Public housing and Housing Choice Voucher pathway for low-income residents - Lafourche Parish; income, household, waitlist, application, accommodation, and program rules apply; not emergency shelter
Housing Authority of Lafourche Parish
The Housing Authority of Lafourche Parish provides low-income housing and rental assistance through public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs. Use its applicant and waitlist routes to confirm current openings, application requirements, reasonable accommodations, and eligibility.
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher pathway for extremely low- and very low-income families - City of Thibodaux; income, household, waitlist, application, payment-standard, and program rules apply; current waitlist was published as closed; not emergency shelter
City of Thibodaux Office of Housing and Community Development
The City of Thibodaux administers a federally funded Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Its published 2025 flyer says the waitlist was closed as of June 24, 2024; confirm the current status, income limits, application route, reasonable accommodations, and payment standards before relying on it.
Local homeless outreach, coordinated-entry, day-center, permanent-supportive-housing, rental-assistance, and veteran-support pathway - Thibodaux and Region 3; intake, household, safety, eligibility, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch
START Homeless Outreach and Coordinated Entry
START lists homeless outreach, coordinated entry, a homeless day center, permanent supportive housing, HUD supportive housing, rental-assistance administration, and Supportive Services for Veteran Families in its Thibodaux programs. Confirm the current access point, assessment, eligibility, and capacity directly.
Local low-income housing, energy, transportation, food, and family-support pathway - Lafourche Parish; income, appointment, household, funding, and program rules apply; not emergency dispatch
Lafourche Parish Community Action
Lafourche Parish Community Action serves low-income families from its Thibodaux office at 2535 Veterans Boulevard and other parish locations. Ask about current utility, food, transportation, weatherization, and other assistance; confirm the active program, documents, and funding before traveling.
Aging and disability resource pathway for meals, Medicaid applications, homemaker services, information and referral, legal, material aid, caregiver, and wellness support - Lafourche Parish; age, disability, assessment, program, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch
Lafourche Council on Aging
The Lafourche Council on Aging helps older adults and people with disabilities with Medicaid applications, congregate and home-delivered meals, homemaker services, information and referral, assessment, transportation, legal and material aid, and caregiver support. Confirm current eligibility, appointment, and capacity rules directly.
Medical, shopping, senior-center, disability, and demand-response transportation pathway - Lafourche Parish; age, disability, reservation, geography, fare, and capacity rules apply; not emergency transport
Lafourche Council on Aging Transportation
The Council on Aging provides scheduled transportation for adults age 60 and older and disabled people of any age, including medical, shopping, and senior-center trips. The state transit guide lists service Monday through Friday and publishes fares for Lafourche and Terrebonne trips; confirm reservations, accessibility, and current fare directly.
Senior-center, congregate-meal, nutrition, outreach, recreation, transportation, and wellness pathway - Lafourche Parish; age, schedule, program, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch
Lafourche Council on Aging Senior Centers
The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs lists the Lafourche Thibodaux Senior Citizens Center at 1229 Canal Boulevard with congregate meals, material aid, nutrition education, outreach, recreation, transportation, wellness, and healthy-aging services. Confirm current schedule, eligibility, and availability.
Utility-assistance pathway for eligible Thibodaux residents age 60 or older or with a disability and income below current poverty guidelines - City limits, application, income, and funding rules apply; not emergency dispatch
City of Thibodaux Help Your Neighbor Utility Program
The City of Thibodaux's Help Your Neighbor Program helps eligible senior and disabled residents with city water, sewer, gas, and garbage bills. The published overview describes up to two payments of $100 per year and directs applicants to the Lafourche Council on Aging; confirm current eligibility, funding, and application status.
Official garbage collection, recycling, landfill, and waste-management pathway - Lafourche Parish; service area, item, schedule, holiday, recycling, and disposal rules apply; not emergency cleanup
Lafourche Parish Solid Waste
Lafourche Parish Solid Waste manages collection, transportation, processing, disposal, recycling, and landfill services. Its current route says regular collection is suspended only on specified holidays; confirm current pickup, bulk-item, recycling, and disposal requirements before setting items out.
Official home, business, event, building, floodplain, and code-compliance permit pathway - Lafourche Parish; jurisdiction, permit, inspection, fee, and compliance rules apply; not emergency dispatch
Lafourche Parish Permits and Planning
Lafourche Parish Permits and Planning helps residents with home, business, and event permits and publishes current building-code and flood-map routes. It lists a permit office at 4876 LA-1 and requires current utility documentation for permit applications as of March 16, 2026; confirm jurisdiction and current requirements.
Official building, demolition, inspection, variance, and property-compliance pathway - Thibodaux city limits; permit, plan, utility, fee, inspection, and code rules apply; not emergency dispatch
City of Thibodaux Permit and Inspection Office
The City of Thibodaux Public Works Permit and Inspection Office handles building, demolition, variance, and inspection pathways. Published instructions include utility and waste-disposal responsibilities and list 985-446-7208; confirm city limits, current forms, fees, and requirements before starting work.
Official city gas, water, service-application, utility-billing, new-connection, and after-hours utility pathway - Thibodaux city service areas; account, deposit, plan, payment, construction, and emergency rules apply; not emergency dispatch
City of Thibodaux Gas and Water
The City of Thibodaux Gas and Water Division handles new gas and water service and publishes application, plan, payment, and after-hours contacts. The division is at 1219 Henry S. Thibodaux Street; confirm current deposits, service-area rules, work orders, and after-hours procedures directly.
Official emergency alerts, re-entry, disaster, traffic, weather, utilities, and 211 information-navigation pathway - Lafourche Parish; incident, alert, re-entry, and response rules apply; call 911 for immediate danger
Lafourche Parish Emergency Information
Lafourche Parish publishes emergency alerts, re-entry information, weather and traffic links, utility alerts, FEMA routes, and Louisiana 211 navigation. Use the route for preparedness and recovery information; call 911 for immediate danger or an active emergency.
Civil legal-information and free legal-assistance pathway for eligible residents of Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes - housing, benefits, disability, disaster, family, consumer, and living-condition matters; income, case-type, conflict, intake, deadline, and capacity rules apply; not emergency dispatch
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services and Louisiana Legal Navigator
Louisiana's legal navigator identifies Southeast Louisiana Legal Services as serving Lafourche Parish and lists topics including poor living conditions, disability benefits, disaster relief, housing, utilities, and public benefits. Use the current navigator to confirm intake, eligibility, scope, deadlines, and capacity before assuming representation.
Official SNAP application, interview, verification, and redetermination pathway - Louisiana, including Lafourche 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; call 888-LAHelp-U or use the current state application route.
Official Medicaid and health-coverage pathway - Louisiana, including Lafourche 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.
Multi-agency navigation route for housing, food, behavioral health, utilities, transportation, benefits, legal help, aging, disaster, and safety - Lafourche Parish; provider hours, eligibility, and capacity must be confirmed; not emergency dispatch
Lafourche Parish Resource Navigation
When a need crosses multiple systems, combine 211, START, housing authorities, Community Action, Council on Aging, transit, food assistance, legal help, public health, permits, solid waste, and emergency-preparedness routes. Confirm each provider before traveling or sharing sensitive information.