Pointe Coupee Council on Aging, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation governed by a volunteer board of directors. PCCOA offers a broad range of programs, under the provisions of a state charter which was issued in June of 1975, as a private, non-profit organization that provides social services for socially and economically needy, low-income minority, handicapped, disabled, and at risk elderly residents of Pointe Coupee Parish. PCCOA receives federal, state, and local funds and donations to provide various services.

Our Goals & Objectives

• Self-sufficiency of the elderly though nutrition, homemaker, personal care and transportation services.

• Prevent neglect, abuse or exploitation of the elderly.

• Provide for, or access to community or home based care to prevent premature institutionalization.

• Matching the wide variety of individual needs with appropriate community resources and assisting them in gaining access to needed services.

• Recreation for elderly to prevent loneliness, and depression, and also to keep them outgoing and mentally alert.

• Weekly lunch programs to provide for minimum daily nutritional requirements needed.

• Take action on an older person’s behalf in order to secure needed services and/or for benefits which otherwise may not be obtained.

What We provide