Useful Phone Numbers
| Public Works | 504-658-8000 |
| Waste Management (household garbage pick up) | 504-254-5353 |
| Debris pick-up by Army Corps of Engineers | 877-286-6431 |
| Sidewalk damaged by Corps clean-up | 800-849-1355 |
| Safety and Permits | 504-658-7100 |
| City Planning Commission | 504-658-7000 |
| New Orleans Police Department | 504-821-2222 |
| Parks and Parkways | 504-658-2176 |
| NORD (Brenda Hinkle) | 504-329-6011 |
| Entergy | 800-368-3749 |
| Total Community Action (help with utility bills: lights must be on, by appt only) | 504-309-6707
504-309-6708 504-309-6709 504-309-6713 504-309-6715 |
| Sewerage & Water Board (report a water line break) | 504-529-2837 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) |
| Cox Communications | 504-304-8444 |
| Dept of Vital Records and Health Statistics | 504-219-4500 |
| Health Department, Environmental Health | 504-658-2500 |
| Need help with prescription drugs | 888-477-2669 |
| Department of Social Services | 888-524-3578 |
| Office of Family Support | 504-599-1700 |
| Office of Child Support | 504-568-0278 |
| Recovery School District (LA Dept.of Education) | 877-453-2721 |
| Orleans Parish Public Schools | 504-304-5680 |
| City Housing Department/Code Enforcement | 504-658-4300 |
| HANO | 504-670-3300 |
| HUD Disaster Voucher Program (if you resided in public housing before Katrina) | 866-373-9509 |
| Delgado (General Information) | 504-483-4114 |
| Delgado (Admissions) | 504-483-4004 |
| Contractors licensed in Louisiana | 225-765-2301 |
| American Red Cross (incl. financial assistance) | 866-GET-INFO |
| Disaster Legal Services | 800-310-7029 |
| Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Relief | 504-835-7220 |
| FEMA | 800-621-FEMA (3362) |
| Army Corps of Engineers | 504-862-2126 |
| Louisiana Recovery Authority | 225-382-5502 |
| LA Road Home Housing Registry | 888-ROAD-2-LA |
| Side walk damaged by corps clean-up | 800-849-1355 |
| Abandoned Cars | 504-658-8219 |
| Broken Street Lights | Dial 311 or 504-658-2299 |
| Crime Stoppers | 504-822-1111 |
| Curfew Center | 504-658-0369 |
| Department of Streets | 504-658-2489 |
| Drug Hotline | 504-581-2878 |
| Health Department | 504-658-2596 |
| Housing | 504-658-4215 |
| Illegal Dumping/Litter | 504-658-3840 |
| LA/SPCA | 504-368-5191 |
| Public Advocacy | 504-658-4015 |
| Sanitation | 504-658-3800 |
| Zoning | 504-658-7125 |