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Individuals & Families in Need of Services
For general information about all Agency services, please call (504) 349-8833. More information is also available on the links to the left under JPHSA Services.

Louisiana Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)
The Louisiana Permanent Supportive Housing Program provides housing to persons with disabilities who have low incomes and need support in order to maintain housing and not become homeless or institutionalized. In Jefferson Parish, the Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority (JPHSA) has been designated as the Local Lead Agency responsible for operating the program.

Over the next several years, approximately 300 units of Permanent Supportive Housing will be developed in Jefferson Parish. PSH are special rental apartments that come with supports, provided by a team of professionals, for people who have difficulty living independently and successfully in the community and may become homeless or institutionalized without the supports. These housing supports include things like reminders to pay the rent on time, learn how to budget money, learn the skills needed to keep an apartment clean and maintain personal hygiene as well as help arranging medical appointments or other support services. Only people with disabilities who need these types of support are eligible for PSH.

To be eligible for the housing and supports available through the program, the household must meet three eligibility criteria:

1) An individual must have a disability or the family must have a household member with a disability;

2) The household income must be at or below the following:

*Family of 1 - $12,550/per year
*Family of 2 - $14,350/per year
*Family of 3 - $16,150/per year
*Family of 4 - $17,950/per year
*Family of 5 - $19,400/per year

*Family of 6 - $20,800/per year

*Family of 7 - $22,250/per year

*Family of 8 - $23,700/per year

3) The individual or household must be in need of supports in order to maintain housing and prevent homelessness and institutionalization.

Applications are accepted during an open application period and households are selected through a lottery process.

To learn more about the program, or to find out about open application periods, call (504) 838-5700.

PSH Frequently Asked Questions

PSH-PBV Application 6.4.10

JPHSA Locations

Access Service Center

4700 Wichers Ave., Ste 300

Marrero, LA 70072

West Bank

Adult/Child & Family Services Center

5001 West Bank Expressway

Marrero, LA 70072

East Bank

Adult/Child & Family Services Center

2400 Edenborn Ave.

Metairie, LA 70001

Adult Community Support

2121 Ridgelake Ave., Ste 101

Metairie, LA 70001

Compulsive Gambling Treatment Program

1506 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062

Kenner

Adult/Child & Family Services Center

1506 Williams Blvd.

Kenner, LA 70062

Administrative Offices

3300 West Esplanade Ave., Ste 213

Metairie, LA 70002

Call 504-349-8833 (West Bank) or 504-838-5257 (East Bank) for detailed information about JPHSA services, supports and eligibility criteria.

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