Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services
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Contact Information
627 N. Fourth ST
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
United States
Online Contact Form
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
United States
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Thursday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Friday | 8 AM-4:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Services include the assessment of families who apply to adopt, matching available children with available homes, preparing children for placement, and providing services to our adoptive children and families before, during, and after placement is made to include provisions of adoption subsidy services to eligible families.
DCFS is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing safe refuge during disasters.
We care for the well-being and safety of Louisiana's people.
Treating all people with dignity, compassion and respect, while providing services with integrity.
Services and information
- Traditional Foster Care
- Emergency Foster Care
- Respite Foster Care
- Adoption
- Other
Requirements to become a foster parent
You're never alone when you foster as you work as part of a professional team. Louisiana’s Department of Children and Family Services partners with many organizations to help support foster children and the families that care for them.
The collaborative Foster Caregiver Mentor Program encourages peer relationships between foster families. It's an effective way for new resource parents to meet with more experienced caregivers and get advice.
Your local DCFS also has plenty of resources online, including parent handbooks, contact information, and emergency service information. You can learn more about child welfare agencies and how to become a foster parent.
A child-placing agency is always there for you, providing support in times of crisis or even when you have questions. Don't forget about the case worker, who you can contact if you feel lost.
Working with the birth parents is another part of a foster parent's job. However, you don't have to simply contact them to set up visitations and calls. Co-parenting with them is often best for the child, and it can make your job easier.
Ratings and Reviews
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Aug 11, 2021
This place is a joke. The website never works, you hold for 20 mins then get hung up on. This place needs to be revamped bad. This is definitely a democrat ran organization.
Aug 10, 2021
How do u get a real person on the phone. I have waited on hold for over 2 hours 3 times... All I need to do is change the address on my son's P-EBT card. It got sent back because y'all have the wrong address... PLEASE HELP‼️
I have also emailed with no response..
Aug 03, 2021
My experience could've been better.
The lady wasn't entirely rude but her tone sounded condescending whenever I asked simple questions or whenever I couldn't understand what was said. Hopefully the quality of this customer service improves in the future.
Jul 15, 2021
I wouldn't recommend calling if you're actually looking for help or information on your child support case. Now I can 100% recommend to call, if you like to wait on hold for 45 minutes to an hour. Just to be made to feel like you're an inconvenience, and shamed for calling on the non custodial parent because "they are having a hard time" and somehow slipped into 20,000 in arrears overnight. Louisiana DCFS is WORTHLESS.
Jun 30, 2021
Terrible service. Once you wait 30+ minutes they answer and hang up and restart your time for another representative and another 45 minute wait