Are You Being Targeted For Euthanasia? Click here for more information States Can Be Liable for Not Making Courthouses Accessible States that fail to make their courthouses accessible to people with disabilities can be sued for damages under federal disability law 22nd Judicial District Court - ADA Louisiana Professional Responsibility Law and Practice Disability & Legal Issues A Guide to Disability Rights Laws Northshore Families Helping Families Advocacy Center COAST Transportation for seniors and disabled citizens Legal Help in St. Tammany Parish and Pertaining Information The Northlake Homeless Coalition (985) 898-6342 Louisiana Department of Social Services Understanding & Accommodating People with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Independent Living What Is MCS? - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity St. Tammany Parish Government St. Tammany Parish Government - Directory City of Slidell - Directory DA offers new help to elderly	In Violation for Past Eight Years A reporter with The News Banner, Leslie Ackel, has spent time over the past few months of 2002 looking into ADA compliance in western St. Tammany Parish. A very special thanks to Leslie for her perseverance and hard work. Are parish and city governments in compliance with federal law? Parish courthouse not in ADA compliance Mandeville working to be ADA accessible Not Up To Code Barriers coming down in parish The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.  ~Humbert H. Humphrey What's new? Parish Council schedule to vote on budget (A secretary for the new ADA) Davis Appoints Tobin as Social Service Coordinator (Tobin also appointed ADA coordinator replacing Bruce Crouch) Covington becoming accessible Redoing courthouse may cost more than expected (Asbestos remediation will also have to be completed.) Slidell allocates $13,000 for work on 2 buildings (Woes at courthouse, senior center persist) Winston shores up health panel (Ethics Board finds some nominees have conflicts of interest) Human Services Authority board members sworn in Health care progress slow - State's elderly, disabled still have few options St. Tammany Veterans Tammany veterans decry shabby Veterans Affairs office is moving to new home New office offers veterans, counselors more privacy St. Tammany Kids Future leader: Annie Simon Kids Konnection to build handicap accessible playground DA announces crackdown against elderly abuse A new elderly abuse protection division aimed to sniff out and prosecute those who take advantage of the aged and infirm was unrolled in 22nd Judicial Court last Friday. The program, funded with a $40,000 grant to cover Washington and St. Tammany Parishes, will combat "an unusually high number of criminal offenses being committed against persons who are 60 years" or older, said St. Tammany Parish District Attorney Walter Reed. It's believed to be the first of its kind in Louisiana. Louisiana Helplines Louisiana.gov Office of Disability Affairs Office of Elderly Affairs Programs and Services for Elderly Elder Law Task Force Roster
Copyright © 1999-2007, Informed Choices, All Rights Reserved. 1301 Howze Beach Road, Slidell, LA 70458-8503, Phone/Fax 985 649-6574