Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals | Bruce Greenstein, Secretary

Resources

The DHH Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities offers a variety of resources to help consumers, providers, advocates and others access relevant materials. If you wish to request a document or other resource you cannot find on this site, please contact the office at 225.342.0095 to request this information.

Learning Library

The library offers an ever-changing collection of resources, trainings and literature  to assist in the understanding, treatment and support of people with developmental disabilities, their providers and their families.  Additional information and trainings are added as they come available. Learn more.

Links

Staff within the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities have reviewed these Web sites, and recommend them because they have relevant, informative content and may provide online help, answer questions you may have or indicate resources. OCDD does not specifically recommend the use of these sites or take responsibility for the information you may find within them.

• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• American Disabilities Act
• The ARC of Louisiana
• The ARC of the United States
• Autism Society of America
• The Council for Disability Rights
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• The Center for Self Determination
• Disability Information and Resources
• Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge
• Families Helping Families of Northeast Louisiana
• Families Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana
• Families Helping Families of Southwest Louisiana
• Families Helping Families of Acadiana
• Families Helping Families of Jefferson
• Families Helping Families Region 7
• Families Helping Families Bayou Land
• Families Helping Families at the Crossroads of Louisiana
• Families Helping Families of Northshore
• Family Village
• Governor's Office of Disability Affairs
• The Learning Community for Person Centered Practices
• Louisiana Advocacy Center
• Louisiana Housing Search
• Louisiana Parent Teacher and Information Center (LaPTIC)
• Louisiana Citizens for Action Now (LaCAN)
• Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council
• Louisiana Answers - Aging and Disability Resource Center
• Louisiana Special Olympics
• Louisiana Family to Family Health Information Center
• The National Council on Independent Living 
• Mortgages and Loans for those with Developmental Disabilities
• Real Work Stories
• Research and Training Center on Community Living
• R-word Spread the Word to End the Word
• Self Advocates Becoming Empowered