Monitoring Declared Federal Disaster Recovery for the Citizens in the State of Louisiana.

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Monitoring Disaster Recovery in Louisiana.

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

FEMA Hurricane Laura main page.

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

03/13/20

March

Proclamation 9994

Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak

03/18/20

March

H.R.6201

H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act. 03/18/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-127

03/27/20

March

H.R.748

H.R.748 - CARES Act 03/27/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-136

04/09/20

April

Economic Injury for the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Disaster Declarations of Economic Injury for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Administrative Declarations of Economic Injury Disasters for the Entire United States and U.S. Territories

05/12/20

May

SBA 15 USC 636

15 USC 636: Additional powers May 12, 2020 From Title 15-COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 14A-AID TO SMALL BUSINESS

05/15/20

May

BILLS 116 HR 6800 Vote

Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act.

Article Library

SNAP FORM 38 Statement Regarding Food Lost in a Household Misfortune

By Murray Wennerlund on 2-19-2021 / About 3 minutes 51 seconds read.

Did you lose all the food in your refrigerator because of the storm that cause you to lose power for more than 24 hours? Were you told that you do not qualify for SNAP replacement by the state or by anyone else? Lets get your paperwork filed today, now.

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601-Identity Validation Required for your Unemployment Claim by the state of Louisiana Work Force Commission

By Contributor on 1-14-2021 / About 2 minutes 51 seconds read.

In an effort to prevent fraudulent claims, the state is requesting from many unemployed due to the pandemic and other reasons additional proof of identity. Requiring a Selfie holding your drivers license and social security card.

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Louisiana Division of Administration contractor INNOVATIVE EMERGENCY MGT IEM Inc.

By Contributor on 1-11-2021 / About 1 minute 1 seconds read.

Disaster Recovery contractors hired by the State of Louisiana Division of Administration and its agency department OCD-DRU who manages federal taxpayer funded programs.

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Louisiana Division of Administration contractor EMERGENT METHOD LLC

By Contributor on 1-11-2021 / About 1 minute 47 seconds read.

Disaster Recovery contractors hired by the State of Louisiana Division of Administration and its agency department OCD-DRU who manages federal taxpayer funded programs.

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Disaster Housing Needs for Louisiana 1st District Representative Steve Scalise

By Writers Pool on 9-19-2020 / About 1 minute 14 seconds read.

Disaster Recovery seems to be more of a knee jerk reactionary response by representatives more than what is promoted in the Get a Game Plan material. Imagine if leadership would approach disaster preparation like a general would preparing for war.

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Louisiana State and Local Level Assistance Referral agencies for the 2020 disaster recovery experience.

By Murray Wennerlund on 9-13-2020 / About 5 minutes 57 seconds read.

We have hundreds of local services and this is a short contact list registered with the federal emergency management agency FEMA.

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U.S. Small Business Administration Louisiana Resources to Help Businesses Recover from hurricane Laura

By Murray Wennerlund on 9-10-2020 / About 1 minute 39 seconds read.

Louisiana Small Business Development Centers SBDCs SBDCs are providing the following services to help small businesses impacted by the disaster no charge for any services:

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Independent Contractors / Self-Employed / 1099-MISC

By Murray Wennerlund on 4-9-2020 / About 1 minute 2 seconds read.

Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Independent Contractors / Self-Employed / 1099-MISC

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Learn what the State of Louisiana Restore Homeowners Program (OCD-DRU) failed to tell about APA 12

By Writers Pool on 1-24-2020 / About 4 minutes 0 seconds read.

The Department HUD is partially approving the State of Louisianas Action Plan Amendment APA 12 for Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery CDBG-DR funds appropriated under Public Laws 114-223, 114-254 and 1 15-31.

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2019 Budget Review for Restore Louisiana Homeowners Program SBA DOB Repayment program

By Murray Wennerlund on 12-29-2019 / About 2 minutes 7 seconds read.

Following the money that the state of Louisiana spends is very difficult since the state seems not to announce new contracts in the HUD official website. You must check often to see if any new contracts have been added to the states OCD-DRU website.

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