IMPORTANT MESSAGE
All CAHS locations will be closed beginning at noon on Sunday, January 25, 2026, and will remain closed through Monday, January 26, 2026.
If you are in crisis, please call 988 or go to the nearest emergency room.
24-hour Crisis Line: 1-844-452-2133
We wish you a happy Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, but we know that many people are very sad that day. Flowers and candy are nice,
Capital Area Human Services Executive Director Jan Laughinghouse, PhD, LCSW-BACS, LAC, (pictured center) was a featured panelist at a mental health wellness event, held Feb.
The CAHS Prevention Division’s “Recovery Sundays” initiative reached more than 4,000 people at churches and faith-based organizations in 2021, including a year-end visit at Faith
Despite freezing temperatures, people lined up by 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 29 for the CAHS “Driving Into Recovery” event at the Frank Sotile, Jr. Pavilion in Donaldsonville.
Randy Livingston made millions of dollars playing professional basketball for more than 10 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The former LSU player lived
Thanks to Bishop Charles Wallace of Oasis Christian Church in Baton Rouge for recording a radio commercial to promote the availability of CAHS’ Opioid Prevention
Pictured right (l-r): CAHS School Based Counselor Amelia Laurent- Julien, LPC, and School Based Program Supervisor Dina Rife, LCSW-BACS, provided information about teen suicide prevention
An ice storm, Hurricane Ida, the COVID pandemic, and a record number of drug overdoses made 2021 a tough year. But, CAHS Executive Director Jan
Louisiana has experienced four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past two years, and “COVID exhaustion” has resulted in more cases of anxiety and
A team of employees from the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Behavioral Health, “adopted” CAHS client Josiah Bourg and surprised him and his family with the
