A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Duson, Louisiana.

A respectful place to begin, whether you are looking for support for yourself, worried about someone you love, or trying to respond to a safety, housing, care, or practical concern in Duson.

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Our virtual groups give people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns a place to connect from Duson, Lafayette Parish, Acadia Parish, and nearby communities. Duson is an incorporated town that sits in both parishes, so the right public route can depend on the address: start with the town for municipal matters, and use the applicable Lafayette or Acadia parish route for parish services, schools, fire, law enforcement, preparedness, and other supports.

For immediate danger

Call 911 for a medical emergency, fire, immediate danger, or active threat. For emotional distress or a behavioral-health crisis, call or text 988; Acadiana Area Human Services District provides behavioral-health and developmental-disability services in Lafayette Parish. For current food, shelter, housing, utilities, transportation, or benefits navigation, dial 211 and confirm whether the Lafayette or Acadia Parish route serves the address.

First conversations

A few good places to start

You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.

Private-pay hoarding support, organizing help, groups, and family guidance - broader service area; scope, cost, scheduling, travel, consent, safety, and capacity rules apply; not emergency care

The Peer Tree

The Peer Tree is the private-pay pathway for organizing help, decluttering support, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps when a grant or public program is not the right fit. Ask about scope, cost, travel, consent, safety, and whether support is available in Duson or either parish.

Digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns - online; no cost or eligibility claim verified; not therapy or emergency support

Unburied

Unburied, from The Peer Tree, offers a judgment-free digital pathway with peer support, groups, and tools for people directly affected and for friends, family, property managers, municipal workers, and other supporters. It is not therapy, a crisis service, or a substitute for emergency help.

State-maintained local-government and community orientation - Duson is listed as a town in Acadia Parish; parish, district, and statewide jurisdiction rules apply

Louisiana Acadia Parish Profile

Louisiana's official Acadia Parish profile lists Duson as a town and points residents to contacts for emergency preparedness, fire protection, the library, sheriff, assessor, courts, and other services. It is a routing starting point, not a hoarding-support or cleanup provider.

Parish and city-parish administration, notices, public works, planning, permits, emergency, and service navigation - Lafayette Parish; address and jurisdiction rules apply

Lafayette Consolidated Government

Lafayette Consolidated Government is the parish-level starting point for public works, drainage, planning, permits, emergency preparedness, trash, transit, housing, public records, and local contacts affecting the Lafayette Parish part of Duson. Confirm the responsible department and address jurisdiction; LCG is not a hoarding-support, crisis, or cleanup provider.

Municipal government, utilities, permits, public works, police, notices, and local routing - town limits; town, parish, and address jurisdiction rules apply

Town of Duson

The Town of Duson is the starting point for town government, water and wastewater questions, permits, public works, municipal notices, and police contact. Confirm whether the address and issue are handled by the town, Lafayette Parish, or Acadia Parish; the town is not a hoarding-treatment or cleanup provider.

Parish law-enforcement, public-safety, and planned-concern pathway - Acadia Parish, including the Acadia portion of Duson; use 911 for emergencies and confirm district scope; not hoarding treatment or cleanup

Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office

The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office provides law-enforcement contacts for parish areas and identifies Duson as a community in Acadia Parish. Confirm the address and district before using a planned route; explain the safety concern without assuming the sheriff can provide treatment, housing, or cleanup, and call 911 for immediate danger.

Housing, utility, food, health, aging, transportation, and human-services navigation - Louisiana, including Duson; free referral access and local capacity vary

Louisiana 211

Louisiana 211 connects people in all 64 parishes with individualized information and referrals for health and human services. Dial 211 or text a ZIP code to 898-211 and ask for the Duson address, then confirm parish, eligibility, capacity, hours, and referral requirements directly.

Safety and stability

When the concern involves safety, housing, or crisis

These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.

Immediate danger, fire, medical emergency, or active threat - Duson and both parish response areas; emergency use only

911 Emergency Services

Call 911 when there is immediate danger, fire, a medical emergency, violence, or a threat that cannot wait for a scheduled service. Emergency dispatch is not a hoarding-support program, behavioral-health counseling service, or cleanup provider.

Mental-health and substance-use crisis support - Nationwide, including Duson; free, confidential, 24/7 support

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988 for emotional distress, a mental-health or substance-use crisis, or concern about someone else. 988 can help with crisis support and connection to local resources, but it is not a cleanup provider or guaranteed in-home response. Call 911 for immediate danger.

Behavioral-health, addictive-disorders, and developmental-disability service pathway - Lafayette and six neighboring parishes; assessment, eligibility, appointment, clinical-scope, and capacity rules apply

Acadiana Area Human Services District

The state identifies Acadiana Area Human Services District as the local governing entity for behavioral-health and developmental-disability services in Lafayette Parish. Ask about current crisis, assessment, outpatient, developmental-disability, and referral routes; it is not emergency dispatch or cleanup.

Municipal law-enforcement and public-safety pathway - Town of Duson; use 911 for emergencies and confirm current non-emergency contact; not clinical care or cleanup

Duson Police Department

The Town of Duson identifies its police department as the municipal public-safety route. Use the town's current contact route for a planned concern involving an address inside town limits and call 911 for immediate danger; police cannot guarantee treatment, housing, or cleanup.

Parish public-safety and law-enforcement pathway - Acadia Parish portion of Duson; 911 for emergencies, non-emergency and district rules apply; not clinical care or cleanup

Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office

Use the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office for a planned law-enforcement or public-safety concern involving an address in the Acadia Parish portion of Duson. Confirm the correct district and share only the information needed; call 911 for immediate danger.

Fire-district emergency response and prevention pathway identified in the Lafayette Parish Emergency Operations Plan - Duson; call 911 for emergencies; station and planned-service limits apply

Duson Fire Department

Lafayette Parish's Emergency Operations Plan identifies Duson Fire Department in the local fire-response network. Call 911 for fire, rescue, medical emergencies, or immediate danger; confirm any prevention or education request through the current parish or fire-district channel.

Parish disaster planning, evacuation, flood, hazardous-material, response, and recovery navigation - Lafayette Parish; preparedness and response limits apply

Lafayette Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

Lafayette Parish OHSEP coordinates all-hazard planning, public-safety support, and community recovery with local governments, fire departments, nonprofits, utilities, and private partners. Use it for preparedness and disaster-navigation questions affecting the Lafayette Parish part of Duson; call 911 for immediate danger.

Parish disaster planning, evacuation, flood, hazardous-material, response, and recovery navigation - Acadia Parish; preparedness and response limits apply

Acadia Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

GOHSEP's current parish contact directory lists Acadia Parish's emergency-preparedness route. Use it for preparedness and disaster-navigation questions affecting the Acadia Parish part of Duson; call 911 for immediate danger and confirm current local instructions.

Official parish emergency coordination and response-plan pathway - Lafayette Parish, including Duson; plan, agency, response, and incident-specific rules apply

Lafayette Parish Emergency Operations Plan

The parish Emergency Operations Plan documents emergency-support functions and local partners such as Duson Fire Department, Duson Police Department, public works, utilities, health, mass care, transportation, and recovery agencies. It is planning guidance, not live dispatch; call 911 for immediate danger.

Parish emergency-partner and public-safety coordination pathway - Lafayette Parish; emergency, agency, and response limits apply

Lafayette Emergency Partners and Supports

Lafayette OHSEP identifies local, state, federal, ambulance, Red Cross, and municipal partners for emergency preparedness and recovery, including the Town of Duson. Use it for orientation and confirm the correct agency for the address; call 911 for immediate danger.

Parish emergency-alert and public-information pathway - Lafayette Parish, including the Lafayette part of Duson; enrollment, phone, alert, and emergency-response rules apply

Lafayette Emergency Alerts and LafayetteNOW

Lafayette's official emergency-alert and LafayetteNOW routes publish public information during severe weather and other incidents. Sign up through the current parish route and confirm how alerts, evacuation information, and accessibility needs are handled; alerts are not a substitute for 911.

Federal flood-risk and map-navigation pathway - Duson and both parishes; address, map, insurance, and local rules apply

FEMA Flood Map Service Center

Use FEMA's flood-map tools to understand mapped flood risk for a Duson address and then confirm local requirements with the applicable parish or town. A map is not a guarantee that a property will avoid flooding or that assistance will be available.

Reports and protective-services response for vulnerable adults - Louisiana; age, vulnerability, risk, jurisdiction, and investigation rules apply

Louisiana Adult Protective Services

Louisiana Adult Protective Services describes a pathway for reporting suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect involving a vulnerable adult. It is not a routine cleanup service or guaranteed housing placement. Share only information needed for the report and call 911 for immediate danger.

Protective-services pathway for older adults - Louisiana; age, risk, jurisdiction, and response rules apply

Louisiana Elderly Protective Services

The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs describes Elderly Protective Services for concerns involving older adults, including possible neglect or self-neglect. Confirm current reporting routes and limits; call 911 for an immediate medical, fire, violence, or safety emergency.

State child-protection route for suspected abuse or neglect - Louisiana, including Duson; intake, investigation, confidentiality, and emergency-response rules apply

Louisiana Child Welfare and Child Protection

Use Louisiana's child-welfare intake route when a child may be unsafe because of neglect, abuse, fire, structural hazards, or another household concern. Provide the address and facts you observed; call 911 when immediate danger requires emergency response.

Confidential domestic-violence safety planning and referral pathway - Louisiana; advocates are not emergency dispatch, housing placement, or cleanup providers

Louisiana Domestic Violence Hotline

The Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence lists confidential help and local advocacy routes for people experiencing domestic violence. If there is immediate danger, call 911; ask an advocate about safe contact, shelter, transportation, and privacy options.

24/7 poison-exposure advice - Louisiana; use for possible poisoning or exposure questions, not for fire, rescue, or life-threatening emergency; call 911 for severe symptoms or immediate danger

Louisiana Poison Control

Call Poison Control for guidance after a possible medication, chemical, carbon-monoxide, or household-product exposure. Have the product or substance, amount, time, age, symptoms, and location available; call 911 for severe symptoms, breathing trouble, collapse, fire, or immediate danger.

State supportive-housing and homelessness pathway - Louisiana, including Lafayette and Acadia Parishes; disability, homelessness, income, application, and program rules apply

Louisiana Permanent Supportive Housing

Louisiana's Permanent Supportive Housing program combines affordable housing with voluntary services for people experiencing chronic homelessness, disability, or complex health needs. Contact the program to ask about the current parish route; no unit, subsidy, or placement is guaranteed.

Crisis support for veterans, service members, and people who support them - Nationwide, including Duson; free, confidential, 24/7 support; not emergency cleanup or housing

Veterans Crisis Line

Veterans, service members, and their supporters can call 988 and press 1, text 838255, or use the Veterans Crisis Line for immediate emotional support. Call 911 for immediate danger or a medical emergency.

Federal disaster-assistance information and application pathway - Louisiana disaster areas; declared-disaster, documentation, inspection, and eligibility rules apply

FEMA Disaster Assistance

FEMA provides disaster-assistance information and applications when a qualifying disaster declaration is active. Use it for recovery questions after a hurricane, flood, or other declared event, and confirm deadlines and documentation; FEMA is not routine cleanup or emergency dispatch.

People and practical help

Housing, food, care, transportation, and ongoing support

These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.

Municipal administration and local service-routing pathway - Town of Duson; town-limit, address, department, and hours rules apply

Town of Duson Government and Contact

The Town of Duson's official contact page lists Town Hall at 498 Toby Mouton Road and the current phone and after-hours utility route. Use it for municipal questions, utility accounts, permits, public works, and notices; confirm parish responsibility when the issue crosses town boundaries.

Municipal water, wastewater, account, and after-hours utility pathway - Town of Duson; service address, account, outage, and response rules apply

Town of Duson Utilities

The Town of Duson identifies water, sewer, and street departments as local utility routes and publishes an after-hours utility phone. Confirm the service address, account status, current outage or leak instructions, and whether an issue belongs to the town or another provider.

Local utility, building-code, permit, and waste-routing information - Town of Duson; address, permit, provider, and service limits apply

Town of Duson New-Resident Services

Duson's new-resident page directs building-code questions to Building Code Inspection Services and waste or trash questions to Waste Connections. Confirm current fees, schedules, service area, and whether the town, parish, or a private provider handles the request.

Municipal public-safety, planned-concern, and community-contact pathway - Town of Duson; town limits, privacy, dispatch, and response rules apply

Town of Duson Police and Public Safety

The Town of Duson's police page describes the municipal police mission and provides a starting point for planned public-safety concerns. Use 911 for emergencies and do not assume police can provide treatment, housing, cleanup, or long-term case management.

Municipal meeting and public-notice pathway - Town of Duson; schedule, access, and event details change

Town of Duson Community Calendar

The Town of Duson's calendar publishes current council meetings and community notices. Use it to identify public meetings or town contacts, and confirm dates and access details directly; a meeting is not a support, crisis, or cleanup service.

City-parish service-request and department-routing pathway - Lafayette Parish, including the Lafayette part of Duson; address, issue, jurisdiction, response-time, and service limits apply

Lafayette Consolidated Government 311

Lafayette Consolidated Government's 311 and service-request routes can help route parish issues such as roads, drainage, public works, trash, and other local services. Confirm whether the Duson address is handled by the town, parish, a district, or another provider; 311 is not 911 or a cleanup provider.

Parish roads, drainage, public works, and infrastructure pathway - Lafayette Parish; location, jurisdiction, project, and response-time rules apply

Lafayette Parish Public Works and Drainage

Use Lafayette Parish public-works and drainage routes for infrastructure concerns affecting the Lafayette Parish part of Duson. Confirm the address, responsible department, and current request process; public works does not inspect indoor clutter or provide private cleanup.

Parish administration and public-service orientation - Acadia Parish, including the Acadia part of Duson; parish, town, district, and address rules apply

Acadia Parish Police Jury

The Acadia Parish Police Jury is the parish-level government orientation route for the Acadia portion of Duson. Confirm which department or district handles a request and what documentation or fees apply; parish government is not hoarding treatment or cleanup.

Official parish court, municipal-information, and records-routing pathway - Duson and Acadia Parish; record, filing, privacy, and fee rules apply

Acadia Parish Clerk of Court - Duson

The Acadia Parish Clerk of Court's Duson page provides town-hall and municipal orientation plus clerk contacts. Use it for official records or court-routing questions and confirm the current office responsible for the specific request; it is not a social-service or cleanup provider.

Property-assessment and parcel-information pathway - Acadia Parish; parcel, owner, public-record, and privacy rules apply

Acadia Parish Assessor

Use the Acadia Parish Assessor route for property-assessment and parcel questions involving the Acadia part of Duson. Confirm the parcel and current records process; assessment information does not determine emergency safety, housing eligibility, or cleanup funding.

Public library, computers, Wi-Fi, learning, meeting, and information pathway - Acadia Parish; nearest branch, card, hours, and capacity rules apply

Acadia Parish Library

Acadia Parish Library provides public computers, free Wi-Fi, databases, meeting spaces, tutoring links, and branch services. There is no Duson branch listed on the current branch directory, so confirm the nearest branch, library-card requirements, hours, transportation, and accessibility before visiting.

Public library, computer, Wi-Fi, learning, meeting, and community-information pathway - Lafayette Parish; branch, card, hours, and capacity rules apply

Lafayette Public Library

Lafayette Public Library provides a public-information and community-connection route for the Lafayette Parish part of Duson. Confirm the nearest current branch, card rules, hours, accessible services, and transportation; library staff are not crisis responders or cleanup providers.

Public education, enrollment, student services, transportation, meals, and family-support pathway - Lafayette Parish; address, school-zone, age, and program rules apply

Lafayette Parish School System

LPSS lists Duson among its schools and provides enrollment, school-zone, student-services, transportation, meal, and homeless-assistance routes. Confirm the current school assignment and the right family-support contact for the address; the school system is not a hoarding-treatment provider.

Local public-school and family-support pathway - Lafayette Parish; enrollment, school-zone, student, attendance, and accessibility rules apply

Duson Elementary School

Duson Elementary is listed in the Lafayette Parish School System's current school directory. Use LPSS's school-finder and student-services routes to confirm contact, enrollment, transportation, meals, and support options; a school cannot guarantee housing, treatment, or cleanup.

Public education, enrollment, student services, meals, and family-support pathway - Acadia Parish; address, school-zone, age, and program rules apply

Acadia Parish School Board

The Acadia Parish School Board is the school-system route for the Acadia portion of Duson and nearby Acadia communities. Confirm the current school assignment and student-support contact by address; programs, transportation, meals, and services have their own eligibility rules.

State behavioral-health information and referral orientation - Louisiana; provider, insurance, payment, clinical, and crisis rules apply

Louisiana Department of Health Behavioral Health

Louisiana Department of Health provides behavioral-health information and directs people toward local governing entities and 211 for non-emergency resources. Use it to orient a Duson referral, then confirm current provider, insurance, payment, appointment, and crisis rules directly.

Qualified regional hospital, emergency, primary-care, specialty, and referral pathway near Duson; clinical, admission, insurance, payment, and capacity rules apply

Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center provides regional hospital services near Duson. Confirm current emergency, behavioral-health, social-work, specialty, insurance, payment, accessibility, and referral routes directly; call 911 for immediate danger or an ambulance need.

Qualified behavioral-health hospital and outpatient pathway - Acadiana; age, referral, insurance, payment, emergency, and capacity rules apply

Ochsner Behavioral Health Acadiana

Ochsner identifies an Acadiana behavioral-health campus offering inpatient, partial-hospitalization, and intensive-outpatient pathways for eligible patients. Confirm current admissions, age range, clinical scope, insurance or payment, and emergency instructions directly; it is not a cleanup provider.

State housing, homelessness, energy, supportive-housing, and housing-stability navigation - Louisiana; income, disability, homelessness, application, funding, and waitlist rules apply

Louisiana Housing Corporation

Louisiana Housing Corporation provides statewide housing and supportive-housing pathways that may serve Lafayette or Acadia Parish. Ask about current programs, coordinated-entry routes, eligibility, documentation, and waitlists; no unit, subsidy, or placement is guaranteed.

Statewide rental and housing-search tool - Louisiana, including Duson; listing, availability, income, application, screening, and landlord rules apply

Louisiana Housing Search

Louisiana Housing Search can help a Duson resident identify current rental listings and housing resources. Listings change and do not guarantee availability or acceptance; confirm rent, deposits, accessibility, screening, income rules, and application procedures directly.

Federal housing-counseling, rental, homeowner, and housing-stability information - Louisiana; program, income, documentation, and local-provider rules apply

HUD Louisiana Housing Counseling and Assistance

HUD's Louisiana housing routes can help identify approved counseling and housing resources. Confirm which current provider serves the Duson address and whether fees, income, tenancy, homeowner, or foreclosure rules apply; HUD is not emergency housing or cleanup.

State food-assistance and benefits-navigation pathway - Louisiana; income, household, citizenship, documentation, recertification, and program rules apply

Louisiana SNAP and Economic Stability

Use Louisiana's current benefits portal to review SNAP and related assistance information for a Duson household. Confirm current eligibility, documents, interview, reporting, and renewal requirements; benefits are not guaranteed and this is not emergency food dispatch.

Public health-coverage and application pathway - Louisiana; income, household, disability, eligibility, renewal, provider-network, and clinical rules apply

Louisiana Medicaid

Louisiana Medicaid provides coverage and eligibility information for qualifying residents. Use the current state route to ask about applications, renewals, behavioral-health benefits, transportation, and provider access; coverage is not a promise of a particular appointment or service.

Aging, caregiver, benefits, transportation, and long-term-support navigation - Louisiana; age, disability, caregiver, assessment, program, and capacity rules apply

Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs and ADRC

The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs and Aging and Disability Resource Center routes can help an older adult, disabled adult, or caregiver identify current supports. Ask about Duson-area options, assessments, eligibility, privacy, and waitlists; it is not emergency response or cleanup.

Veterans benefits, claims, health, housing, and service-navigation pathway - Louisiana; veteran status, discharge, benefit, appointment, and program rules apply

Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs

Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs helps veterans and eligible dependents navigate state and federal benefits. Ask about a current Lafayette or Acadia Parish service officer and housing or health referrals; it is not emergency response, therapy, or cleanup.

Developmental-disability information, waiver, and support-navigation pathway - Louisiana; diagnosis, age, functional, application, waiver, and waitlist rules apply

Louisiana OCDD

The Louisiana Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities provides information about supports and waiver pathways. Ask about current parish intake and documentation requirements; no waiver, placement, or service slot is guaranteed, and this is not an emergency service.

Independent disability-rights information, advocacy, and legal-referral pathway - Louisiana; issue, eligibility, intake, confidentiality, and capacity rules apply

Disability Rights Louisiana

Disability Rights Louisiana provides rights information and advocacy for qualifying disability-related concerns. Ask whether the current issue fits its intake scope and confirm any limits; it is not emergency dispatch, a cleanup provider, or guaranteed representation.

Legal-information and civil-legal-aid navigation - Louisiana; income, issue, conflict, geography, intake, and capacity rules apply

Louisiana LawHelp

Louisiana LawHelp helps people locate civil-legal information and possible legal-aid routes. Search for the specific Duson, Lafayette Parish, or Acadia Parish issue, then confirm current eligibility, conflicts, scope, and whether representation is available.

Civil-legal-aid pathway for qualifying residents in Acadiana; income, issue, conflict, intake, and capacity rules apply

Acadiana Legal Service Corporation

Acadiana Legal Service Corporation provides civil-legal assistance in its service area for qualifying issues and households. Ask about current Duson eligibility, property or housing scope, documents, conflicts, and waitlists; no representation is guaranteed.

Regional food-access and hunger-relief navigation - Acadiana service area; pantry, distribution, household, schedule, and capacity rules apply

Second Harvest Food Bank of South Louisiana

Second Harvest Food Bank of South Louisiana helps connect households to food-distribution partners and programs. Search for current Duson-area distributions and confirm hours, documents, household rules, transportation, and inventory; this is not a crisis or medical service.

Regional human-services, food, housing, immigration, and support-navigation pathway - Acadiana; program, eligibility, documentation, and capacity rules apply

Catholic Charities of Acadiana

Catholic Charities of Acadiana describes community services that may include food, housing, immigration, and other support. Ask about current Duson availability, eligibility, privacy, waitlists, and program scope; it is not an emergency-response or cleanup provider.

Utility-bill assistance and energy-stability pathway - Louisiana; income, household, utility, documentation, funding, and local-agency rules apply

Louisiana Energy Assistance

Louisiana's energy-assistance routes may help qualifying households with utility costs. Ask about the current Lafayette or Acadia Parish provider, application windows, documentation, and funding; assistance is not guaranteed and does not repair unsafe conditions or provide cleanup.

State road, traffic, and transportation-information pathway - Louisiana, including Duson; road, weather, route, and accessibility conditions change

Louisiana DOTD Traveler Information

Louisiana DOTD's traveler-information route can help a Duson resident check road and traffic conditions during storms, repairs, or travel to services. Use 511 or current state tools; it is not emergency dispatch or a transportation guarantee.

Utility-locate and excavation-safety pathway - Louisiana; notice, marking, private-line, and excavation rules apply

Louisiana 811

Use Louisiana 811 before digging, moving structures, or beginning work that could encounter buried utilities. The service helps locate participating underground lines but does not assess indoor clutter, authorize work, or respond to emergencies.

Electric-utility outage, hazard, and account-safety information - Louisiana service areas; account, outage, weather, and emergency limits apply

Entergy Louisiana Outage and Safety Information

For an Entergy-served Duson address, use the utility's current outage and safety tools to report or check power issues. Confirm the utility by address, stay away from downed lines, and call 911 for immediate danger; utility staff are not a hoarding-support or cleanup provider.

Member-owned electric-utility account, outage, and safety pathway - Acadiana service area; service address, account, outage, and emergency rules apply

SLEMCO

SLEMCO serves parts of Acadiana and may serve an address near Duson. Confirm the current utility by address, then use SLEMCO's outage and account tools; call 911 for immediate danger and keep away from downed lines.

State environmental, air, water, solid-waste, and complaint-information pathway - Louisiana, including both parishes; issue, jurisdiction, investigation, and enforcement rules apply

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality provides environmental and solid-waste information that may help clarify a concern beyond ordinary household trash service. Confirm whether the issue fits state jurisdiction and what evidence is needed; it is not a cleanup provider or emergency dispatch.

Local animal-welfare, stray, surrender, and pet-support pathway - Lafayette Parish; animal, intake, appointment, capacity, and emergency rules apply

Lafayette Parish Animal Shelter and Care Center

The Lafayette Animal Shelter and Care Center provides parish animal-welfare and pet-support routes that may matter when household conditions affect animals in the Lafayette part of Duson. Confirm current intake, surrender, assistance, and safety rules; it is not a hoarding-treatment, human-shelter, or emergency medical service.

Parish parks, recreation, senior, youth, and low-pressure community-connection pathway - Lafayette Parish; facility, schedule, registration, accessibility, and event rules apply

Lafayette Parish Parks, Trails, and Recreation

Lafayette's parks and recreation routes can help a Duson resident find current community activities and accessible public spaces. Confirm the nearest facility, hours, program, and transportation options; recreation is not behavioral-health treatment, emergency response, or cleanup.

Aging, meals, recreation, caregiver, and social-connection navigation - Lafayette Parish; age, schedule, eligibility, transportation, and capacity rules apply

Lafayette Parish Senior Centers

Lafayette's senior-center route can help older adults and caregivers identify current meals, activities, and support navigation near Duson. Confirm age, location, accessibility, transportation, registration, and capacity; a senior center is not emergency response or cleanup.

Digital and rolling peer-support group for people who want to support someone affected by hoarding disorder - online; class schedule, enrollment, payment, and group boundaries apply; not therapy or emergency support

Unburied Supporter Circle

Unburied Supporter Circle is a separate digital pathway for friends, family, property managers, municipal workers, nonprofits, and other supporters who want to learn how to provide respectful support around hoarding disorder. Review the current class dates, enrollment terms, and group boundaries directly; it is not therapy, emergency care, or a promise of a local in-person group.

Practical and peer support - private-pay pathway available online and by service-area review; scope, cost, travel, scheduling, consent, safety, and capacity rules apply

The Peer Tree - Private-Pay Practical Support

The Peer Tree offers nonclinical hoarding and clutter support, including organizing help, groups, family guidance, and practical next steps. Ask about current availability, service area, scope, pacing, privacy, and fees before beginning. It is a separate private-pay pathway from Fight the Blight's nonprofit programming.

Digital peer support - available online; no cost or eligibility claim verified; not therapy or emergency support

Unburied - Digital Peer Support

Unburied, from The Peer Tree, is a judgment-free digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns and for friends, family, property managers, municipal workers, and other supporters. It can offer ongoing connection, tools, and momentum from Duson or anywhere else. It is not therapy, clinical care, or emergency support.

A note from the Alliance

Start with the person. Then decide what the situation needs.

This guide is anchored in Duson, Louisiana, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.

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