A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Ferriday, 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 Ferriday or Concordia Parish.

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Our virtual groups give people affected by hoarding and clutter concerns a place to connect from Ferriday, Concordia Parish, and nearby central Louisiana communities. We can help you think through what kind of next step may fit.

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; Central Louisiana Human Services District also lists a 24-hour crisis helpline. For current food, shelter, housing, utilities, transportation, or benefits navigation, dial 211 and confirm local availability.

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 Ferriday or Concordia 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 or family supporters. It is not therapy, a crisis service, or a substitute for emergency help.

Qualified public behavioral-health, substance-use, developmental-disability, prevention, recovery, and referral pathway serving Concordia Parish - regional clinics and contracted services; assessment, intake, eligibility, payment, and capacity rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Central Louisiana Human Services District

Central Louisiana Human Services District serves Concordia Parish and provides community mental-health, substance-use, and intellectual and developmental-disability services. It lists a 24-hour crisis helpline and language or disability accommodations; confirm the current local intake route, program fit, coverage, and capacity directly.

Information, referral, and resource-navigation pathway for food, shelter, housing, health, utilities, and social services - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; availability, eligibility, and provider capacity must be confirmed; not emergency dispatch

Louisiana 211

Use Louisiana 211 to ask about current local food, shelter, housing, health, utility, senior, disability, disaster, and family resources. Confirm the direct provider, hours, eligibility, and capacity before traveling or sharing sensitive information; use 911 for immediate danger.

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.

Emergency dispatch for immediate danger, fire, medical emergency, or active threat - Ferriday and Concordia Parish; emergency use only

911

Call 911 when someone is in immediate danger, a fire or medical emergency is happening, violence is occurring, or emergency responders are needed. A housing or clutter concern that is not immediately dangerous may need a planned code, housing, health, or support response instead.

Free 24/7 phone, text, and chat crisis support - Louisiana and nationwide; not a substitute for 911 when danger is immediate

Louisiana 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988 for emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, or a behavioral-health or substance-use crisis. Use 911 for immediate danger, fire, or a serious medical emergency.

24-hour behavioral-health crisis triage, mobile-crisis, referral, and stabilization pathway - Concordia and seven central Louisiana parishes; triage, response, clinical, and deployment rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Central Louisiana Human Services District Crisis Helpline

Central Louisiana Human Services District lists a 24-hour crisis helpline for people in its service area, including Concordia Parish. Use it for behavioral-health crisis navigation, but call 911 for immediate danger, fire, serious injury, or a life-threatening medical emergency.

Official mobile-crisis, behavioral-health crisis-care, brief-support, and stabilization pathway - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; triage, clinical, eligibility, and deployment rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Louisiana Crisis Response System

Louisiana Department of Health describes a crisis-response system that includes mobile crisis response, behavioral-health crisis care, community brief crisis support, and crisis stabilization. Use the state page to identify current regional access and call 911 for immediate danger or a medical emergency.

Qualified local psychiatric hospital and behavioral-health care pathway - Ferriday and Concordia Parish; admission, clinical, insurance, payment, age, capacity, and referral rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Freedom Behavioral Hospital of Ferriday

Louisiana hospital listings identify Freedom Behavioral Hospital of Ferriday at 1700 EE Wallace Boulevard North with licensed psychiatric beds. Confirm current intake, services, admission criteria, insurance or payment, age range, and capacity directly; call 911 for a medical emergency or immediate danger.

Qualified community-health-center pathway with primary care, behavioral and mental health, medication management, dental, family-planning, immunization, and prescription-assistance services - Ferriday and Concordia Parish; clinical, intake, coverage, sliding-fee, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Ferriday Family Health and Outpatient Behavioral Health

Catahoula Parish Hospital District 2 lists Ferriday Family Health at 100 Serio Boulevard and outpatient behavioral health at 1820 N. EE Wallace Boulevard. The district states that inability to pay does not deny access and discounted services may be available based on income and family size; confirm current services and appointments.

Official public-health, Medicaid application, WIC, family-planning, immunization, vital-record, STI, and preventive-care pathway - Ferriday and Concordia Parish; appointment, documentation, service, and eligibility rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Concordia Parish Health Unit

Louisiana's directory lists the Concordia Parish Health Unit at 905 Mickey Gilley Avenue in Ferriday with Medicaid application assistance, WIC, family planning, immunizations, vital records, and related public-health services. Confirm current hours, appointment needs, documents, and program fit before traveling.

Official parish homeland-security, alerts, evacuation, recovery, and public-information pathway - Concordia Parish; incident, alert, evacuation, re-entry, and response rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Concordia Parish Emergency Preparedness

Concordia Parish's emergency-planning contact is listed at 217 Persimmon Mill Road in Ferriday. Use official parish warnings and CodeRED or other current alert routes for severe weather, disaster response, evacuation, and recovery; call 911 for immediate danger or an active emergency.

Official report-and-response pathway for suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, or extortion of vulnerable adults - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; screening, confidentiality, investigation, and response rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Louisiana Adult Protective Services

Louisiana Adult Protective Services investigates reports involving vulnerable adults and arranges protective services. Call 800-898-4910 for adults ages 18-59 with qualifying disabilities, 833-577-6532 for adults 60 and older, and 911 for a life-threatening emergency.

Official child-protection and family-services pathway - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; screening, confidentiality, investigation, and response rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Louisiana Child Welfare

Louisiana DCFS provides a child-protection and family-services pathway when a child may be unsafe. Call 1-855-452-5437 for child-abuse or neglect reporting and 911 for immediate danger or a serious medical emergency.

Free, confidential 24/7 safety-planning and local domestic-violence referral pathway - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; hotline triage, shelter, confidentiality, and service-capacity rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

Louisiana Domestic Violence Hotline

Louisiana publishes a statewide domestic-violence hotline that can connect callers to local programs and safety support. Use a safe device when possible; the hotline is not a substitute for 911 when immediate danger or an active threat is present.

Local public-safety, police, fire, and emergency-response pathway - Ferriday town limits; jurisdiction, report, inspection, and response rules apply; call 911 for emergencies

Ferriday Police and Fire Safety

Federal emergency-planning materials identify Ferriday Police at 1302 North EE Wallace Boulevard and Ferriday Fire at 112 Tennessee Avenue. Use local contacts for planned safety or fire-prevention questions and call 911 for immediate danger, fire, serious injury, or an active threat.

Official parish law-enforcement, special-victims, and public-safety pathway outside municipal jurisdictions - Concordia Parish; jurisdiction, report, investigation, and response rules apply; call 911 for emergencies

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office

The Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office publishes public-safety and special-victims information for the parish. Confirm whether an address is within Ferriday town limits or another parish jurisdiction; call 911 for immediate danger, fire, serious injury, or an active threat.

Free poison-exposure information and triage pathway - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; exposure-specific medical guidance and emergency-response rules apply; call 911 for severe symptoms or immediate danger

Louisiana Poison Control

For a possible poisoning or hazardous exposure, call Louisiana Poison Control for exposure-specific guidance. Call 911 for trouble breathing, unconsciousness, seizures, severe symptoms, fire, or immediate danger.

Free 24/7 crisis support for veterans, service members, and people who support them - nationwide, including Ferriday; crisis scope and emergency-response rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger

VA Veterans Crisis Line

Veterans, service members, and their supporters can call 988 and press 1, text 838255, or use the Veterans Crisis Line chat. Use 911 for immediate danger, fire, or a serious medical emergency.

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.

Official local-government navigation for town services, public works, utilities, courts, public safety, emergency preparedness, library, and parish contacts - Ferriday and Concordia Parish; department, jurisdiction, account, permit, and service rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Ferriday and Concordia Parish Government Navigation

Use Ferriday town contacts and Louisiana's Concordia Parish profile to locate the correct office for utilities, public works, courts, emergency preparedness, public safety, library, and local-government questions. Confirm current office hours and jurisdiction; call 911 for immediate danger.

Public-housing, voucher, affordable-housing, and housing-counseling navigation pathway - Ferriday and Concordia Parish; income, household, documentation, waitlist, funding, and unit-availability rules apply; not emergency shelter unless confirmed

Ferriday Housing Authority and HUD Louisiana

HUD Louisiana provides local-PHA and housing-counseling navigation, while state housing materials list Ferriday Housing Authority at 27393 Highway 15. Confirm the authority's current status, waitlists, income limits, documents, accessibility, and unit availability before relying on a housing option.

Current affordable-housing information and fair-housing referral pathway for Concordia Parish - Ferriday, Clayton, and Vidalia; property, application, income, accessibility, fair-housing, and availability rules apply; not emergency shelter

Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center - Concordia Properties

Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center publishes affordable-housing information for Concordia Parish, including Concordia Apartments, Ferriday Villa, Ferriday Leisure, and nearby properties. Confirm current management, applications, income rules, waitlists, accessibility, and availability directly.

State affordable-housing, rental-opportunity, homelessness, coordinated-entry, and energy-assistance navigation pathway serving Concordia Parish; income, household, documentation, funding, program, and service-area rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Louisiana Housing Corporation

Louisiana Housing Corporation publishes affordable-housing, rental-opportunity, homelessness, coordinated-entry, and energy-assistance pathways. Confirm the current program, application route, parish service area, funding, and eligibility before relying on a listing.

Local food-pantry pathway serving Concordia Parish - Ferriday; schedule, household, identification, supply, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Delta Storefront Mission Food Pantry

The Food Bank of Central Louisiana identifies Delta Storefront Mission at 301 Louisiana Avenue in Ferriday as a food pantry serving Concordia Parish. Confirm current distribution days, registration, household or residency requirements, documents, and food availability before traveling.

Regional food-bank and community-partner referral pathway serving Concordia Parish, including Ferriday; partner schedule, registration, household, supply, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Food Bank of Central Louisiana - Concordia Partners

The Food Bank of Central Louisiana publishes current Concordia Parish partner and mobile-pantry information, including Ferriday-area distributions. Use the current partner route to confirm schedule, registration, identification, residency, and food supply before traveling.

Local aging-support pathway with meals, home-delivered meals, homemaker services, transportation, caregiver relief, information and assistance, and telephone support - Concordia Parish; age, assessment, schedule, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Concordia Council on Aging

Concordia Council on Aging is listed at 1106 2nd Street in Ferriday and describes senior-center meals, parishwide home-delivered meals, transportation to senior centers, groceries, post offices, and doctors, plus homemaker and caregiver support. Confirm current eligibility, schedule, service area, and capacity.

Non-emergency medical transportation with wheelchair-accessible vehicles serving Concordia Parish - Ferriday and surrounding areas; medical trip, reservation, broker, insurance, schedule, and capacity rules apply; not emergency transport

Access Health Transport

Access Health Transport lists a Ferriday office at 512 Florida Avenue and describes rides for dialysis, therapy, primary care, specialists, hospital discharge, and outpatient care. Confirm current pricing or Medicaid or insurance coverage, reservation timing, accessibility, and availability; call 911 for an emergency.

Public-library, reference, computer, Wi-Fi, printing, learning, and legal-help access-point pathway - Ferriday and Concordia Parish; card, schedule, technology, appointment, and program rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Concordia Parish Library - Ferriday Branch

The Louisiana State Bar Association identifies Concordia Parish Library's Ferriday Branch at 1609 N. 3rd Street as a legal-help access point with self-help resources, court forms, and virtual legal-referral access. Confirm current library hours, equipment, privacy, and access-point availability before traveling.

Official SNAP application, interview, verification, and redetermination pathway - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; income, household, identity, document, interview, and program rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Louisiana SNAP Success Center

Louisiana's SNAP Success Center explains online and phone applications, documents, interviews, and redeterminations. Eligible households may receive monthly food benefits, but approval and timing are not guaranteed; use the current state application route.

Official Medicaid and health-coverage pathway - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; income, household, identity, program, and eligibility rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Louisiana Medicaid

Louisiana Medicaid provides current health-coverage program and application information for eligible residents. Review the state pathway or ask a qualified community provider for application help; approval and coverage are not guaranteed.

State civil-legal information and referral pathway with parish and issue filters - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; income, case type, intake, deadline, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Louisiana Civil Legal Navigator

Use the Louisiana Civil Legal Navigator to search current legal information, self-help, advocacy, and referral pathways by parish and issue. Housing, benefits, disability, disaster, and living-condition questions may require different forms of help; confirm the correct provider directly.

Official public-defense navigation for eligible criminal defendants in Concordia and Catahoula Parishes - Louisiana District 28; case, appointment, eligibility, conflict, and court rules apply; not civil legal aid or emergency dispatch

Concordia Parish Public Defender - District 28

Louisiana's Office of the State Public Defender identifies District 28 for Catahoula and Concordia Parishes. Use the official locator to confirm current office, eligibility, appointment, and court information; civil housing or benefits matters require a civil legal pathway.

Official parish court, clerk, district-attorney, and legal-system navigation pathway - Concordia Parish, with offices in Vidalia; jurisdiction, filing, representation, deadline, and case rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Concordia Parish Court and Clerk Navigation

Louisiana's Concordia Parish and Department of Public Safety directories identify the district attorney, clerk of court, sheriff, and parish-court contacts in Vidalia. Use these routes for public court-system navigation and confirm which office handles a particular matter.

Local extension, nutrition and community-health, agriculture, environmental, gardening, youth, and practical education pathway - Concordia Parish; program, schedule, age, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

LSU AgCenter - Concordia Parish

LSU AgCenter lists a Concordia Parish office at 112 Front Street, Suite A, in Vidalia with nutrition and community-health, youth, agriculture, natural-resource, gardening, and practical education programs. Confirm current classes, appointments, and eligibility directly.

Official workforce, employment, training, unemployment, and benefit-navigation pathway - Louisiana, including Concordia Parish; age, work authorization, program, documentation, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Louisiana Workforce Commission

Use Louisiana's workforce system to identify current employment, training, unemployment, and career-navigation options serving Concordia Parish. Confirm the correct office, appointment needs, eligibility, documents, and capacity directly.

Qualified public benefits-assistance, transportation, case-management, recovery, peer-support, and disability-support navigation pathway - Concordia and central Louisiana; assessment, eligibility, referral, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch

Central Louisiana Human Services District Practical Supports

Central Louisiana Human Services District offers public behavioral-health and developmental-disability navigation, with accommodations and referral pathways for people in its eight-parish service area. Confirm the current local route, eligibility, program fit, and capacity directly.

Multi-agency navigation route for housing, food, behavioral health, utilities, transportation, benefits, legal help, aging, disaster, and safety - Concordia Parish; provider hours, eligibility, and capacity must be confirmed; not emergency dispatch

Concordia Parish Resource Navigation

When a need crosses multiple systems, combine 211, Central Louisiana Human Services District, public health, Ferriday Family Health, housing, food partners, Council on Aging, medical transport, library legal access, public defenders, and emergency-preparedness channels. Confirm each provider before traveling or sharing sensitive information.

A note from the Alliance

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

This guide is anchored in Ferriday, 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.

Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight