Shreveport Local Assistance Programs

This page lists local organizations in Shreveport, Louisiana that provide free legal help, food and social services. Statewide programs are described on the Louisiana page.

Legal aid

Acadiana Legal Services Corporation, formerly Legal Services of North Louisiana, provides free civil legal help to people in north, central, and southwest Louisiana who cannot afford a lawyer, with help for housing, family law, public benefits, and consumer cases.¹

The Pro Bono Project matches low-income residents of Caddo and Bossier Parishes with volunteer lawyers for civil cases, including family law, child custody, successions, and leases. It runs a free Ask-A-Lawyer clinic every third Monday of the month at the Shreveport Bar Center.²

Food

The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana collects and distributes food through a network of 150 community and faith-based partner organizations across Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Bienville, Red River, and DeSoto parishes.³

Noel Neighborhood Ministries runs a food pantry that hands out over 6,000 bags of food each year to people in need in Caddo Parish. The pantry serves visitors in zip codes 71101, 71103, 71104, 71105, and 71115.⁴

Social services

Caddo Community Action Agency provides social services to low-income residents of Caddo Parish, including one month of rent or mortgage help for households with an eviction or default notice, burial assistance, and Head Start preschool.⁵

Catholic Charities of North Louisiana offers emergency help with rent and utility bills for households facing a crisis, with priority for households with an eviction or disconnect notice. People who ask for help must attend a financial education class and meet with an emergency assistance coordinator.⁶