Child-Adolescent Response Team (CART)
Call the crisis line at 1-800-248-1152
Services are FREE and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Click Here to Download a CART Flyer
What is CART?
The Office of Mental Health has developed a new crisis response service CART (Child-Adolescent Response Team). The mission of the program is to provide crisis counseling and intervention to children, youth, and their immediate family. CART assists the family in the stabilization of their crisis and provides the family with advocacy, referral, and support. CART serves Orleans, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes.
How Can CART Help?
The Child-Adolescent Response Team was designed to assist children and their parents during tim
es of crisis by providing support for the family in their own resolution of the crisis. A variety of services are available and are personally tailored to suit your needs.
Are You and Your Child in a Crisis??
- Is your child’s behavior unmanageable?
- Is your child threatening to hurt others?
- Is your child threatening to hurt him/herself?
Requirements:
- Your child must be 17 years of age or younger.
Who Can Make This Call?
- Child/ Parent
- Neighbor
- Teacher
- Concerned Family Member
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Physician / Nurse
- Any person believing a child to be in crisis
- Legal guardian must be in contact with CART to receive services
Program Coordinator: Brigitte Karmona • 504-827-4005 • This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
