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Resources
General Information
Louisiana
http://www.katrina-la.net/
http://www.katrina-la.net/disability-programs/index.php
Alabama
http://www.adph.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1\
Mississippi
http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/_static/44,2022,122,218.html
The Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) provides people with disabilities and chronic health care needs
with information about registering for federal disaster relief assistance.
Every hurricane survivor with a disability must register to receive the
full range of federal disaster relief assistance.
http://www.fema.gov/rrr/assistf.shtm
The Administration for Children & Families provides information for
people with disabilities, developmental disabilities, and their families.
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/resources/hurricanekatrina.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/katrina/index.htm
The United States Department of Labor has established a website for
information on employment issues.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/hurricane-recovery.htm
Developmental Disabilities
http://www.nacdd.org
The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) has a website of
links to emergency services tailored for people with disabilities.
http://www.napas.org
The Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) has a
compiled a list of government resources for victims of Katrina.
http://www.aucd.org
Unaccompanied and Separated Children
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is staffing
a toll-free hotline to take reports of missing children, missing adults,
and found children.
The hotline number is 1-888-544-5475.
http://www.missingkids.com .
International Committee of the Red Cross
Inter-agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated
Children
Mental Health
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=nws_main
American Academy of Pediatrics, Work Group on Disasters Psychosocial
Issues for Children and Families in Disasters: A Guide for the Primary
Care Physician
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA95-3022/default.asp
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
includes publications on mental health and disaster Issues.
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/katrina/pubs.asp
American Academy of Pediatrics provides resources to help children,
parents and pediatricians cope with natural disasters.
http://aap.org/new/disasterresources.htm
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides links to
social and human services.
http://www.hhs.gov/katrina/benefits.html
http://www.hrsa.gov/katrina/
Date: September 20, 2005
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
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