Monitoring Disaster Recovery in Louisiana.
Watchdog Moderator: Murray Wennerlund
Monitoring Disaster Recovery Programs
Long term disaster recovery is the responsibility of state leadership and state managed programs to assist the citizens recover from disasters.
- Citizen Disaster Recovery Programs
- Business Disaster Recovery Programs
- Municipality Disaster Recovery Programs
- State Disaster Recovery Programs
Each program requires a budget to best server the people of the state.
Hurricane Laura Federal
Louisiana Hurricane Laura (DR-4559-LA)
Federal Resources:
- Louisiana Hurricane Laura (DR-4559-LA)
- FEMA Disaster Assistance Application. Be sure your parish is listed before you apply. If you are denied search this site for how to file your appeal.
Louisiana TROPICAL STORMS LAURA AND MARCO (EM-3538-LA)
We have to use the FEMA EM identifier until FEMA publishes the actual state of LA, TX, AR, MS disasters.
Incident Period: Aug 22, 2020 and continuing
Emergency Declaration declared on Aug 23, 2020
State Resources
- Louisiana Get a Game Plan
- Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOSHEP)
- 511la.org (Road closures)
- Louisiana Department of Health Emergency Preparedness and Information page.
- Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP)
- Boards and Commissions State DOA
- Louisiana DOA OCD-DRU HUD CDBG-DR Grants and long term recovery notices.
- HUD CDBG-MIT Grants are processed by the Watershed Initiative created by Patrick Forbes director of the State of Louisiana OCD-DRU.
Louisiana Covid-19 (EM-3459)
Incident Period: January 20, 2020 and continuing.
Emergency Declaration declared on March 13, 2020
Louisiana Covid-19 Pandemic (DR-4484)
Incident Period: January 20, 2020 and continuing.
Major Disaster Declaration declared on March 24, 2020
State Resources
- Louisiana Office of the Governor
- Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
- Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Program
- Families will receive $285 in total P-EBT benefits per child. Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program. This program will provide extra help buying groceries for the families of the more than 600,000 children who normally receive free and reduced-price meals at school.
Congressional Representatives:
- Congressman Steve Scalise
- Congressman Garret Graves
- Congressman Mike Johnson
- Congressman Clay Higgins
- Congressman Ralph Abraham
- Rep. Cedric Richmond
- U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy
- Senator John Kennedy
- Governor John Bel Edwards
Federal Resources
FEMA Public Assistance -
Louisiana Timeline
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03/13/20
March
Proclamation 9994
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03/18/20
March
H.R.6201
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04/09/20
April
Economic Injury for the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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05/12/20
May
SBA 15 USC 636
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05/15/20
May
BILLS 116 HR 6800 Vote
