CCSTB Partners

The Community Center is grateful to those agencies, corporations, foundations and individuals whose ongoing support makes it possible for us to continue providing practical and much-needed assistance to the residents of St Bernard Parish as they work to rebuild their lives and their communities.We would especially like to acknowledge the following major grantors and donors:

  • United Way of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana
  • Greater New Orleans Foundation
  • Harry Chapin Foundation
  • Reily Foundation
  • Metlife Foundation
  • New Orleans Musicians' Clinic Gig Fund
  • Prebyterian Hunger Relief Fund
  • Eugenie & Joseph Jones Family Fund
  • Share Our Strength
  • Delgado Community College
  • Curves St Bernard
  • St Bernard Parish Schools
  • Christen Foundation
  • Harrah's Foundation
  • ELCA Domestic Hunger Grants
  • Louisiana Family Recovery Corps
  • Salvation Army
  • Wal-Mart
  • Union Pacific Foundation
  • Nobles and Greenough School
  • Jones River Landing Environmental Heritage Center
  • Winn-Dixie Foundation
  • Fidelity Trust
  • Benson Foundation
  • Woolard Family Foundation
  • St Bernard Volunteers for Family and Community

Community Partners

The Community Center is is committed to connecting with existing agencies in whatever ways possible to foster and facilitate our common goals, and to creating a permanent community resource so that we may assist their progress. We currently have working partnerships with many organizations in the civic, faith-based, and nonprofit sectors, including:

  • Christian Fellowship Worship Center
  • St Bernard Health Center
  • Milestones Mental Health Agency
  • Bayou Land RC&D
  • St. Bernard Parish Government
  • St. Bernard Parish Long-Term Recovery Committee
  • ACCION Louisiana
  • BlueStone Ministries
  • Arts Council of New Orleans
  • United Commercial Fishermen's Association
  • Habitat for Humanity - Camp Hope Volunteer Base Camp
  • Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans (CCANO)

    • Our Mission: Respecting the dignity and potential of each human person, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans (CCANO) collaborates with the wider community to serve those in need. Impelled by the love and teaching of Jesus Christ, we offer life-giving programs, advocate for the voiceless, and empower the poor and vulnerable to foster a more just society. Our Values: Dignity through Respect -- Service through Love -- Justice through Advocacy and Empowerment --Unity through Prayer.

    Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans has been serving the community since 1727, when Ursuline nuns first stepped onto Louisiana soil in the area now known as the Ninth Ward of New Orleans to care for the citizens of Louisiana. Although nearly three centuries have passed, the legacy of the Ursuline nuns continues through Catholic Charities and its mission to care for those in need. CCANO is now fully accredited through the Council on Accreditation (COA). COA partners with human service organizations worldwide to develop and implement best practices in global service delivery, with the shared goal of bringing about and maintaining the well-being of individuals, families, and communities.

    In St. Bernard Parish, to date, approximately 3000 individuals and families have benefited from Catholic Charities’ assistance, and we currently offer case management, information, and referral services to the residents of the parish. Catholic Charities is proud to maintain its presence in St. Bernard Parish, working with fellow community partners and voluntary agencies, as well as the community at large, to meet the needs of parish residents of this great community.

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  • Plenty International

    • Plenty is a not-for-profit alternative relief and development organization founded in Tennessee in 1974. Plenty has managed projects in 15 countries on four continents with an emphasis on support of the world's native peoples and other disenfranchised people and our common environment.

    Plenty promotes appropriate and sustainable technologies such as small scale agriculture, nutrition, primary health care, clean water, alternative energy, and more. Recent disaster relief efforts have extended from Mayan villages in Guatemala to orphanages in tsunami stricken India. Plenty crews arrived in New Orleans just days after hurricane Katrina struck and are working there still, now primarily focused on helping families and individuals repair their damaged homes so they can move back.

  • Superior Wireless
  • CACRC
  • Green Project
  • St Anna's Medical Mission & Talk It Out Van
  • Daughters of Charity of New Orleans
  • Loyola University School of Law
  • Louisiana Office of Family Support, Plaquemines Parish
  • Families Helping Families of SE Louisiana
  • Furnishing Our Neighbors
  • Jefferson Parish Council on Aging
  • ARC of New Orleans
  • Habitat Restore
  • Help for Families
  • Milestones Mental Health Agency
  • Relief Spark






  • St. Bernard Battered Women's Program

    • The mission of the St. Bernard Battered Women's Program, Inc. is to empower all survivors of domestic violence through strong programs that promote quality assurance and continuous growth to live independent lives free from power and control by other individuals. The services we offer include shelter placement, counseling, and referrals. We also provide legal information and advocacy. We offer information on Temporary Restraining Orders and assist in their filing for qualified survivors of domestic violence. Referrals for legal representation are also provided.

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  • Celebration Church, Arabi Campus
  • Carolyn Park Presbyterian Church
  • Gethsemane Lutheran Church
  • Boat People SOS
  • Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations
  • St. Bernard Parish Citizens Recovery Committee
  • CrossRoadsMissions
  • AmeriCorps
  • New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity
  • Rotary Club
  • Catholic Charities
  • Girl Scouts of St. Bernard Parish
  • Louisiana Spirit
  • HOPEWorldwide - Gulf Coast
  • Living Cornerstone Church International
  • Unified Nonprofits of Greater New Orleans

    • We are a coalition of nonprofit leaders in the Greater New Orleans area, unified with one voice to support, lead and fully participate in the recovery and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Please join us in sharing information, networking with each other and collaborating to move forward together, as a nonprofit sector. We meet weekly at Nonprofit Central on Mondays, 1824 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, from 9:30-11:00am.

  • Neighborhoods Planning Network
  • Trinity Christian Community

    • Founded in 1967 during the height of civil unrest, Trinity Christian Community exists to help those most at-risk in our city become leaders that will shape our city's future. Since Katrina TCC has become a center of volunteerism and rebuilding. Over 1,500 homes have been repaired, 275,000 volunteer hours logged, 5,000 assisted through surveying and direct aid and over $20,000,000 placed back into the economy. Our AmeriCorps programs have helped schools rebuild and have placed vital people resources into the rebuilding efforts.

  • Bywater Church of Christ
  • National Relief Network

    • The National Relief Network is proud to support St. Bernard Parish's Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. The NRN organizes student volunteer disaster relief programs for high schools, colleges, universities, churches and synagogues across the country. From UCLA to NYU, student volunteers are finding that working with the NRN is not only a lot of hard work, it's also incredibly rewarding. The NRN is the only non-profit organization promoted by both the National Honor Society and the National Association of Student Council in Washington , DC for high school students who would like to lend a hand following Hurricane Katrina. Come and join us, from wild fires near San Diego to respite centers at 911's ground zero, and now along the Gulf Coast, our student volunteers rock the world in a wonderful way.