Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding

The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding was created by President George W. Bush to help devise a long-term plan for rebuilding the region devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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Map Center

• Corps of Engineers Louisiana Flood Risk Maps
• FEMA Floodmaps
• FEMA Public Assistance Grants for Public Schools in New Orleans

Gulf Coast Recovery Rebuilding Sectors

• Hurricane Protection
• Housing
• Health Care
• Education
• Economic and Workforce Development
• Criminal Justice

Resources

• Advisory Base Flood Elevations for Louisiana Parishes
• Continuing Progress: A 2-Year Update on Hurricane Recovery and Rebuilding
• FEMA Gulf Coast Recovery Office
• Housing Unit Damage Estimates, Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, February 12, 2006 (PDF, 45 pages - 346 KB)
• Hurricane Katrina: What Government Is Doing
• Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
• Louisiana Recovery Authority
• Louisiana Rebuilds
• March 2006 Healthcare Testimony (PDF, 15 pages - 211 KB)
• Mississippi Governor’s Office of Recovery & Renewal
• Prepared Remarks from Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding Donald E. Powell for Senator Landrieu's August 27, 2007, Hope and Recovery Summit
• Surviving a Hurricane

Testimony

• Donald E. Powell's Testimony on Long Term Budget Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, August 2, 2007
• Donald E. Powell's Testimony on the Goals, Costs, Management and Impediments Facing Louisiana's Road Home Program, May 24, 2007
• Statement of Federal Coordinator Donald E. Powell Office for Gulf Coast Rebuilding before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, February 15, 2006
• Statement by Federal Coordinator Donald E. Powell Before the United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Field Hearing, Gulfport, Mississippi, January 17, 2006

General Contact Information

• Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding
  c/o DHS
  Mail Stop #1250
  245 Murray Lane
  Washington, D.C. 20528-1250

• Phone: 202-325-0190
  Fax: 202-325-0060
  E-mail: gulfcoastrebuild@dhs.gov