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Federal Agencies

Department of Education
www.hurricanehelpforschools.gov/index.html

Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/crisisplanning.html

Department of Homeland Security
www.ready.gov

Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov

Centers for Disease Control Division of Adolescent Health
www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/crisis/hurricane.htm

National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Mental Health Information Center
www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

Office of The Surgeon General and the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness
https://volunteer.ccrf.hhs.gov

Other Agencies

American Red Cross
www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_587_,00.html

National Child Traumatic Stress Network
www.nctsnet.org

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) Technical Assistance Center
rems.ed.gov

Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu

Salvation Army National Headquarters
www.salvationarmyusa.org

State Agencies

Florida Department of Education
http://sss.usf.edu/hurricaneassistance/index.html

Mississippi Department of Education
www.mde.k12.ms.us/Katrina/

Texas Department of Education
www.tea.state.tx.us/hcane/

Louisiana Department of Education
www.doe.state.la.us/lde/index.html

Alabama Department of Education
www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp

Private Organizations

American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
www.missingkids.com

National Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
www.usuhs.mil/centerforthestudyoftraumaticstress

National Organization of Victim Assistance (NOVA)
www.trynova.org

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Hurricane Katrina Resources
www.nasponline.org/NEAT/katrina.html

Council for Exceptional Children
www.cec.sped.org/cec_bn/Hurricane_Katrina.html

National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
http://edla.aum.edu/serrc/partbhurricane.html

American Counseling Association
www.counseling.org/hurricane

American School Counselor Association
www.schoolcounselor.org