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"Are You Ready" -- FEMA
(Separate Website)
"Are You Ready" has more than 200 pages of information about how you and your family can take steps to prepare for a disaster. The guide has check lists, including a disaster supply check list. There is also information about floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters.
By: FEMA
About Mold and Moisture
(Separate Website)
See this fact sheet from HUD about problems with mold and moisture in your home.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Beacon of Hope Resource Center
(Separate Website)
See the site for the Beacon of Hope, which has several locations in the New Orleans area to help residents with disaster recovery.
By: Beacon of Hope
Boat People SOS
(Separate Website)
Boat People SOS is a Vietnamese-American community-based organization. The organization has provided services to hurricane survivors. See the organization's site to learn more.
Cenla Guide to Human Services
(Separate Website)
Searchable online database of social services agencies in central Louisiana.
By: United Way of Central Louisiana
City of New Orleans Blighted Property Information
(Separate Website)
See this page from the City of New Orleans website for information about abandoned and blighted property and programs to fight blight.
By: City of New Orleans/NORA
Directory of Local Homeless Service Organizations
(Separate Website)
Organizations in every state.
By: Nationalhomeless.org
Disaster Supplies Checklists
(Separate Website)
Keep this list handy to give you an idea of the items you may need for your disaster kit. The list is part of FEMA's "Are You Ready" guide.
By: FEMA
FloodSmart.gov
(Separate Website)
This site has information about the National Flood Insurance Program, including tools to help you figure out how to protect yourself against flooding risks.
By: NFIP National Flood Insurance Program
GnoInfo.com (formerly Louisiana Rebuilds)
(Separate Website)
Information you need to rebuild your life, your community and Louisiana.
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
(Separate Website)
The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center website has been the most widely used source for information about New Orleans' 73 neighborhoods and the 10 surrounding parishes. The website has regularly updated information on post-Katrina community resources, population and housing estimates, and hurricane impact and recovery.
Homeless Help - Providence House
(Separate Website)
Click the link to find out more about Shreveport's Providence House, a "residential development center for homeless families with children, providing comprehensive support services for improving the family structure and moving the family into independent living to break the homeless cycle."
By: Providence House
HUD -- National Housing Locator
(Separate Website)
Find the HUD office or public housing authority (PHA) nearest you. Just see the disaster "Resource Locator" then pick a state and parish or county.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hurricane Katrina/Rita Relief Portal
(Separate Website)
Web directory of resources for individuals impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Resource topics include: Missing Persons, Food & Shelter, Housing, Find Your Employer, Jobs, Missing Pets & Care, Health & Medical, Government Services, Education, Monetary Assistance, Insurance Claims, Business Assistance and more.
Lawyer Referral and Information
(Separate Website)
Here is a link to the Lawyer Referral and Information page from the site of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
Here are the individual numbers listed on that site:
Baton Rouge:
(225)344-9926
Lafayette
(337)237-4700
Lake Charles:
(337)436-3308
New Orleans
(504)561-8828
Shreveport:
(318)222-0720
By: Louisiana State Bar Association
Making Disaster Kits for Home, Workl & Car
(Separate Website)
Here is information from FEMA about what disaster supplies you may need at home, at work, if you are working, and for your car, if you have a car.
By: FEMA
National Low Income Housing Coalition
(Separate Website)
NLIHC is dedicated to ending America?s affordable housing crisis. NLIHC focuses its advocacy on those with the most serious housing problems, the lowest income households, by emphasizing preservation, production, public housing, vouchers and related services.
By: nlihc.org
National Shared Housing Resource Center
(Separate Website)
See the site of this organization, which focuses on helping elderly and disabled people find shared housing or a housing companion to help them live independently in their own homes.
By: Shared Housing of New Orleans
New Orleans Neighborhoods Partnership Network
(Separate Website)
Looking for your local neighborhood association or other neighborhood information? This site may help.
By: NPN
Rebuild Healthy Homes -- Safe Rehabilitation of Hurricane-Damaged Homes
(Separate Website)
This guide has information about how to inspect, clean up, and fix your home after a hurricane.
By: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
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