Skip To Content
View this site in another language.
Statewide Initiatives
Get A Game Plan
211
Coordinated System of Care
Fight The Flu
Go Vote

Enter your zip code to locate DCFS services near you:

Locate Services
NUMBER OF FAMILIES WE ARE SERVING NOW
  • SNAP (Food Stamps):
    379,138 cases
  • Child Care Assistance:
    25,176 Children
  • Child Support Collections:
    $29,928,567
  • Child Abuse Cases:
    1,224 investigations
  • Foster Children:
    4,294 Children Served
Numbers for December 2011
E-mail this to a friend Print this page Share
What do you want to do? DCFS Priority Initiatives


Customer service center - 1-888-lahelp-uCall DCFS' new toll-free hotline, 1-888-LAHELP-U, for automated case information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or to speak with a customer service representative between 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Customer Service Center Information
Customer Service Center Shortcuts
Apply Online for Assistance

Child Support Delinquent Payors Search

Child Support Delinquent Payors SearchThis new feature allows you to search a database of nearly 53,000 delinquent payors, under legal obligation to pay child support who have not made a payment in the last six months. Search by first or last name, city, amount owed and parish where the court order was established.

Pre-Apply Online now for Disaster Food Stamps All low- to moderate-income Louisianians may be eligible for Disaster Food Stamp benefits in the event of a natural disaster and should pre-apply now for benefits online or by phone. Current SNAP recipients do not need to pre-apply and would receive disaster benefits automatically.

Quality Start

Quality StartAn innovative program improving the quality of child care in Louisiana by awarding a rating system of stars to participating centers, while providing tax credits for the facility, its personnel and parents.
News Center
01.23.12 December Child Support Round-Up Accounts for more than $74,000 from Delinquent Parents Owing more than $1.1 million 01.23.12 -- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) today announced totals from a December child support round-up that resulted in 126 arrests of non-custodial parents owing more than $1.1 million.



01.18.12   Louisiana Safe Haven Law Provides Alternative to Abandoning Newborns;
12.16.11   DCFS Announces $8 Million in Mid-Year Budget Reductions
12.13.11   DCFS Continues to Add to Casino Intercept Winnings in Baton Rouge, Lafayette
12.09.11   DCFS Seeks Injunction Against Evasive Unlicensed Child Care in Orleans Parish

More News »