Helpful Links

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Information
  FEMA websites: www.fema.org and www.fema.gov.
  Victims can register for FEMA online at either of those websites or call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) and TTY 1-800-462-7585
  • Applicant's Guide to the Individuals & Households Program
  • Ayuda Después de un Desastre: Guía para Solicitantes al Programa para Individuos y Familias
    
    
• American Red Cross info line:
  1-800-GET-INFO or www.redcross.org
  
  
• Crisis Hotline for Victims of Hurricane Katrina (Department of Health and Human Services)By dialing 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255), callers will be connected to a network of local crisis centers across the country that are committed to crisis counseling. Callers to the hotline will receive counseling from trained staff at the closest certified crisis center in the network.
  
  
• America’s Second Harvest—The Nation’s Food Bank Network (website)
  
  
• U.S. Postal Service: 1-800-ASK-USPS (800-275-8777) and www.usps.com and Click on Hurricane Katrina Update for important information on mail delivery to specific zip codes in effected areas and picking up first of the month SSA checks, etc.
  
  
• U.S. State Dept. National Passport Center - 1-877-487-2778
  (Passport center that serves 18 states is flooded in New Orleans.)

Other Organizations with Katrina Relief Information

• Coalition on Human Needs
• FirstGov.com
• CNN - Hurricane Katrina Safe List
• Craigslist: New Orleans Lost & Found
• Homeport (U.S. Homeland Security)
• Yahoo! Katrina Missing Message Board
• Yahoo! Katrina I'm Okay Message Board
  

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