shelters

New Orleans is not regularly inspecting its homeless shelters to ensure minimum health and safety standards, according to a review from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor.

Gov. Jeff Landry will seek more stable funding for domestic violence prevention services after his initial budget proposal threatened to cut them.

“We should not be decreasing funding to domestic violence shelters,” State Rep. Denise Marcelle, D-Baton Rouge, said.

Encampment residents were sent to a new temporary shelter, located in a warehouse in Gentilly.

Many Louisiana residents will need to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Francine, which is forecast to hit the coast as a Category 1 storm Wednesday afternoon or evening.

The City of New Orleans activated its Freeze Plan for the homeless today, in advance of wintry weather that will affect the region Wednesday and Thursday…

Two shelters have opened in St. Tammany Parish as Hurricane Isaac approaches.Officials of the St. Tammany Parish School Board and the Red Cross said the…

With mandatory evacuations issued for areas of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes outside of hurricane protection, shelters in Raceland and Houma have…

Terrebonne Parish officials have opened a temporary pet shelter at the West Houma Gym on Williams Ave.The Courier reports this temporary shelter is only…

Jefferson Parish officials say a shelter opened in Terrytown for Lafitte, Crown Point and Barataria residents has closed.Authorities said people who had…