New Orleans Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Neighborhoods Served:
• Sixth Ward / Treme / Lafitte

Planning District:
1

Ward:
6

Zip Codes:
70113

Boundaries:
All Central City residents qualify for full membership at Mahalia Jackson Center.

Council Representative:
Stacey Head

State Representative:
Neil Abramson, Walter Leger, Karen Carter-Peterson

Police Precinct:
6

President / Director:
Dr. Pat Cooper, CEO

Mission:

Mahalia Jackson Center provides top level birth-to-five early education, complemented by many services for children and their families, all under one roof. Services include adult education, job training and placement, teen parenting, prenatal care, medical, nutrition, fitness and other health services, social services including WIC and food stamps, public library, and more.
To request more information, to learn about volunteer and employment opportunities, call 504-872-0776.

Current Priorities:

• Comunity Health
• Cultural and Community Facilities
• Economic Development
• Public Education
• Quality of Life, Preservation, and Zoning
• Re-population and Membership
• Resident Case Management
• Youth Engagement

Partners:

Our funding, service, and community partners include:
Alvarez & Marsal
Baptist Community Ministries
Because Wee Care Learning Academy
Booker Academy
Boys Town Louisiana
Bryan O’Maley & Joretta Simmons, GOHSEP
Cecil J. Picard Center for Child Development & Lifelong Learning, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Central City Partnership Comeback Committee
Central City Renaissance Alliance
Chase Bank
Children’s Trust Fund
City of New Orleans
C. J. Peete Development/Urban Strategies
Clear Head Learning Center
Community Investment Network
Councilwoman Stacy Head
Entergy
Every Child Matters
First NBC Bank
GAP
Healthy Start
JOB 1
James Stark / FEMA
John Williams Architects
The Joseph Group
Liberty House Child Care
Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Louisiana Recovery Authority
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals
Louisiana Department of Social Services
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Louisiana Workforce Commission
Lindy Boggs Center for Community and Family Literacy
Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu
Mattie’s Little Angels
McMillan’s First Step
Metropolitan Human Services District
New Orleans Health Department
Office of Community Development
Office of Juvenile Justice
Orleans Parish School Board & Administration
New Orleans Public Library
New Orleans Saints
Ochsner Health System
Rebuilding Our Community
Recovery School District
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Southern University at New Orleans
Total Community Action (Head Start/Early Head Start)
Trinity Episcopal Church
United Way
UPS
US Department of Education
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu

For More Info:

www.childrenarewaiting.org