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Kingsley House (Resettlement and Recovery Center)

Organization: Community Service
Facility Type: Walk-in Resource
Status: Open

Address:
1600 Constance Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Region:Gulf
County/Parish:Orleans



Main/General Business Number: 504.523.6221
Main/General Business E-mail Address: (hidden)
Website: http://www.kingsleyhouse.org/

Other Contacts:(hidden)
Make Checks Payable To: Kingsley House







Notes:

Updated January 10, 2007

The main campus of Kingsley House is located in the Lower Garden
District of New Orleans, Louisiana. A satellite office, The Family
Resource Center, is located in La Place, Louisiana. In January of
2007 we will be opening an additional office on the Westbank in
Jefferson Parish.

Main Campus The Family Resource Center
1600 Constance Street 429 W. Airline Highway
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Suite LL
La Place, Louisiana 70068

(504) 523-6221—Phone (985) 651-7367—Phone
(504) 523-4450—Fax (800) 890-5110—Toll Free
(985) 651-8967—Fax

information@kingsleyhouse.org

Community Outreach:
Since resuming our operations on October 15, 2005, Kingsley
House staff have completed over 2,500 community needs
assessments, helping to connect over 7,000 individuals of all
ages with essential services and resources to aid in their
recovery and healing. Children and families have been linked
to the full array of programs at Kingsley House, as well as
other vital programs and services being provided by other
organizations throughout the greater New Orleans area.

Preschool and Early Head Start:
For over 100 years, Kingsley House has been at the forefront of
early education and quality child care in Louisiana. In fact,
Kinglsey House launched the very first kindergarten and summer
school programs in the state. Our nationally accredited, historic
Preschool and Early Head Start programs currently provide a
dynamic, comprehensive array of academic and social enrichment
activities, along with essential health and supportive services
for 202 children and their families. With a wait list that has
grown to over 550 children, we plan to add more early education
space to our existing facilities in the near future to
accommodate the needs of these children and their families.

Adult Services:
The Kingsley House Adult Services Program is open to senior
citizens and to medically disabled adults. Our participants
enjoy stimulating recreational and socialization activities,
and are provided two nutritious meals and a snack each day.
Currently, our 60 adults have a safe and secure place to spend
their day, while caregivers work or attend to housing, insurance,
and other important resettlement matters. Monitoring of health-care
is provided by our nursing staff, social workers provide case
management services and transportation is available. This licensed
program has a capacity for 75 adults. We expect the demand for the
service to increase as more residents return to the city. (more on
Adult Services)

Mobile Medical Unit:
Kingsley House has partnered with The Children's Health Fund and
Tulane University School of Medicine to offer free medical services
aboard the Mobile Medical Unit. Children can receive vaccinations,
flu shots, care of acute and chronic medical problems and
prescription refills. This service is currently available once a
week and may soon be expanded to twice weekly due to greatly
increased demand in our area.

Health Insurance and Food Stamp Application Assistance:
Health Care For All (HCFA) at Kingsley House has assisted over
800 families with completing and submitting Medicaid and Food
Stamp applications and has replaced vital documents for over
1,500 individuals. In addition, HCFA staff are completing community
family needs assessments to determine the specific immediate and
long term needs of persons returning to the city and making referrals
to appropriate Kingsley House and external programs as needed.

Saturday Respite:
Kingsley House is offering free day-care services for children of
all ages on Saturdays. Respite services free up caregiver's time
and allows them to take care of their resettlement and rebuilding
business while their children receive supervised care in a safe
and nurturing environment.

Individual and Family Counseling:
Kingsley House Family Life Services offers free individual and
family counseling by master's level counselors and therapists for
persons needing support and assistance. Counseling can either take
place at the agency or can be provided at the individual's or
family's home. Services available include: Family Therapy,
Conflict Resolution, Communication Skills, Resource Coordination,
Life Management Skills, Advocacy, and Parenting Skills.

River Parishes Family Resource Center (La Place):
The Kingsley House River Parishes Family Resource Center offers
an array of programs and services to assist children and families
in St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles and Ascension
parishes, including counseling, case management, parent education,
parent support groups, after school day care and summer camp. The
Center also offers school-based anger management and bullying
abatement programs to children and adolescents, which has been
especially helpful post-Katrina.

Community Based Services Network:
Upon our return post-Katrina (end of September, 2005), Kingsley
House joined forces with a group of fellow social service agencies
to pool our scarce resources and collectively determine how to
collaborate to best meet the needs of our region's residents. Our
new Community Based Services Network (CBSN) partnership with
Catholic Charities, Volunteers of America (VOA), Children's Bureau,
Family Services, Baptist Community Ministries and Greater
New Orleans Knowledge Works has joined with Governor Blanco's
Louisiana Family Recovery Corps to provide intensive case
management, counseling, financial assistance and support services
to over 3,500 highly vulnerable TANF eligible, displaced families
located in the metropolitan New Orleans area, including Orleans,
Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St. James, St. John, St. Charles,
Washington, St. Tammany, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. The state
has recently expanded the contract with our Community Based Services
Network to work with more than 4,000 additional families through 2007.

Youth Services:
Kingsley House once again provided our historic full day summer
camp for 250 children ages 5 - 12 in 2006. Our full day camp
activities included indoor and outdoor sports and recreation,
drama, arts and crafts, swimming, individaul and group counseling,
academic enrichment (with a special focus on math and reading),
computer literacy, drug and violence prevention education, and
weekly field trips to fun and exciting locations throughout the
area. We have already begun the planning for Summer Camp 2007
and anticipate the same high demand for this vital program.

After School and Teen Program:
Kingsley House continues to provide daily after school tutoring,
mentoring, drug and violence prevention, group counseling,
recreation and socialization activities to children ages 5 to 12.
We have established linkages to both the Recovery School District
and Orleans Parish schools to provide these essential and much
needed activities to school aged children and youth. Kingsley House
is also enabling teens from he surrounding Lower Garden
District/Irish Channel area to receive academic tutoring and have
full access to the gym and computer center from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
each night. In addition, children and teens are able to enjoy full
use of the facilities on Saturdays throughout the year. More than
70 teens continue to participate in our program daily.

Info Source/Changes:
website
added region, parish
(see full history)

Created At: Mon Mar 12 02:59:52 +0000 2007
Updated At: Sun Sep 23 19:18:19 +0000 2007
Updated By: LTel


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