Neighborhood Place: a new way to deliver services.

Louisiana’s first Neighborhood Place opened in Sabine Parish in June 2009.

Sabine Parish Neighborhood Place, located in Many and Zwolle, provides a one-stop shop for state services. Together with the Sabine Parish School System and the community, the State departments of Education, Health and Hospitals, Children & Family Services, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, and the Office of Juvenile Justice partnered to work together to provide services for Sabine Parish in two accessible locations.

Before Neighborhood Place, families had to travel to different locations to apply for the services they needed. State agencies were unable to coordinate and plan in order to meet the needs of the client, and application process was lengthy and inefficient.

At Neighborhood Place-South in Many and Neighborhood Place-North in Zwolle, Sabine Parish residents receive customer-friendly and convenient community-oriented services that enable them to apply for the services they need for themselves and their families all under one roof.

Benefits of Neighborhood Place

• Customer-Friendly Services – Agencies share a commitment to customer-friendly services focusing on prevention, community education and family self-sufficiency
• Common Release Form – Allows workers to communicate, within the law, about clients’ goals, plans, and progress
• Team Approach - Agencies work as a team to coordinate and adapt services to meet the clients’ needs
• Community Focus - Governed by a Community Council of clients and people living and working in the area
• One Location - By working together, agencies can combine resources and maximize the impact of their services for clients

Neighborhood Place services focus on the critical areas of student achievement, health care, social services, workforce and youth development. By working as a team, participating agencies can coordinate and adapt services to best meet a client or a family’s individual needs.

History

In 2003, the Louisiana Legislature directed the Department of Social Services (currently Children & Family Services) to develop an integrated service delivery system to better meet the needs of clients. In 2008, Governor Bobby Jindal signed Act 775, creating Neighborhood Place.

As more Neighborhood Place locations open across the state, this site will direct you to the information you need about the Neighborhood Place services available in your community.

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