/Katrina
and Rita links
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| CRISIS COUNSELING |
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| National Assoc. of School Psychologists’
Crisis Resources |
http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/index.aspx#general |
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| DISPLACEMENT STATISTICS |
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| Katrina Index: Tracking Variables of Post-Katrina
Recovery |
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/200512_katrinaindex.htm |
| Post Katrina Polulation Data - Greater
New Orleans Community Data Center |
http://www.gnocdc.org |
| US Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor
Statistics - Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita |
http://www.bls.gov/katrina/home.htm |
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| DOCUMENT REPLACEMENT |
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| Replacing Important Papers (Birth and
death certificates, Insurance, Driver's License) LSU
Ag Center |
http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/family_home/home/design_
construction/Getting+Started/Preparing+Financially/Replacing+Important+Papers.htm
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| ESSENTIAL NEEDS |
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| American Red Cross |
http://www.redcross.org |
| Disaster Housing Assistance Program |
http://www.hud.gov/news/dhap.cfm |
| Food Stamps |
http://www.dss.state.la.us/departments/dss/Disaster_Food_Stamp_Program_.html |
| LAHousingSearch - help for finding housing
in La. |
http://www.lahousingsearch.com |
| SATERN - Salvation Army's Team Emergency
Radio Network |
http://www.satern.org/ |
| Southeastern Louisiana LA Red Cross |
http://www.arcno.org |
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| FEMA |
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| FEMA |
http://www.fema.gov |
| Disaster Recovery Centers in Louisiana |
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=45801 |
| Flood Maps released by FEMA June 14, 2006 |
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/flood/recoverydata/katrina/katrina_la_maps.shtm |
| Flood Maps released 2008-2009 |
http://www.lamappingproject.com/parishes.html |
| How to Get Help from FEMA |
http://www.fema.gov/assistance/index.shtm/ |
| National Flood Insurance Program |
http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/ |
| See also Small Business Administration
|
http://www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/index.html |
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| FINANCIAL COUNSELING |
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| Operation HOPE - Project Restore HOPE
- Hurricane Katrina |
http://www.operationhope.org/smdev/clst4lnk.php?id=725l |
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| FRAUD AND GOUGING REPORTS |
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| LA Office of the Attorney General’s
Complaints |
http://www.ag.state.la.us/Complaint.aspx |
| Department of Homeland Security |
If you have knowledge of fraud, waste,
abuse, or allegations of mismanagement involving hurricane
relief operations, you can:
• Call the Hurricane
Relief Fraud Hotline at (866) 720-5721, Fax it at (703)
604-8567
• Email KatrinaFraud@DODIG.MIL
• Or write: Hurricane Relief Fraud Hotline
Washington, D.C. 20301-1900
Convey as much information as possible such as: Who?
What? Where? When? Why? How? Complaints may be made
anonymously or you may request confidentiality. |
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| GOVERNMENTAL WEBSITES |
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| Environmental Protection Agency - Region
6 - South Central |
http://epa.gov/region6/index.htm |
| LSU AG Center Extension Service |
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/family_home/hazards_and_threats/recovery_assistance/ |
Flood Maps
|
http://www.louisianafloods.org/ |
| Hurricane Recovery |
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml |
| Jefferson Parish Hurricane Preparedness |
http://www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=1085 |
| Katrina Recovery |
http://www.katrinarecovery.disasterhelp.gov/ |
| State of Louisiana’s Emergency site |
http://emergency.louisiana.gov/ |
| Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation |
http://louisianahelp.org/ |
| Louisiana Road Home Registry Program |
http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/cdbg/drroadhome.htm |
| Louisiana Department of Revenue |
http://www.rev.state.la.us/sections/faq/default.aspx?type=DIS |
| Louisiana Speaks - Pattern Books - Rebuilding
Designs by Urban Design Associates |
http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/en/family_home/home/design_construction
/Culture+Community/Pattern+Books/
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| Disaster Housing Assistance Program |
http://www.hud.gov/news/dhap.cfm |
| Hurricane Katrina Aid (for those with
Special Needs) |
http://www.katrinadisability.info/ |
| IRS - Help for Katrina Victims |
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=147085,00.html |
| Louisiana Disability Information Resource |
http://ohsep.louisiana.gov/factsheets/preparepeoplewithdisabilities.htm |
| American Bar Association Disaster Recovery
Resources |
http://www.abanet.org/katrina/ |
| Hurricane Recovery |
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml |
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| HEALTH |
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| Dialysis and other kidney information |
http://www.kidneyfund.org |
| CDC Hurricane Recovery (safe recovery
and cleanup) |
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/ |
| Hurricane Health Information - National
Library of Medicine |
http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html |
| KatrinaHealth.org (assistance for evacuees
in obtaining medication) |
www.katrinahealth.org |
| Disaster Relief Medicaid Program |
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=180 |
| LA Dept. of Health and Hospitals - Emergency
News |
http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=145 |
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| HURRICANES |
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| Hurricane Tracking Chart |
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/AT_Track_chart.pdf |
| National Biological Information Infrastructure
- Hurricanes |
http://cswgcin.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1020&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true |
| National Hurricane Center |
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov |
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| JOB SEARCH/ SMALL BUSINESS |
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| Louisiana Business Leadership Network |
http://www.lbln.org/ |
Louisiana Department of Labor - Career
and Labor Market Information
|
http://www.laworks.net |
| Louisiana Works: Reclaiming Louisiana's
Workforce |
http://www.voshost.com/ |
| CareerOne Stop - Disaster Recovery Services |
http://www.careeronestop.org/disasterrecoveryservices/default.aspx |
| LSU - E. J. Ourso College of Business |
http://www.bus.lsu.edu/students/news/stories/2005.09.22_Katrina_Bus_Help.asp |
| Small Business Administration |
http://www.sba.gov/disaster_recov/index.html |
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| LEGAL SERVICES |
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| Electronic Code of Federal Regulations |
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov |
| American Bar Association Disaster Recovery
Resources |
http://www.abanet.org/katrina/ |
| LawHelp.org/LA - Disaster Relief section |
http://www.lawhelp.org/LA |
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| LINKS FROM THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY |
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| Flood Information, Jefferson Parish Public
Library |
http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/Reference/floodinfo.htm |
| Galveston Hurricane Bibliography - books
in the Jefferson Parish Library, Periodical articles
and Internet resources |
Galveston
Hurricane of 1900 |
| Emergency Assistance Links from LA State
Library |
http://prepare.lib.la.us/emergencypreparedness/ |
| Hurricane Katrina/Rita Bibliography- books
in the Jefferson Parish Library, Periodical articles
and Internet resources |
Hurricane
Katrina/Rita |
| Katrina info from LII - search for Katrina |
http://www.lii.org/ |
| Hurricane Katrina’s Aftermath |
http://www.libraryspot.com/features/katrinagiving.htm |
| Libraries and Hurricane Katrina |
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/hurricanekatrinanews/katrinanews.cfm |
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| MAIL |
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| Mail Service Updates |
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/serviceupdates.htm?from=bannercommunications&page=katrina
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| MULTILINGUAL RESOURCES |
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| Huracanes Katrina y Rita (Spanish) |
http://www.usa.gov/gobiernousa/Temas/Desastres.shtml |
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| PERSONAL STORIES |
|
Katrina Narrative Project
(Contribute your story.) |
http://cola.uno.edu/Newsletter%20Fall05.htm#Narrative
Email your
story to KNP@uno.edu |
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| PETS |
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| Information for Pet Owners - FEMA |
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/animals.shtm |
| Pet Location Service |
http://www.petfinder.com |
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| PRE-DISASTER PREPARATION TOOLS |
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| Emergency Financial First Aid Kit |
http://operationhope.org/effak/ |
| Personal Disaster Preparedness Guide |
http://operationhope.org/pdpg/ |
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| SALVAGE AND RESTORATION OF PERSONAL
ITEMS AND, BOOKS |
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| Care of Water-Damaged Family Heirlooms |
http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/disaster/tentip.html |
| Damaged Artwork Information |
http://www.art-restoration.com/damage.htm |
| Flood-Damaged Photographs |
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/faqs/faq0700.shtml |
| Salvage of Photos, Records |
http://www.heritagepreservation.org//NEWS/SaveTreasRight.htm |
| Saving Family Treasures from National
Archives, including Books |
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/disaster-response/guidelines.html |
| Saving Soaked Treasures |
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/news/SaveTreasRight.htm |
| Tips for Saving Water-Damaged Valuables
and Heirlooms: FEMA |
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=5434 |
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| SPECIAL NEEDS |
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| Hurricane Katrina Aid (for those with
Special Needs) |
http://www.katrinadisability.info/ |
| Louisiana Disability Information Resource |
http://ohsep.louisiana.gov/factsheets/preparepeoplewithdisabilities.htm |
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| TAX INFORMATION |
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| IRS - Tax Relief in Disaster Situations |
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108362,00.html |
| Louisiana Department of Revenue - Natural
Disaster Faqs |
http://www.rev.state.la.us/sections/faq/default.aspx?type=DIS&view=all |
