WELCOME TO OUR NEW HOME! Families Helping Families of Acadiana is a non-profit, family directed resource center for individuals with disabilities and their families. It is a place families can go for information, services and support that is totally directed and staffed by parents or family members of individuals with disabilities.
2008 Annual Conference Collaboration & Cooperation Presented by Richard A. Villa, Ed.D. and Jacqueline S. Thousand, Ph.D.  Visit the conference announcement page
11,932 and Counting… There are 11,932 people with developmental disabilities on the waiting list for the New Opportunities Waiver (NOW). The list is currently serving the people who signed on in June 1997... (visit the Disabilities Rights Rally page to learn more)   FHF serves the following parishes of Region IV: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion
Programs  Educational Liaisons                                  Parent Liaisons  Project PROMPT  Parent to Parent  SIBSHOP  LaSIG Families Helping Families of Acadiana offers these three core services: Information and Referral Education and Training Parent to Parent Support Lafayette City-Parish President's Awareness Committee for Citizens with Disabilities We also house a lending library of books, VHS tapes and DVDs on topics such as: special education laws and disability-specific information pertaining to autism, ADHD, bi-polar disorder, Down Syndrome, etc. Center for Assistive Technology - Region VI and IV
Families Helping Families Supporters include: Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, Office of Mental Health, LA State Department of Education, and Children's Special Health Services Keith Patin, New York Life