EARLY STEPS ages 0-3
For information on services such as OT, PT, speech therapy, etc. for all parishes in Louisiana, you can call Information Referral Service at 1-800-922-3425 or find your parish on the list below (and call your regional office). Child Search (ages 3 and up) remains at our local school board. Call them and ask for the Child Net team. Scroll down for Child Search contacts. For more information on Early Steps, visit, www.laeikids.com
Early Steps Contacts for all Parishes in Louisiana (updated 2007):
St. Tammany:
Wanda Stroud - 871-8341
Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson, Plaquemines:
Jefferson Parish Human Service Authority
Denise O’Guinn, Program Supervisor
201 Evans Road Bldg 1 Suite 100
Harahan, LA 70123
Phone (504) 496-0165
E-mail: doguinn@fhfgno.org
East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, Ascension:
Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center
Brian Jakes Jr., Program Manager
3060 Teddy Drive Suite A
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Phone (225) 925-2426 Toll Free 1-866-925-2426
E-mail: ahecbpj@I-55.com
Assumption, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary:
Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center
Brian Jakes Jr., Program Manager
602 Parish Road
Thibodaux, LA 70301
Phone (985) 447-6550 Toll Free 1-866-891-9044
E-mail: ahecbpj@I-55.com
Lafayette, Iberia, St. Martin, Vermillion, St. Landry, Evangeline, Acadia:
First Steps Referral and Consulting LLC
Mary F. Hockless, CEO
134 East Main Street, Suite 4
New Iberia, LA 70560
Phone (337) 359-8748 Toll Free 1-866-494-8900
E-mail: teamfsrc@bellsouth.net
Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Allen, Cameron, Calcasieu:
First Steps Referral and Consulting LLC
Mary F. Hockless, CEO
134 East Main Street, Suite 4
New Iberia, LA 70560
Phone (337) 359-8748 Toll Free 1-866-494-8900
E-mail: teamfsrc@bellsouth.net
Vernon, Rapides, Winn, Grant, LaSalle, Catahoula, Concordia, Avoyelles:
Families Helping Families at the Crossroads of Louisiana
Teresa Harmon, Program Supervisor
2840 Military Highway Suite B
Pineville, LA 71360
Phone (318) 640-7078 Toll Fee 1-866-445-7672
E-mail: tjharmon891@hotmail.com
Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Natchitoches, Sabine, DeSoto, Red River:
Families Helping Families at the Crossroads of Louisiana
Rebecca Thornton, Program Supervisor
2620 Centenary Blvd. Bldg. 2 Suite 249
Shreveport, LA 71104
Phone (318) 226-8038 Toll Free 1-866-676-1695
E-mail: spoereg7ps@bellsouth.net
Ouachita, Union, Jackson, Lincoln, Caldwell, Morehouse, West Carroll, East Carroll, Richland, Franklin, Tensas, Madison:
Easter Seals of Louisiana
Peyton Fisher, Director
1107 Hudson Lane, Suite B
Monroe, LA 71201
Phone (318) 322-4788 Toll Free 1-877-322-4788
Email: peytonfisher@mac.com
St.Tammany, Livingston, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington:
Southeast Louisiana Area Health Education Center
Brian Jakes Jr., Program Manager
1302 J.W. Davis Drive
Hammond, LA 70403
Phone (985) 429- 1252 Toll Free 1-866-640-0238
Email: ahecbpj@I-55.com
Child Search (ages 3 -21) Contacts:
Please call you local school board for your parish.
St. Tammany Parish (updated 2007):
Kathye Ryan is one of the Child Search coordinators but there are others.
Just ask for Child Search when you call
985-898-3345
