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IMPORTANT VOTING INFORMATION
On October 4, 2008, the Advocacy Center will be staffing a voting hotline. Staff will be available to answer general voting questions and voting questions related to disability issues. Call 1-800-960-7705 or email advocacycenter@advocacyla.org for assistance from 6 am to 8 pm. October 6 is the deadline to register to vote in Louisiana in order to be eligible to vote in the November 4th election. If you are not registered, you still have time. To register in person, go to your local Registrar of Voters office. Click http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/Portals/0/elections/pdf/COC-ROV%20list.pdf for a list of Registrars offices throughout the state. Call for hours of operation. To register by mail, click http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/Portals/0/elections/forms/form_0110_ver-011106.pdf to access a Voter Registration form in PDF format. Complete the form and mail in to your parish Registrar of Voters. Mailing addresses are on the voter registration form. Applications must be postmarked by October 6th in order for you to be eligible to vote on November 4th. Call the Advocacy Center if you have any questions or encounter problems - 1-800-960-7705. Access to the LA Disaster Food Stamp Program The Advocacy Center is concerned that people with disabilities who are not safely able to wait in line for Disaster Food Stamps may not have had access to the program. The Disaster Food Stamp program for Hurricane Gustav extends through September 28. If you have not been able to apply because of a disability, or know of someone who hasn’t been able to access the program, call Nell Hahn toll free at (800) 822-0210, ext. 11 or contact her at nhahn@advocacyla.org.  New Orleans, LA, June 24, 2008 - Approximately one thousand Louisiana children live in child residential facilities. They were placed there because they come from abusive homes or from families who can no longer care for them. Yet, many of these children have gone from the frying pan into the fire. A newly released report by the Advocacy Center, Out of Control: Louisiana’s Failure to Insure Health and Safety of Children in Residential Facilities, asserts that many of these facilities provide substandard care. Click here for the full press release. Click on the cover image to the left, or this link to download the report. The Advocacy Center is Louisiana's protection and advocacy system. Federal law requires that a protection and advocacy system operate in every state to protect the rights of persons with mental or physical disabilities. The Advocacy Center is also funded by the state to provide legal assistance to people residing in nursing homes in Louisiana, as well as to residents 60 years and older of Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Tammany Parishes (counties); and to advocate for the rights of group home and nursing home residents. Among the diverse services offered are legal representation, information and referral, outreach and training. The Advocacy Center is a tax-exempt, private non-profit corporation organized in 1978 and governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. It is based in New Orleans with branch offices in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Shreveport. |
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The Protection and Advocacy System for Louisiana ~ Serving People with Disabilities and Senior Citizens Advocacy Center |
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