BP CLAIMS

Filing a claim is FREE

An attorney is not necessary to submit a claim to BP.
Call the BP Claims Line at 1-800-440-0858
Online at www.bp.com/claims

No person asserting a claim or receiving payment for interim benefits will be asked or required to sign a release or waive any rights to:

• Assert additional claims
• File an individual legal action
• Participate in other legal actions associated with the Deepwater Horizon incident

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Community Contact for Plaquemines Parish

Plaquemines Community C.A.R.E. Centers Foundation, Inc.
Monica Dubey, Director
8480 Highway 23, Suite 100
Belle Chasse, LA  70037
504-621-7914(P) 504-208-1290 (Office)

The Care Center offers mental health counseling with Master Level Psychiatrists.  They are working with local government, chruches and school districts to set up a long term outreach center.  The center is trying to include representatives from non-profits, Social Services and Department of Labor.  They are in the process of trying to set up a one stop center within the parish so that residents do not have to travel long distances.  The first center will open July 20th and will be located at Buras High School.

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Plaquemines Parish Government Community Action Agency
P. O. Box 399
479 F. Edward Hebert Blvd.
Belle Chasse, LA  70037
504-392-9567 (office)
504-394-2380 (fax)

Services available through the agency are:

• Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
• Utility, Rent, and Mortgage Assistance
• Public Transportation Program
• Housing Plus Homelessness Prevention Assistance
• Emergency Food Box

*Services are temporary; many are offered only once per year.

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Pilgrim Rest community Development Agency
Brenday Hymes, Assistant Housing Director
8480 Highway 23
Belle Chasse, LA  70037-2508
504-394-1123

This agency is offering rental assistance for the disabled, very low to low income families and mothers' with children.

Plaquemines Parish School District will register new students for Pre-K through twelfth grade for the 2010-2011 school year.  Registration hours are between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at individual schools.  A student must be registered at the school he/she will attend for the 2010-2011 school year.  Pre-kindergarten students must be 4 years old on or before September 30, 2010.  Kindergarten students must be 5 years old on or before September 30, 2010.  First grade students must be 6 years old on or before September 30, 2010.  Please check birth certificates to verify birth dates.  

Scheduled dates are:

Monday, July 6 - Aug 9			Belle Chasse High & Belle Chasse Middle  8:00 -- 1:30 Monday - Thursday
Monday, July 26, 2009			Belle Chasse Primary
Tuesday, July 27, 2009			Belle Chasse Middle and Boothville-Venice Elementary
Wednesday, July 28, 2009			Phoenix High School
Thursday, July 29, 2009			South Plaquemines Elementary and South Plaquemines High
Friday, July 30, 2009			Belle Chasse Primary

The following documents are required for registration: 

• Certified birth certificate
•  3 proofs of residency showing physical address
  • Electric Bill, Gas Bill, Cable Bill, Parish Water Bill, Lease Agreement, Mortgage Agreement, Homestead Exemption, Land Line Phone Bill
  • NOT EXCEPTED: P. O. Box Addresses, Credit Card Bills, Driver's License, Car Registration, Voter Registration, Insurance Documents
• Up-to-date immunization record
• Social security card (student and parent)
• Custody/legal documents (if applicable)
• Record indicating grade placement (if applicable)
• Final Report Card
• LEAL Scores (5th & 9th Grade Students)
• Copy of Home Study application (if applicable)
• Medicaid number (if applicable)
• Parent's ID

Click here for Student Registration Form

All entering 6th grade students must have the required immunizations to begin school - this is a new state law requirement.   

All documents must be received before registration is considered complete. You may contact the instructional office at 504-595-6400 for more details.

Cherie Abadie, School Social Worker, recently received recognition from the Plaquemines Parish School Board for attaining National Boardd Certification as a School Social Worker in the Plaquemines Parish Schools.  Others receiving National Board Certification wer Courtney Prince and Shilo Mailhos, both Speech Language Pathologists.

L to R: Superintendent Denis Rousselle, Cherie Abadie, and Stewart Stanley, Special Education Director

 

 

In her junior year at Belle Chasse High School, Kayla Reed, a student in Doug Schilling's American History class, entered the local Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Essay Contest.  She was one of three students to win the contest.  These three students won a trip to Philadelphia to meet other students from around the country.  Over the summer, the national committee meets and reads the essays.  In her senior year, Kayla was announced as a national essay winner.  She was presented the George Washington Medal at the Freedoms Foundation luncheon on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.  This is the second year in a row that Belle Chasse High School has had a national winner.  Congratulations Kayla and BCHS!