Assistance for Members Affected by

COVID-19

Dress for Success New Orleans is closely monitoring relevant reports and guidance regarding the global COVID-19 virus (coronavirus) pandemic. These are challenging times for all of us and especially for the women we serve. Our goal is to be here for our clients to the greatest extent possible while we also ensure their safety and that of our volunteers and staff. Please find below a list of resources provided by the City of New Orleans.

If you have been terminated, laid off, furloughed or cut back on hours do these 3 things as soon as possible:

Apply to Louisiana Workforce Commission for unemployment benefits. Note due to overwhelming need wait times are long. Try to access website at off peak hours, early in the morning or late at night. Call center is open 8am-7pm daily.
Apply to SNAP for food stamps
Apply for Medicaid coverage

United Way of Southeast Louisiana and Entergy Corporation are committing $250,000 and $200,000, respectively, to stand up the Hospitality Cares Pandemic Fund and are actively recruiting donations, along with Louisiana Hospitality Foundation, from business and industry, foundations, and the public. The fund will provide crisis grants to hospitality workers who are unable to afford basic financial needs during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Application process is now open. Click here to apply.

Please remember funds are limited and it is not guaranteed that each qualified applicant will be approved. United Way and our partners are actively engaging business and industry leaders to support the fund to allow for more grants, and we continue to encourage public donations as well. We’re saddened we may not be able to help everyone in need, and that’s why we’re working tirelessly to raise every dollar possible.

Please direct all question to info@louisianahospitality.org

The Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF) launched the Louisiana Service and Hospitality Family Assistance Program, an initiative to support negatively impacted Louisiana service and hospitality workers who are supporting their dependent children and elderly parents and need help to continue meeting their basic needs during the coronavirus pandemic. To see if you qualify and information on how to apply for a grant up to $1,000, visit https://www.gnof.org/service-and-hospitality-employee-family-program/

Beginning Thursday, April 2, the National Restaurant Association begins its new Restaurant Employee Relief Fund, offering grants of $500 per person. These one-time grants are for people who worked either full time of part time in the restaurant industry as a primary source of income for at least 90 days in the past year, and were financially impacted by the pandemic. See application and eligibility details at rerf.us.

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