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A Our Lady of the Lake Representative will contact you to make your appointment to be vaccinated. Also, the representative can answer any questions you may have.

The Louisiana Department of Health is coordinating the COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort in Louisiana. As more vaccines become available from the CDC, more individuals and groups will be offered vaccination.

Limited amounts of COVID vaccines are available at select locations only for:

• Persons 65 and older
• Dialysis providers and patients
• Ambulatory and outpatient providers and staff
• Behavioral health providers and staff
• Urgent care clinic providers and staff
• Community care providers and staff
• Dental providers and staff
• Non-emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) providers and staff

Professional home care providers (including hospice workers) and home care recipients (including older and younger people with disabilities over the age of 16 who receive community or home-based care, as well as clients of home health agencies)

American Sign Language (ASL) and foreign language interpreters and Support Service Providers (SSPs) working in the community and clinic-based settings, and clients who are both deaf and blind

• Health-related support personnel (lab staff, mortuary staff who have contact with corpses, pharmacy staff)
• Schools of allied health students, residents, and staff
• Law enforcement and other first responders
• Louisiana Unified Command Group
• State and local essential COVID emergency response personnel
• Some elections staff ahead of March and April elections
• Teachers and any other support staff working on-site in K-12 or daycare
• All pregnant persons

New approved Age Group
Individuals ages 55-64 with at least one of the conditions listed by the CDC as placing them at an “increased risk of severe illness from the virus that causes COVID-19”. Persons with the following qualifying underlying medical conditions are advised to complete the Louisiana COVID-19 Vaccine Attestation Form, before their appointment, to receive the vaccine:

• Cancer
• Chronic kidney disease
• COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
• Down syndrome
• Heart conditions including but not limited to heart failure, coronary artery disease or cardiomyopathies
• Immune compromised state (weakened immune system) from solid organ transplant
• Obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30kg/m2 or higher but less than 40kg/m2)
• Severe obesity (BMI greater than 40kg/m2)
• Sickle cell disease
• Smoking
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus

The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System has expanded the group of Veterans currently being administered COVID-19 vaccines. Now any southeast Louisiana Veteran who is eligible for VA health care can receive a vaccine at VA by making an appointment or visiting a walk-in clinic. 

Southeast Louisiana Veterans interested in a vaccine may contact VA at 1-800-935-8387 extension 72819 Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Veterans can receive a vaccine at the following times and locations:

Regular walk-in hours
New Orleans Veterans Medical Center, 2400 Canal Street. Walk-ins from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. to noon on weekends. Other times are available by appointment.

February 20 walk-in event at St. John
Saturday, February 20— Walk-ins from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Appointments are available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. St. John Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, 4004 West Airline Highway, Reserve

By Appointment--please call 1-800-935-8387 extension 72819.
New Orleans
Baton Rouge Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, 7968 Essen Park Avenue, Baton Rouge
Hammond Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, 1131 South Morrison Boulevard, Hammond
Slidell Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, 60491 Doss Drive Suite B, Slidell
St. John 

In addition to enrolled Veterans, family caregivers who are enrolled in the VA’s Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers are eligible for vaccination. Vaccinating caregivers helps us support and protect Veterans.

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Calling All High School Students
February is Financial Aid Awareness Month! All high students are encouraged to submit their name, high school, and grade level to the New Hope Scholarship Ministry to receive important information regarding upcoming Financial Aid and College Access activities.

Information should be emailed to NewHopeScholarshipCommittee@gmail.com.

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