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Consumer Issues: Loans, Contracts & Banking
Apply for SBA Disaster Business Loans
(Separate Website)
Link to SBA loans applications and instructions.
By: Small Business Administration (SBA)
Banking Issues
(Separate Website)
Questions and answers for hurricane-affected bank customers.
By: University of Mississippi School of Law
Consumer Action Handbook
(Separate Website)
Order FREE 2007 Consumer Action Handbook - help with your consumer problems and complaints.
By: Consumer Action Website-Federal Citizen Information Center
Other Formats:
PDF File
Consumer Action Website
(Separate Website)
Federal agency website with lots of consumer information and resources.
By: Federal Citizen Information Center
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Don't Be a Victim of Loan Fraud
(Separate Website)
Tips on how to protect yourself from predatory lenders, and how to help yourself if it happens to you.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Hurricane Katrina Help Page of Louisiana Attorney General
(Separate Website)
Information to help disaster victims
By: La. Dept. of Justice
Hurricane Katrina Helping Handbook 168 page handbook for individuals, families and small businesses.
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Internet Sites for Legal Information
(Separate Website)
List of online legal research and information resources, from the Law Library of Louisiana.
By: Law Library of Louisiana
Internet Sites for Legal Information
(Separate Website)
List of online legal research and information resources, from the Law Library of Louisiana.
By: Law Library of Louisiana
Post-Katrina Education Links
(Separate Website)
List of education-related links
By: Louisiana.gov
Hurricane School Personnel Employment & Resource Center
(Separate Website)
Displaced school personnel can update contact information, apply for positions in Louisiana School systems and/or request duplicate certificates.
By: Teachlouisiana.net
Hurricane Katrina Helping Handbook 168 page handbook for individuals, families and small businesses.
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Internet Sites for Legal Information
(Separate Website)
List of online legal research and information resources, from the Law Library of Louisiana.
By: Law Library of Louisiana
Register to Vote by Mail
(Separate Website)
National Mail Voter Registration Form that allows you to register to vote from anywhere in the United States. The National Form can be used to:
Register out-of-town tourist and convention groups; Register people from surrounding States who work, shop, or attend events in a central city;
Conduct voter registration drives, especially at colleges and universities; and Register individuals at State agencies or other public offices.
By: Federal Election Commission
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Louisiana Parish Election Officials List
(Separate Website)
Parish Clerk of Court & Registrar of Voters contact Information.
By: Louisiana Secretary of State
U. S. Postal Service Change of Address
(Separate Website)
The official USPS online change of address registration form.
By: United States Postal Service
Internet Sites for Legal Information
(Separate Website)
List of online legal research and information resources, from the Law Library of Louisiana.
By: Law Library of Louisiana
Additional State Employment Resource Information
(Separate Website)
The State Of Louisiana's official website for the dissemination of information concerning relief and assistance resources for citizens impacted by hurricanes.
By: Katrina.Louisiana.Org
How to Apply for Louisiana Unemployment Insurance Benefits
(Separate Website)
Resource infomation from the Official Website of the State of Louisiana
By: State of Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina Helping Handbook 168 page handbook for individuals, families and small businesses.
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
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