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Resource & Support Site for
People with Disabilities & the Elderly
Introduce
As Their
Disability Education Coordinator for People with Disabilities & the Elderly
Lori has been chosen as a 2007 “Fellow” to work under a New Voices' - Ford Foundation Human Rights
Fellowship in Washington, D.C. Her Fellowship is being administered by Gulf Coast Teaching Family
Services. Gulf Coast Teaching Family Services, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation founded in 1983
in Louisiana. The organization was established to provide comprehensive human service programs and
assistance to citizens with "special needs". It is dedicated to establishing and operating community
based facilities, services and programs providing consultation, training, and educational services to
individuals and their families which promote least restrictive treatment/placement alternatives. As
Disability Education Coordinator for People with Disabilities and the Elderly, Lori focuses on educating
individuals about various services and resources available to them in their regions, coordinates and
facilitates educational trainings, utilizes various medias for publicizing the events, collaborates with
governmental and other non-profit agencies to identify educational needs, addresses those needs with
workshops, develops a comprehensive resource directory for families and organizes groups of
consumers to advocate for policy changes. She is currently hosting an interview talk show entitled
from Medicaid, Social Security, Attorneys, Dept. of Ed., Red Cross and other entities. Pause Cafe' is
available on You Tube. She is also working on establishing emergency evacuation shelters for people
with orthopedic disabilities as well as developmental and emotional disabilities. Lori is the mother of a
child with both physical and mental challenges and understands personally the needs of individuals with
"issues" both before and after the hurricanes in South Louisiana. Lori is hosting several Informational
Health Fairs and Legal Forums in the surrounding rural areas to bringing information to people in their
“back yards”. Information on housing, disaster preparedness, Medicaid, Social Security, school issues,
transportation and other issues are covered at these events. Though she isn’t able to provide direct
services to people, her job is to locate and facilitate assistance to those in need.
For more information, contact Lori @
515 South College Drive - Suite 100 - Lafayette, LA 70501
337-269-1165 Office / 337-315-0043 Cell / 337-235-1961 Fax
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