Louisiana News: Louisiana Needs You

April 13, 2008 3:30 pm

(08-04-292)

Published in the April 2008 Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health recently launched its new volunteer management Web site. LAVA, or Louisiana Volunteers in Action, is the program responsible for recruiting the department’s volunteer workforce (medical and non-medical). The LAVA Web site will allow individuals to register and volunteer to help the state during health emergencies and day-to-day activities. LAVA also provides Web-based emergency preparedness training to volunteers at no cost. Interested volunteers can sign up at www.lava.dhh.louisiana.gov.

The federal government requires states to operate emergency volunteer registries. LAVA is part of the federal program known as Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals.