General Information
STATE WEB SITES
State of Louisiana
Web site for information and contact directory for the Louisiana Katrina Relief effort
State of Mississippi
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Web site for contact information on recovery
State of Florida
Website contains information for persons impacted by Hurricane Katrina
State of Alabama
Alabama Emergency Management Agency Web site with information of recovery after Hurricane Katrina
Statewide Web Sites
Othervaluable sources of legal information are the statewide web sites in each of these states. You can go thereby clicking on your state below:
Alabama| Florida| Georgia| Louisiana| Mississippi|Tennessee| Texas
All Other States
DISASTER HANDBOOKS, EVACUATION PLANNING MATERIALS, RESOURCE MANUALS, BUSINESS DIRECTORIES AND ANNOUCEMENTS, DEADLINES, SAMPLE LETTERS AND COURT FORMS
Statewide Evacuation Guides and Maps and New Orleans Evacuation Information (NEW)
These guides (linked from the Louisiana State Police website) are an excellent resource to assist you in planning for hurricane season. This year there will be no shelter of last resort for the city of New Orleans. Be sure to get familiar with the city's City Assisted Evacuation Plan. The CAEP is not intended to replace your personal responsibility in preparing your own evacuation plan, however. It is meant for those citizens who have no other means or have physical limitations that prohibit self evacuation.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Relief and Recovery Assistance Guide (NEW)
A guide created by the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster to provide information to persons affected by the Hurricanes. The Guide is arranged in sections based on needs and the types of services provided. Within each section is a table arranged to show help available nationally and for selected states. Each program's information includes what they can do for you and how you can contact them.
New York and New Jersey Hurricane Assistance Guide (NEW)
The purpose of this guide is to offer information on local resources that may be helpful to people who were impacted by the 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes. It was created in response to the diverse needs of the evacuee community and is designed to provide those in need, and those who serve them, with up-to-date information on services and referrals.
Recovering from Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters: Your Legal Rights
A FAQs manual prepared by Legal Services of Greater Miami on Housing, Immigration, Family Issues, Food Stamps, Insurance, Unemployment Benefits, etc.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law DisasterRelief Manual (NEW)
This manual is designed to provide general information and answer questions you may have about what assistance is available to you, including emergency benefits and more specific areas such as employment, housing, education, and small businesses. This manual also contains important telephone numbers and deadlines for applying for assistance.
Directory of Protective Order Statutes in the 50 States and the District of Columbia(NEW)
Includes direct links to Westlaw andlinks to free directories of State Legislation
Pro Se Motion for Voluntary Transfer of Custody Modification
This document may be used by legal guardians living in the parish of Lafayette, LA to voluntarily tranfer child custody back to a parent or parents.
Pro Se "Rule to Set Visitation as a Result of Disasters" Form
This document may be used by evacuees seeking to establish or re-establish visitation with their estranged children.
Sample FEMA Appeals Letter
Prepared by the Lawyers Committeefor Civil Rights Under Law. Sample appeals letter begins on page 8 of the document.
FEMA, SBA, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Medical Coverage, and IRS Table of Deadlines
Prepared by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Texas State Bar Resource Manual
Comprehensive 125 page resource manual with the answers to frequently asked legal questions for those displaced by Katrina.
Morrison & Foerster Katrina Helping Handbook
This Helping Handbook provides an overview of some of the legal issues facing individuals, families, and small businesses in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi as a result of Hurricane Katrina. This handbook has now been translated into a Spanish version.
Free Online New Orleans Business Directory
A new online business directory has been set up to allow businesses to list their contact information as well as information for businesses affected by the disaster.
FINDING MISSING PERSONS
Finding family members in Arkansas
Arkansas has a list of evacuees who are located in the state.
Find Missing People
A number of useful links to asisst in locating missing children, patients who have been evacuated from hospitals and nursing homes, missing family and friends, etc.
Katrina Missing Persons Hotline
Call 1-888-544-5475
Missing Persons by State for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi
Contains links, by state, to such services as missing children, missing adults, and children looking for parents. Also has special sections for resolved postings (successful reunifications).