COVID-19 LOUISIANA OUTBREAK
In order to meet ongoing client healthcare needs, our staff is working to provide services to our clients via telephone or video encounter. This is to provide the highest quality care and safety to our clients while following CDC guidelines for the COVID-19 outbreak.
Our most current information will be available via our Facebook page.
Virtual Services will begin on March 25, 2020.
For Local Resources, please see the following links:
EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY, April 1, 2020
OUR LOBBY IS CLOSED. There are NO coffee, NO Water, NO public restroom available.
If you need bus tokens or gas cards, please call 337-439-5861. WAIT IN YOUR CAR and a staff person will bring them to you and collect the required form. You may also call the office number (439-5861) and ask for cards or tokens to be mailed to you. They will be sent with a form to complete and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for you to return the form. YOU MUST RETURN the form in order to call for tokens or forms again.
The food pantry is open TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY FROM 11AM - 4PM at this time. Please drive around to the pantry entrance for service. PANTRY IS CURBSIDE ONLY and we ask you to stay in your car.
There will be a case manager in the office Monday through Thursday from 9am-5pm, but we are NOT seeing clients in person at this time. Please call 439-5861 to speak with a case manager.
There will be NO ONE in the office on Fridays.
Please stay home and safe until this COVID-19 outbreak is over.
We are asking that you follow Governor Edwards’ directive to stay at home.
In order to protect your safety and health we are moving toward providing VIRTUAL SERVICES, at which time we will be working with you via phone, email, or through telemedicine. Please contact a Case Manager for more information and to begin setting up the Telemedicine process. 337.439.5861.
We will continue to provide our community with many of our essential services, but we are UNABLE to offer free HIV, STI, and Hep C testing at this time. We have been ordered to suspend our free testing services temporarily, effective March 20, 2020, until further notice.
We encourage everyone to remain indoors and keep safe! THANK YOU and we look forward to offering you our full range of services as soon as we can safely do so.
7 WAYS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE NEW CORONAVIRUS.
More current information regarding Coronavirus and Agency Services and Telemedicine is available on our Facebook page. Please FOLLOW US.
Additional Links:
Stop the Spread of Germs (CDC)
http://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/
Office of the Governor - Coronavirus
YouTube Video demonstrating how to properly wear a face mask
Due to the Louisiana COVID-19 outbreak, we are asking all clients to please
CALL 337.439.5861 BEFORE visiting any of our sites.
Virtual Services will begin on March 25, 2020.
Normal Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 5pm
Friday: 9am - 12:30pm
Contact Information
phone: 337.439.5861
800.256.5145
Calls received on weekends, holidays or after hours are directed to our answering service.
The food pantry is open TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY FROM 11AM - 4PM at this time.
Please drive around to the pantry entrance for service.
PANTRY IS CURBSIDE ONLY and we ask you to stay in your car.
Food Pantry Schedule
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
11am - 4pm
We will continue to provide our community with many of our essential services, but we are UNABLE to offer free HIV, STI, and Hep C testing at this time.
For the health, safety, and well-being of our clients, our employees, and the community we serve, we have been ordered to suspend our free testing services temporarily effective March 20, 2020 until further notice.
425 Kingsley St. Lake Charles, LA 70605 337.439.5861
Virtual Services will begin on March 25, 2020.
Due to the Louisiana COVID-19 outbreak, we are asking all clients to please
CALL 337.439.5861 BEFORE visiting any of our sites.
Virtual Services will begin on March 25, 2020.
Due to the Louisiana COVID-19 outbreak, we are asking all clients to please
CALL 337.439.5861 BEFORE visiting any of our sites.
(Although this website provides general information regarding HIV, this information DOES NOT constitute medical advice and should not be used as such. The information is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any health issues and is NOT a substitute for professional medical treatment or consultation. Visit a qualified physician or health care provider regarding individual health-related needs, concerns, or questions.)