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Subject: Disaster Relief
Category: Reference, Education and News > Current Events
Asked by: rich8428-ga
List Price: $200.00
Posted: 24 Dec 2005 08:32 PST
Expires: 23 Jan 2006 08:32 PST
Question ID: 609481
What is every  financial  support opportunity available to victims  in
the 70118 area code of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flood ?
(I have received no support from FEMA or anywhere/anyone else!!!....
my home was flooded etc...!!!)

Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 25 Dec 2005 06:50 PST
Hello, and Happy (I hope!) Holidays, and a better year to come.

Though I'm reluctant to steer you back to FEMA, they do have a pretty
good site that covers most of the types of support available for those
impacted by Katrina:


http://www.fema.gov/about/process/individual_assistance.shtm


If you haven't seen this already, please look it over carefully, and
let us know if it is helpful or not.

And if you have seen this already, tell us a bit more about what
things you've explored, and where you ran into roadblocks.  I can't
make any promises, but perhaps we can find a way to help out.

All the best,

pafalafa-ga

Clarification of Question by rich8428-ga on 25 Dec 2005 13:59 PST
I am aware of FEMA. I want you to find all 5he other assisstance
available. Take your time. Research databases and dreate a very large
list of all resources.
FYI fema provided me absolutely no  help my application is still
pending and whereas everyone else has received money. I haven't?
I will clarify more later.
Richard Kornman

Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 25 Dec 2005 20:49 PST
Richard,

I know you are aware of FEMA assistance.  The reason I linked to the
page above is because it details many other sources of non-FEMA
assistance, particularly:

-----
Available Disaster Assistance
--Disaster Assistance Available from FEMA
--Disaster loans available from the Small Business Administration
--Disaster assistance available from other organizations and agencies 
--Additional Hurricane Katrina disaster assistance information
-----

I just wanted to make sure you were aware of these and had already
contacted these various assistance programs.

Let me know if this is useful at all.

paf

Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 26 Dec 2005 00:34 PST
Hi!

I was able to find two websites providing a list of charity
organizations that provide disaster assistance in different forms like
food, home, funuds, etc. They have been active in the Katrina
disaster.

Is this ok with you?

Thanks!

Clarification of Question by rich8428-ga on 26 Dec 2005 05:25 PST
It's certainly a start, but I'm looking for a comprehensive list. Take
your time--I'm not looking for an immediate response--just a thorough
one....What can you share?  Do your Google magic...  Thanks...

Richard

Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 26 Dec 2005 06:56 PST
Hi!

The two websites I found listed about 90+ organizations each again
providing disaster relief assistance in terms of food, housing, funds
and even for pets. Due to the huge number, repeats of entries in the
list will happen.

We already have here potentially a good number of organizations. Is
this number comprehensive enough for you?

Usually researching on the web is not really a matter of time or how
long you go at it. But at times you get great lists in such a short
time that it makes the work more efficient.

Again what I have is a diverse set of organizations providing disaster
relief through the supply of food, shelter, monetary assistance funds
and even animal care.

Is this good enough for you?

Thanks.
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Subject: Re: Disaster Relief
Answered By: easterangel-ga on 26 Dec 2005 19:35 PST
 
Hi again and thanks for the question.


We?ll I just did what you requested and continued to dig in for some
more. I found other websites that provide directories of organizations
that are providing disaster relief assistance. Please take note as
well that due to the large number of organizations, repeats of some
entries in the list are inevitable.

I stopped looking when the list started to become so similar with the others.


Disaster Center (Organization descriptions and links to their websites)
http://www.disastercenter.com/agency.htm 

Office of the Personnel Management (Organization descriptions with
phone numbers and links to their websites)
http://www.opm.gov/cfc/disasters/katrina-relief.asp

Network for Good (Click on ?View List? to get Organization description
and contact information)
http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/animal_environ/hurricanes/#HurricaneReliefFunds

Philanthropy News Digest (Organization phone numbers and links to their websites)
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/hurricane/index.jhtml;jsessionid=ZRANIQPRWRPP1TQRSI4CGW15AAAACI2F

Independent Living Research Utilization (Organization descriptions
with phone numbers and links to their websites)
http://www.ilru.org/html/whatsnew/announcements/katrina.html#housing 

InterAction.org (Organization descriptions with phone numbers and
links to their websites)
http://www.interaction.org/katrina/

Give.org (Click on the organization name to get contact info and profile)
http://www.give.org/news/katrina.asp 

Microsoft Website (Organization phone numbers and links to their websites)
http://www.microsoft.com/citizenship/giving/agencies.asp

Direct Marketing Association Website (Organization descriptions with
phone numbers and links to their websites)
http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/dispnewsstand?article=433 

US Department of Housing and Development Programs (Organizations
offering aid with phone numbers and website links)
http://www.hud.gov/offices/fbci/katrinatoolkit/offeraidorg.cfm 

US Department of Housing and Development Programs
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/index.cfm 


NOTE:
As you seek assistance from the disaster please be careful of various
scams out there. Scambusters.org has an article about the different
types of scams victimizing people.

Hurricane Katrina Scams
http://www.scambusters.org/hurricanekatrinascams.html 


Search terms used:
katrina disaster assistance fund sources organizations directory list

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                                                          
                              
Regards,                              
Easterangel-ga                              
Google Answers Researcher

Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 26 Dec 2005 19:49 PST
In case you would need mortgage assistance, the following article has
a list of companies that can help.

"Mortgage assistance for Katrina victims"
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/mortgages/place3.asp
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