,317,126,229 | 128,138,147 | |
| Woodlands Conservancy | Woodlands Conservancy is a 501-C-3, nonprofit land trust organization created with the mission to preserve and restore an ecosystem dedicated to creating daily public opportunities for recreation, ecotourism and education in a natural and historic setting. The vision of Woodlands Conservancy is to be the regional model for the conservation of hardwood forests, and a leader in the advocacy and preservation of Louisiana’s coastal forest ecosystems. | 317,126,107 | 138,389,150 | |
| Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience | The Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience explores the many ways that Jews in the American South influenced and were influenced by the distinct cultural heritage of their new homes. Through exhibits, collections and programs focused on the unique and remarkable history of Southern Jews, the Museum encourages new understanding and appreciation for identity, diversity, and acceptance. | 107,229 | 129,138 | |
| Santosha Village | Accessible to all, Santosha Village is designed from the ground up to ensure it is accessible and sustainable for people who find themselves in the cycle of poverty. | 113,118 | 144,151 | |
| GiGi's Playhouse New Orleans | Our mission is to change the way the world views Down syndrome and to send a global message of acceptance for all through consistent delivery of free educational, therapeutic-based and career development programs for individuals with Down syndrome, their families and the community. | 126,108,120 | 138,149 | |
| Orleans Public Defender | We represent nearly 20,000 people each year utilizing a client-centered, community-oriented defense model that puts the client first and takes a 360 degree approach to our advocacy and representation. We recognize our clients are unique individuals and work to address their needs both in the court and out. We protect innocence, defend the constitution, demand justice and hold power accountable. | 126,107,117,113 | 134,200 | |
| Southeast Louisiana Legal Services | Southeast Louisiana Legal Services fights for fairness in the justice system. We provide free legal services to low-income people across 22 parishes in Southeast Louisiana. We work to protect domestic violence victims from abuse, stand for the rights of abused and neglected children, preserve housing for hard-working families, end homelessness for people with disabilities and veterans, protect elderly consumers, remove barriers to medical care, improve access to employment and education. | 126,105,109,117,113,103,230 | 134,136,138,142,200 | |
| Top Box Foods | In Louisiana, Top Box Foods engages with community partners and uses an innovative supply chain distribution model to make healthy food affordable and accessible for all. | 117,113 | 141 | |
| Metro Centers for Community Advocacy | Metro's mission is to break the cycle of violence and aid survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking through advocacy, intervention, empowerment and transformation. | 126,122 | 136 | |
| Louisiana Capital Assistance Center | The Louisiana Capital Assistance Center (LCAC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing legal representation for over twenty-five years to poor people charged with capital crimes in Louisiana and beyond. | 113 | 134 | |
| Healthy Gulf | Healthy Gulf is committed to uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf Region. | 107 | 389 | |
| lowernine.org | lowernine.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the long-term recovery of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the levee breaches of 2005. | 107 | 148 | |
| Louisiana Alliance of Children's Advocacy Centers | In Louisiana, there are 16 CACs that help child victims of abuse through investigative, treatment, and prevention services. CACs help kids of all ages share their experiences with law enforcement detectives and Department of Child and Family Services investigators. Then, through the CAC response team, everyone works together to ensure that no child faces abuse alone. Last year in Louisiana, over 6,000 child victims and their families were brought to a CAC as part of an abuse investigation. | 126,108 | 134,140,200,147 | |
| ACORN International | ACORN International is a federation of member-based community organizations that is active in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & Canada and the United States. ACORN members work on the issues that matter to low and moderate income families in their communities, homes and workplaces. | 107,114,113 | 128,137,140,144,154 | |
| Operation Restoration | Operation Restoration supports women and girls impacted by incarceration to recognize their full potential, restore their lives, and discover new possibilities. | 126,122 | 134 | |
| Arts in Health - Children's Hospital | The Children's Arts in Healthcare program seeks to provide arts-related workshops, activities, and events to patients, caregivers and families, at the Children's Hosptial of New Orleans. AIH recognizes the integral role of the arts in healing the spirit and transforming the hospital experience. | 126,108,107,111 | 129,142 | |
| Covenant House New Orleans | Covenant House opens its heart and its doors each year to more than 800 youth & children with nowhere else to turn. Sadly, the vast majority have experienced years of abuse, violence, and trauma. With God’s grace, our team of professionals and volunteers help them to heal – and begin new hope-filled journeys. | 124,126,108,109 | 144 | |
| Fund 17 | To combat opportunity inequality in the seventeen wards of New Orleans by providing micro-entrepreneurs financial and educational tools for self-empowerment | 106 | 138 | |
| Hagar's House | Hagar's House is an organization under the First Grace Community Alliance (FGCA) umbrella. The mission of FGCA is to work with and for people in need, especially women and their children, by meeting food, housing and other emergency needs, while simultaneously challenging systemic poverty in the greater New Orleans area. FGCA does this through two primary programs: Hagar's House and Project Ishmael (www.ProjectIshmaelNOLA.org). | 126,122 | 141,144,151 | |
| HandsOn New Orleans | Our mission is to engage, empower, and transform our community through volunteer service. We create and manage projects relating to school revitalization, youth recreation, neighborhood beautification, urban gardening and environmental restoration, blight reduction, and disaster management as well as connect volunteers with volunteer opportunities through our online portal! | 107 | 135,389,150,187 | |
| Heart of Hospice | We believe that all hospice eligible patients and those who love them deserve the best care at the end of life. Our mission is to serve all of them in the way they desire to be served. | 107,111,103 | 147 | |
| Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative | To transform unjust housing policies, discriminatory practices, and inequitable development schemes by engaging in strategies that create permanently affordable housing, advance tenant rights, expand housing security, and uphold equitable housing patterns and land use planning. | 124,108 | 128,132,144,151 | |
| LifeCity | LifeCity is an impact consulting company. We help businesses accelerate their social and environmental impact and collaborate with communities to build a platform for sustainability. | 106 | 130,389 | |
| NetWork Volunteers | To recruit, connect and manage a network of volunteers and community organizations by identifying impactful volunteer projects and creating turn-key volunteer experiences. | 107 | 132,150,187 | |
| New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute | New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute (NOCHI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that educates a diverse community of learners to sustain an ever-evolving hospitality industry. We offer a platform for professional and personal growth, increasing access and minimizing barriers to career pathways while supporting the promotion and economic development of the culinary arts and hospitality industry. | 102,104 | 129,141,187 | |
| Rare Trait Hope Fund | to facilitate the development of a cure and to raise funds for a treatment of Aspartylglucosaminuria AGU. The organization also works to increase awareness and screening for this misdiagnosed disease, and to be a resource for families, doctors, and scientists world-wide. | 111,123 | 142,187 | |
| UNITY of Greater New Orleans | UNITY of Greater New Orleans is a nonprofit organization leading a collaborative of 63 organizations providing housing and services to the homeless. UNITY’s mission is to coordinate community partnerships to prevent, reduce and end homelessness. | 109 | 144 | |
| ARC of Greater New Orleans | Arc of Greater New Orleans (ArcGNO) works to secure for all people with intellectual disabilities opportunities to develop, function, and live to their fullest potential. | 120 | 132,152,154 | |
| Brotherhood Incorporated | Brotherhood, Incorporated is a minority non-profit community based organization created to join the fight against the spread of HIV and alleviate the struggles of African Americans living with HIV and AIDS. The mission of Brotherhood, Incorporated is to develop and implement programs and services that impact the economic, social, and health disparities that exist within underserved and at-risk communities through education, enlightenment, and empowerment. | 111 | 142,144 | |
| Trinity Community Center | Trinity Community Center is on a mission to serve as the Hollygrove neighborhood's premier institution for transforming youth through educational support, mentoring and spiritual development. | 126 | 138 | |
| Louisiana SPCA | Our mission is to promote, protect and advance the well-being of Louisiana's companion animals. | 125 | 128,142 | |
| Sugar Roots Farm | Our mission at Sugar Roots is to foster a new generation of farmers by empowering our New Orleans community with the knowledge and tools necessary to grow healthy and ethically sustainable food. | 107 | 389,153 | |
| Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response | STAR® provides supportive services to survivors to reduce their experience of trauma. Our advocacy, counseling and legal services are available to youth and adult survivors of sexual violence at no cost, and are intended to assist you at any stage of your healing. | 107,122 | 136 | |
| Southern Food and Beverage Museum | The National Food & Beverage Foundation is a nonprofit educational and cultural organization in New Orleans dedicated to the discovery, understanding and celebration of food, drink and its related culture and folklife in America and the world. | 107 | 129 | |
| Sista Midwife Productions | Our Mission is to improve pregnancy and birth experiences and to eliminate perinatal disparities by increasing the number of black birth workers, teaching families about their rights and options; and creating transparency and accountability within childbirth education and the medical obstetrical system. | 122 | 142 | |
| Legacy Donor Foundation | Legacy Donor Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to save and heal lives by inspiring Louisiana residents to register as organ, eye and tissue donors. We accomplish this through education, outreach and advocacy. Legacy envisions a culture where all Louisiana citizens are committed to giving LIFE through organ, eye and tissue donation. | 102,124,127,126,104,105,106,108,107,111,109,112,110,114,115,116,117,113,118,120,103,123,229,119,230,121,122 | 128,142 | |
| Lakeside Hospice | Lakeside Hospice is dedicated to providing the highest quality hospice service in a caring, professional, and ethical manner that offers our terminally ill patients and their families the comfort, dignity and quality of life they deserve. | 102,124,125,127,126,104,105,106,108,107,111,109,112,110,114,115,116,117,113,118,120,103,123,229,119,230,121,122 | 142 | |
| Section G-Orleans Criminal Court | The duties of the Criminal District Court of Orleans Parish is described in the Louisiana Constitution, Article 7 Section 82:85 and in the Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:1338 through 1342. The goal of the court is to prosecute all crimes, misdemeanors, and offensives committed within the Parish of Orleans in which jurisdication is not vested in some other court. | 107 | 133,134 | |
| 40th Judicial District Attorney's Office | The mission of the St. John the Baptist Parish District Attorney’s Office is to pursue truth and engage in the fair administration of justice. We will serve the public in a professional and competent manner, advocate on behalf of victims, foster a work environment that allows all employees the opportunity to achieve their greatest potential and to make St. John the Baptist Parish a safer community for all of its residents. | 107 | 133,134 | |
| The First 72+ | Our mission is to stop the cycle of incarceration by fostering independence and self-sustainability through education, stable and secure housing & employment, health care, and community engagement. Through the leadership and wisdom of formerly incarcerated people themselves, the First 72+ transforms the re-entry experience into one that builds on the strengths and abilities of people returning home from prison and ensures that they, their families, and their communities are given the greatest op | 118 | 134,138,141,142,144,200,154 | |
| Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans | The mission of Ecole Bilingue is to develop globally literate students through a rigorous bilingual French-American curriculum, set in a nurturing and multicultural community. We guide our students to excel academically, foster their curiosity, and prepare them to become creative and innovative contributors to the world. | 126 | 138,199 | |
| F.U.R.I.E. | We are a grassroots, membership-based community organization active in both Chicago and now New Orleans. | 107 | 132,141 | |
| Kid Ory Historic House | One of the oldest structures in St. John the Baptist parish, the 1811/Kid Ory Historic House figures in two noteworthy moments in American history: The 1811 rebellion of enslaved people and the dawn of jazz. | 107 | 129 |