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- Additional Info:Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services' mission is to empower people with mental, physical, behavioral, and other challenges to improve the quality of their lives and to live as independently as possible in the community. Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services, Inc. began in 1983. Locally, they began providing services in 1996.
Other locations for this program include Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Hammond, Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans.
Financial information covers the entire organization This organization has been evaluated according to the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.This organization meets all those Standards and is a BBB Accredited Charity. Fundraising includes State and Federal Grants, Donations are accepted, although fundraising is limited. Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services also solicits donations of vehicles and boats. - Additional Info:Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services' mission is to empower people with mental, physical, behavioral, and other challenges to improve the quality of their lives and to live as independently as possible in the community. Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services, Inc. began in 1983. Locally, they began providing services in 1996.
Other locations for this program include Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Hammond, Houma, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans.
Financial information covers the entire organization This organization has been evaluated according to the 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.This organization meets all those Standards and is a BBB Accredited Charity. Fundraising includes State and Federal Grants, Donations are accepted, although fundraising is limited. Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services also solicits donations of vehicles and boats.
Overview
BBB Accredited Since: 1/1/1994
Years in Business: 41
BBB Accreditation & Rating
Business Details
- Local BBB:
- BBB of South Central Louisiana
- BBB File Opened:
- 3/3/1993
- Business Started:
- 9/1/1983
- Business Started Locally:
- 1/1/1987
- Alternate Names:
- Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services, Inc.
- Number of Employees:
- 100
Additional Contact Information
- Principal Contacts
- Mr. Marcus Alexander, Regional Director
- Customer Contacts
- Mr. Marcus Alexander, Regional Director
- Mr. Willie Green, President/CEO
- Fax numbers
- Primary Fax: (225) 201-1792
Licensing information
This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
BBB records show a license number of 15484 for this business, issued by Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals. The expiration date of this license is 1/31/2026.
Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals
628 North 4th Street
Baton Rouge LA 70802
Additional Information
- Program Participation
- Programs for Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services include:
ACTIVITY CENTER: Safe place for consumers to experience new learning opportunities.
ADULT DAY HABILITATION PROGRAM: Program for adults with physical and/or mental disabilities to help cultivate their creative and social talents through daily activity.
FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM: Respite program for caregivers of qualified elderly individuals.
GULF COAST IN HOME CARE: Private pay, in-home personal care attendant program.
HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS): System capturing reliable data relating to the homeless to identify gaps in service delivery.
HOMELESS PREVENTION AND RAPID RE-HOUSING (HPRP): Homeless prevention assistance and rapid re-housing programs for at-risk individuals and families.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES WAIVER (NOW): Medicaid waiver program that provides personal care attendant services to qualified individuals with developmental disabilities.
PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT PROGRAM (PCA): Personal care attendant services to assist disabled individuals in the performance of necessary daily living activities.
PERSONAL CARE SERVICES FOR DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS: Personal care attendant services for disabled military veterans that are referred by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING (SIL): Medicaid program that teaches individuals with developmental disabilities to live as independently as possible in a home setting of their own.
SUPPORTS WAIVER: Program that provides in-home services instead of institutional care.
THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE (TFC): Foster care services for abused, neglected, or troubled children and adolescents, as well as for children with physical and/or mental disabilities.
TRACKERS/MENTORING: Mentoring program for at-risk youths referred by OJJ.
TRAUMATIC HEAD/SPINAL CORD INJURY (TH/SCI): Services of Louisiana Citizens who survived traumatic head or spinal cord injuries. - Business Categories
- Social Service Organization, Charity - Human Services, Charity - Elderly
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