Resources recovered april 6 2023
Free at-home COVID-19 tests
Annual Medicaid Renewals Begin April 1, 2023
ABC's of Eviction Handouts
- Southeast Lousiana Legal Services (pdf)
- 2022-1214 BR City Court Consent Jmt Form (pdf)
- 2022-1214 Common Exceptions and Affirmative Defenses BR (pdf)
- 2022-1214 Housing Subsidy Cheat Sheet BR (pdf)
- 2022-1214 Life of an Eviction Case BR (pdf)
- The ABCs of Eviction Proceedings (pdf)
The Social, Cultural, and Political Determinants of Health
Perspective- “Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Women’s Health Matters- Are You Okay?
The 13th Amendment Exception to Slavery
2022 Louisiana Legislative Regular and Special Sessions General Wrap up- Part IV
2022 Lousiana Legislative Regular and Special Sessions General Wrap up- Part III
2022 Louisiana Legislative Regular and Special Sessions General Wrap up- Part II
2022 Louisiana Legislative Regular and Special Sessions General Wrap up- Part I
COVID-19 Information from LDH
Be Safe and Thank You for helping protect yourself, your family and our community against COVID-19The Louisiana Department of Health is working to help keep you and your community safe and healthy. Please answer the call from the Louisiana Department of Health Community Support Team, or call us at 1-877-766-2130. We’re here to answer your questions and get you help. Sharing information about your COVID-19 experience can help others.
If you test positive for COVID-19 or think you have COVID-19
5 Steps to take care of yourself and help protect others from COVID-19
- Stay home and physically separate yourself from other people for at least 5 days after your symptoms first began or your positive test date if you never have symptoms. On day 6, if your symptoms have improved and you have been fever free for 24 hours you can stop isolating but please wear a mask around others for an additional 5 days. If your symptoms do not improve by day 6 continue to stay home until they have improved and you are fever free for at least 24 hours, and then wear a mask for 5 more days.
· Even if you do not develop symptoms, stay home for at least 5 days after you tested positive. COVID-19 can still be passed to others even if you don’t have symptoms.
o If you need essentials like groceries or medicine, ask someone to go for you. If you must go out, avoid using public transportation, wear a well-fitted face mask and maintain a 6-foot distance from others.
o If you need documentation, you can use the self-certification form for work or school on the LDH website
- Get plenty of rest and stay hydrated.
- Seek medical care if you have any of these symptoms: Trouble breathing, persistent chest pain or pressure, confusion, difficulty waking up, or bluish lips or face.
o If you need to seek medical care, please notify the health care provider in advance that you have tested positive for COVID-19. Avoid taking public transportation or a rideshare app, and wear a well fitting face mask
- Wash your hands frequently and clean high touch surfaces like doorknobs, counter tops, light switches, handle of your refrigerator, etc.
- Notify the people you had close contact with and let them know they should get tested and wear a mask for 10 days. They may need to stay home for 5 days after you last had close contact with them if they haven’t received the COVID-19 booster or weren’t recently vaccinated. Ask them to call the Louisiana Department of Health at 1-877-766-2130 for more information on what they can do to take care of their health and prevent the spread of COVID-19 CDC has recommendations to help you talk to your close contacts, including using tellyourcontacts.org to alert your contacts anonymously. You can also use the Exposure Notification on your smartphone by entering a verification code provided by LDH. Call us to learn more.
- Vaccine Hotline 1-855-453-0774 - ask questions, find providers, and schedule appointments
- For more information, dial 211, or visit ldh.la.gov/coronavirus and cdc.gov/coronavirus
- If you or someone you know needs confidential counseling, please call the Keep the Calm Through COVID Counseling Hotline at 1-866-310-7977.
- Find info and local providers for the Monoclonal Antibody Treatment on the Health and Human Service site
Be Safe and Thank You for helping protect yourself, your family and our community against COVID-19
If you have had close contact with a person who has COVID-19, the Louisiana Department of Health is here to help.
If you have had close contact with someone who has COVID-19, you are at increased risk of becoming infected.
- Close contact means that you have been within 6 feet of a person who has COVID-19 for more than 15 minutes during the time when the person may have been contagious.
- People with COVID-19 may be contagious starting from 2 days before their symptoms begin, or if they don’t have symptoms, 2 days before the date they were tested.
5 Steps to keep you and your community safe from COVID-19 if you’ve had close contact:
- Stay home and avoid others for 5 days*, including people in your household. It can take up to 14 days from when a person is first exposed to COVID-19 for symptoms to develop. Please stay home, or quarantine, until 5 days after your last known exposure. Note: You can have COVID-19 and spread it even if you do not have symptoms – please stay home to keep other people around you safe.
o Maintain at least a 6-foot distance from others at all times. Avoid going to locations where you may come into contact with other people, including grocery stores, restaurants, bars, family gatherings, work, school, and public transportation.
o If you need documentation, you can use the self-certification form for work or school on the LDH website
- Wear a face mask for 10 days after you were exposed
- Monitor your symptoms for 10 days and get tested at day 5: Watch for symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath, runny nose, congestion, loss of taste or smell, and muscle aches. You should get tested 5 days after your exposure.
o If you develop symptoms: Isolate at home immediately and contact your health care provider. We recommend that you get tested for COVID-19. If you need to seek medical care, let your provider know in advance that you have had close contact with a person who had COVID-19, and wear a well fitting face mask when you go.
- Prevent the spread of COVID-19 in your home:
o Wash your hands frequently and clean high-touch surfaces daily (such as doorknobs, counter tops, light switches, refrigerator handles, tables).
- Give us a call: If you have been in close contact with a person who has COVID-19, a Louisiana Department of Health Community Support Team staff member may be able to help. If you have questions, call us at 1-877-766-2130.
* For fully vaccinated children under 18, adults that received a COVID-19 booster or were recently vaccinated, and do not have symptoms: You do not need to quarantine. Please monitor for symptoms, wear a mask around others for 10 days and get tested after 5 days. If you develop symptoms, please stay home, avoid others, wear a mask around others and get tested.
- Use Exposure Notifications on your smartphone to be anonymously alerted if you are exposed to COVID-19
- Vaccine Hotline 1-855-453-0774 - ask questions, find providers, and schedule appointments
- For more information, dial 211, or visit ldh.la.gov/coronavirus and cdc.gov/coronavirus
- If you or someone you know needs confidential counseling, please call the Keep the Calm Through COVID Counseling Hotline at 1-866-310-7977.
The Status of Reproductive Health in the United States - Part 2
Balancing First Amendment Rights in the 21st Century
Medicaid Benefits Notice
The Status of Reproductive Health
Louisiana Ranks Third in Nation for Emergency Broadband Benefit Enrollment Rate
Louisiana ranks third in the nation for EBB adoption, according to BroadbandNow research. More than 215,000 eligible households are receiving this benefit, representing hundreds of thousands of Louisianians with better, more affordable access to broadband.
Financial Health Webinar: Housing Security Panel
Perspective- Advancing Health Literacy
December 2, 2021--"Perspective" Redistricting &
EBRPSB Redistricting Process
Legislative Overview: Healthy Families
2021 Legislative Overview
Legislative Overview- Civil Rights: Criminal Justice Reform,
Police Reform and Voting Rights
Look Ahead: 2022 Redistricting and Regular Session Panel
Perspective-"Constitutional Amendments, November 13, 2021 Ballot"
October 12, 2021 - Perspective- Domestic Violence Awareness
September 20, 2021 - Perspectives- Proposed Changes in
EBR Plan of Government
September 7 - Emergency Rental Assistance
August 24- Perspectives Virtual Broadcast- “Hot Buttons”
August 9- Perspectives Virtual Broadcast- Housing Crisis:
Evictions/Foreclosures/Moratorium Extension