Emergency Preparedness Information: Long Term Recovery

The State Library has established this blog to provide a mechanism for Louisiana libraries to alert the public about their status during an emergency situation and/or to provide information for their staffs. Any Louisiana library administrator may post information; anyone may comment.

List of charitable organizations listed by the Better Business Bureau.

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This site is for the online application and management of Public Assistance grants from FEMA to State and local governments, Indian tribes, and certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) organizations. Provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities and the facilities of certain PNP organizations

Small Business Administration provides low interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and private, non-profit organizations to repair or replace real estate, personal property, machinery & equipment, inventory and business assets that have been damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster.

Business and farm loans are available to people who have suffered damage to business property or economic injury. These low-interest loans are available through the Small Business Administration and the Farm Service Agency (FSA), to repair or replace damaged property not covered by insurance, and to provide working capital.

Call 211 in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport, Alexandria, Monroe or New Orleans for referrals concerning: Child Care Provider info, Suicide Prevention Hotlines, Military Family/ Armed Forces Emergency Services, Aging Services, area Agencies on Aging, Older Adults, Disaster Donations Coordination, Disaster Relief/Recovery Organizations, Disaster Welfare Inquiries, Post Disaster Child Care, Post Disaster Clean Up, Post Disaster Food Services, Post Disaster Housing Assistance, and Post Disaster Mental Health Services, evacuation routes, crisis counseling, prescription assistance, shelters, and more

The Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs serves as a focal point for Louisiana's senior citizens and administers a broad range of home and community based services through a network of 37 Area Agencies on Aging including Elderly Protective Services, Council On Aging, LTC Ombudsman, and more

Eldercare, disability, long term care, and much more.

The prime purpose of The Salvation Army Missing Person Service is to reunite people in families who wish to find each other.

Submit Missing/Stranded Person Request, Emergency Phone Numbers