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WHO TO CALL FOR WHAT

PROGRAM OR SERVICE

Urban League

Job Placement

PERSON OR DEPT.

TELEPHONE

PROGRAM OR SERVICE

PERSON OR DEPT.

TELEPHONE

Human Relations Committee City of N.O.

Telephone

586-4475 523-6733

Repair Service Tenants Rights

South Central Bell Housing Coalition

870-1122 822-1981

La. State Employ. Office

Tourist Information

Skilled

Unskilled

568-7221

Greater New Orleans Tourist

568-7272

& Convention Commission

522-8772

Urban League.

Receptionist

523-6733

Traffic Ticket.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS

Training Program

La. State Employ. Office

Receptionist

568-7221

What To Do

Clerk of Court Traffic Court

586-4091

New Orleans Plan

522-9762

ALCOHOLIC CRISIS

524-H-E-L-P

Opportunity Industrialization (OIC)

821-8222

Traffic Signals

Streets Department.

586-4501

AMBULANCE (Ask for Ambulance)

568-3106

Orleans Vocational &

Technical School

945-8080

BATTERED WOMEN

486-0377

Unemployment Insurance Claim

568-7111

Transients (Travelers) Travelers Aid Society Urban Renewal

Travelers Aid Society

525-8726

CHARITY HOSPITAL: EMERGENCY

Ex-Convict Service

Community Service Center

897-6277

(Ask for Emergency Room)

568-2311

Community Improvement Agency

581-7017

F.B.I.

Switchboard

522-4671

CHILD ABUSE

524-1215

CIVIL DEFENCE EMERGENCY

288-1441

Federal Information Center Fire

Switchboard

589-6696

U.S. Attorney

Switchboard

Emergency

Receptionist

581-3473

DOG BITES

Medical Treatment

568-2311

Fire Prevention

586-4482

(Charity Hospital Emergency Room)

Food Stamps

Non-Welfare Recipients.

568-7511

Organized Crime Unit Unemployment Compensation Veterans Affairs

Unemployment Ins. Off.

589-2921 589-3801 568-7111

Dumaine

Bourbon

DRUG CRISIS

524-H-E-L-P

Food, Clothing, Housing

Emergency Advice

Answer Desk

586-4431

Military Family Service Veterans Administration

586-8191

Contact Representative

EMERGENCY FIRST AID

586-5002

at Information Desk

Garbage & Trash

Sanitation Dept.

586-5207

EMOTIONAL OR NERVOUS CRISIS

523-2673

After 5 P.M.

Weekdays & Sundays

Veterans Outreach Volunteer Agencies

561-0121 821-6360

FIRE

581-3473

Gas & Electric Problems

New Orleans Public Serv.

529-4545

Volunteer Information Agency

GAS & ELECTRIC TROUBLE

529-4545

Handicapped

VIGOR (Volunteers in Government

POISON TAKEN ACCIDENTALLY

568-5222

Information & Referral

Answer Desk

586-4431

of Responsibility)

Receptionist

Health

Vista Volunteer

POLICE CITY

822-4161

Charity Hospital

(Ask for Emergency)

568-2311

City Health Centers:

POLICE STATE

568-5759

RAPE CRISIS

821-6000

Edna Pillsbury Health Center Helen Adler Levy Health Center Hymel Health Center

586-5014

Voter Registration Weather Bureau

947-8411

361-4961

SEWERAGE & WATER EMERGENCY

Katherine Benson Health Center.

943-2776

Day

945-4192

Night

586-4567

SUICIDE PREVENTION

523-2673

U.S. COAST GUARD

(Swimming

Boating Accidents)

589-6225

Ernest N. Morial, Mayor

City of New Orleans

Mandeville Detiege Health Center Mary Buck Health Center Mid-City Health Center

St. Bernard Gentilly Health Center Dog Bites

Emergency First Aid

Family Health (Fam. Plan.)

Health Dept. (City)

Health Dept. (State)

Home Health Service Medicine (Prescriptions) Mental Health Information Tuberculosis Control Venereal Disease Control Housing

482-6023

-586-4060

586-4763

283-2241

Charity Hospital

568-2311

Welfare: Family Services Division Aid to Dependent Children Assistance for the Needy Blind Certification for food stamps Disability Assistance

Old Age Assistance Supplemental Income

568-7511

581-1172

568-7511

581-1172

822-4161

Appointment Desk

568-5347

586-4665

Welfare Department (City) Complaints and Emergency

568-5444

Receptionist

486-1512

586-4805

Mental Health Assoc. Switchboard

523-2673

Relief Calls

Zoning Problems Information Appeals

586-4743

Building Permits Office Board of Zoning Adjustments

586-4812

586-4453

586-4393

Federal Housing Adm. Housing Assistance

1000 Howard Ave.

589-2068

Payment Program

Housing Coalition

522-2318

(Tenants Rights)

822-1981

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Housing Code Violations.

586-4485

Mayor Ernest N. Morial

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THESE AND OTHER SERVICES CALL THE H.R.C. ANSWER DESK 586-4431

Housing Discrimination

Human Relations Committee

ROOM 1W06

City Hall

City of N.O.

586-4475

Councilmen at Large.

PROGRAM OR SERVICE

PERSON OR DEPT.

TELEPHONE

Urban League

H.U.D. (Housing &

523-6733

Sidney J. Barthelemy Joseph Giarrusso

Urban Development)

589-2068

Alcohol Drinking Problems

Alcoholics Anonymous Alcohol Crisis

524-H-E-L-P 525-1178 525-1178

District Councilmen:

Public Housing (Housing

Authority of New Orleans)

525-0781

Frank Friedler, Jr. Jim Singleton

District A

District B

W.P. "Cy" Hickey, Jr.

Alcoholic Detoxification Center

Committee on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Ambulance (Charity Hospital) Assessments on Homes

Board of Assessors (Municipal Lawrence A. Comiskey, Jr. Claude Mauberett, Jr.

Ronald Burke

Charity Hospital

568-2626

Human Relations

Mike Early

District C

524-4357

(Ask for Ambulance)

568-2311

Human Relations Committee Archdiocese of N.O. Human Relations Committee City of N.O.

Immigration & Citizenship

Brod Bagert

District D

586-4236

861-9521

Philip C. Ciaccio

District E

586-4237

586-4475

589-6533

Districts)

Information & Referral

1st District

586-4305

2nd District

586-4310

3rd District

586-4312

Jail

4th District

586-4317

Answer Desk

VIA

Central Lockup

Answer Desk

586-4431

Volunteer & Info. Agency 525-7131

SERVICIO DE INFORMACION EN ESPANOL 586-4383

586-5034

James W Smith

5th District

586-4318

Criminal Courts Answer Desk

George L. Degan.

6th District

586-4320

E. Henry Heaton

7th District

586-4326

Auto Pound

586-5095

Auto License Plates & Titles

Receptionist

568-5484

Battered Women

Block Busting Complaints

486-0377

Jobs

For Assistance with

Problems and information

Municipal/Traffic Court

Answer Desk

PROGRAM OR SERVICE

Civil Cases:

Legal Aid Bureau New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp.

Criminal Cases:

Legal Aid Bureau

Indigent Defenders

American Civil Liberties Union

586-4161

586-4269

See Employment

PERSON OR DEPT.

TELEPHONE

Human Relations Committee

Lawyers

City of N.O.

586-4475

Urban League

523-6733

523-2597

U.S. Justice Department.

Receptionist

589-2921

Brake Tags

482-6127

523-1297

Bus Route Information

N.O. Public Service, Inc.

586-2192

523-2597

Certificates

586-5100

Birth, Deaths

568-5153

Marriage

Charity Hospital

Emergency

Children

568-5160

522-0617

Switchboard

568-2311

League of Women Voters

895-2062

(Ask for Emergency)

568-2311

Library, City of New Orleans.

586-4902

Medicaid (For Information)

Councilmen at Large:

Crisis Care Center Child Protection Center Adoption

State Welfare

568-7511

524-1215

568-6242

La. State Welfare Office

568-7494

Child Neglect

822-4161

Medicare, Supplemental Security Social Security Admin. Mosquito Control

Sidney J. Barthelemy Joseph Giarrusso

Information Desk

581-1172

241-2370

Foster Homes

568-7494

District Councilmen: Frank Friedler, Jr.

City Government Officials

(Mayor, Councilmen, Etc.) See Last Page

Municipal/Traffic Court Answer Desk

586-4269

Consumer Problems

Better Business Bureau Consumer Affairs Office

Consumer Credit

Counseling Service

581-6222 586-4441

New Orleans Council on Aging

Notary (City Hall)

586-1221

Brod Bagert

Philip C. Ciaccio

586-4263

Poiso

Poison Control Center

586-5222

Federal Trade Commission New Orleans Legal Assistance.

Federal Information

529-2396 589-6696 523-1297

Police

Civil Defense

Emergency

Coroner

Courts (Ask for Clerk of Court) Civil

Criminal

288-1441

Information, not an emergency Abuse Complaints Pollution

Switchboard Internal Affairs

586-5151 586-5107

WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS

Frank E. Minyard

586-4061

Air:

586-1633

586-3081

Post Office

Juvenile

586-3900

Magistrate

586-4056

Municipal

Traffic

586-4081

586-4091

Answer Desk

586-4161

Pollution Control & Air Surveillances

Poverty Program Probation & Parole

State

Federal

Rape Crisis Line Recreation

City Health Dept. Information Service See TCA

568-5188

589-2201

Dept. of Correction

568-4956

589-6317

821-6000

MUNICIPAL/TRAFFIC COURT

ANSWER DESK-586-4269 Call or come to 727 S. Broad Lobby Monday through Friday

Washington, D.C. Toll Free Number

525-7131

586-4747

1-800-424-8580 586-4301

522-7330

586-4212

586-4000

586-4239 586-4238

586-4233 586-4234 586-4235

CRIMINAL COURTS ANSWER DESK-568-4161 2700 Tulane Avenue Call or come to the office Monday through Friday

HRC ANSWER DESK 586-4431 Oficina de informacion 586-4383 Call or come to Room 1W06

City Hall

Monday through Friday

Published as a public service

by the

City Council of o City of New Orleans

Jim Singleton Mike Early

District A

District B District C

District D District E

Prepared by

HUMAN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ANSWER DESK

MARDI GRAS

MADNESS

You asked for it-you'll get it. One hangover right into another, sore feet from uncomfortable shoes all in the name of a fabulous gay ball, banged up fingers for grabbing the wrong doubloon, people you will meet and probably never see again.

You got it-Mardi Gras madness. That insane, fantastic time of year we all have been waiting for. That frenzied, craziness that gives us the ability to stand outside of the Grog, Brady's, of Finale II the Sunday before Mardi Gras, watch 3 parades and after it's all over not one person can remember the name of any title floats. But that's not importantonly the amount of beads, trinkets and doubloons are relevant.

It's a time for renewing old acquaintances: friends you won't see again till next year.

How beautiful it is to be gay, expecially this time of year. We've come a long way, Baby. It's bound to be a great onethey always are. You can say a lot about Carnival and use every word out of Websters-it all amounts to the same thinglots of fun.

So the booze will flow and spirits will be high, but God forbid, there is always Wednesday. Gay krewes will be putting costumes to rest for a couple of months, everyone will still be trying to remove makeup, hangovers will seem to linger forever and usually do.

But remember, it was all done in fun, and wasn't it damn well worth it?

A Happy Mardi Gras To All Charlene

Criminal Courts

WHEN IN DOUBT CALL HRC ANSWER DESK 586-4431

PROGRAM OR SERVICE Day Care Centers Dead Animals on Streets During business hours After 5 P.M. Weekdays and Sundays

Disasters (Hurricanes, etc.) Red Cross, Civil Defense

Information Center

of disasters only

Discrimination

times

Human Relations Committee

City of NO.

N.A.A.C.P.

Urban League

U.S. Justice Department

District Attorney

Dog Bites Rabies

PERSON OR DEPT. Welfare Dept.

TELEPHONE 568-7494

New Orleans Recreation. Department

Rodent Control

Runaways

586-5207

Juvenile Bureau

586-4885

949-1605

586-5246

Large Animals

895-5635

Schools

Small Animals

586-2507

Public

Parochial

586-8191

Private Sewerage & Water Board Complaints

Orleans Parish School Bd. Information Service Archdiocesan School Bd. See Telephone Directory

288-6561 861-9521x214

586-4475

Social Security

Information

586-4121 581-1172

821-4220

523-6733

Spanish Speaking Residents' Problems

Receptionist

589-2921

Harry Connick

822-2414

PROGRAM OR SERVICE Stray Dogs

Spanish Answer Desk PERSON OR DEPT.

586-4383 TELEPHONE 944-7445

Animal Observation

944-7445

Taxes

587-3663 568-4994

Federal Income Tax Personal Property Tax

Real Estate Tax

Internal Revenue Service 581-2440

586-4388

586-4386

State Income Tax

State Revenue Dept.

568-5233

Ecology

S.P.C.A.

Dome Stadium Office

Driver's License

Committee on Alcoholism &

Drug Abuse

Drug Abuse Information & Referral

Drug Crisis (Charity Hospital) (Ask for Emergency).

See Pollution

524-H-E-L-P 568-2311 482-8760

T.C.A. (Total Community Action) Neighborhood Service Centers: TCA Central City Economic

Opportunity

Receptionist

827-0865

Education

Desire Area Community Council, Inc.

Receptionist

949-2781

Innovative Education

Algiers Fisher Community

Coalition

561-5800

Organization, Inc.

Receptionist

366-6321

To Obtain GED

Orleans Parish School Bd. 524-8592x236

Lower Ninth Ward

Employment

Job Discrimination

Neighborhood Council Irish Channel Action Foundation

Receptionist

944-0172

Receptionist

523-5442

Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission

589-2725

St. Bernard Community Council, Inc.

Receptionist

944-0253

FROM THE KREWE OF ARMINIUS