Disaster Relief

ANCOR Disaster Relief

ANCOR Network

• ANCOR Communications
  • ANCOR Letter to Senators Grassley and Baucus in Support of Katrina Health Relief Legislation (September 16, 2005)
  • ANCOR Letter to All Members (September 6, 2005)
  • ANCOR Message in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
• Affected ANCOR Members
  
  • The Arc of Greater New Orleans: donations accepted
  • The Arc of Mississippi: donations accepted
  • ResCare
  • Volunteers of America

Congress

• Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt (Senators Bingaman, Lincoln, Rockefeller, September 30, 2005)
• Letter to Senator Frist from Leavitt
• Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt (Senators Grassley and Baucus, September 27, 2005)

Federal Government

CMS

• CMS Hurricane Rita Information
• CMS Hurricane Katrina Information
• CMS Approves 1115 waiver for DC Evacuees (September 29, 2005)
• CMS Approves 1115 waiver for Georgia Evacuees (September 29, 2005)
• CMS Approves 1115 waiver for Arkansas Evacuees (September 29, 2005)
• Approved Katrina State 1115 Waivers (September 26, 2005)
• CMS Letter to Medicaid Directors on 1115 Model Waiver (September 16, 2005)
• CMS Waiver Template Fact Sheet (September 16, 2005)
• CMS Disaster Relief Emergency Medicaid Waiver Program (September 15, 2005)
• CMS Announces Emergency Policy Changes to Help Beneficiaries (September 9, 2005)
• CMS Press Release (9-2-05)
• CMS Action to Help Beneficiaries, Providers in Katrina Stricken Areas

Department of Homeland Security

• 2006 Hurrican Preparedness
• National Emergency Resource Directory

Employment and Training

• Department of Labor job board for Katrina evacuees
• Job Fairs for Survivors of Hurricane Katrina Updated (September 16, 2005)
• DOL Announces in $12 Million in Job Training for Alabama, Louisiana (September 14, 2005)
• Homeland Security Maintains Immigration Documentation for Hiring Katrina Victims (September 6, 2005)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

• National Response Framework (January 23, 2008)

• Individuals with Disability MUST register with FEMA to receive Assistance (Make It Clear You Have A Disability)

Government Accountability Office

• GAO Bibliography of Disaster and Preparedness Reports

HHS

• HHS Katrina Information Page
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Help Is Online poster
  • Poster instructions
• HHS Grants Medical Care Payments for Evacuees in Texas (September 15, 2005)
  • Fact Sheet
• NIH Opens Medical Consultant Hotline (September 14, 2005)
• HHS Announces Special Evacuee Status to Allow Streamline Access to Benefits (September 9, 2005)
• HHS Adds AR, CO, GA, NC, TN, WV & UT to List of States Waiving Requirements of Medicaid, Medicaire, SCHIP (September 7, 2005)
• HHS Establishes Katrina Victim Hotline 1-800-273-8255 (September 7, 2005)
• HHS Waives Requirements of Medicaid, Medicare, and SCHIP Provisions in 5 States (September 4, 2005)
• HHS Volunteer Health Professional Web Site (September 3, 2005)
• Secretary Leavitt Declares Five State Public Health Emergency in Five States: AL, FL, LA, MS & TX

Housing

• Information on Housing (HUD)
• HUD Section 8 Housing Hot Line
• Find or share accessible housing
• HUD Partnership with Mayors and Counties Identifies 5,000 Vacant Houses (September 7, 2005)
• USDA Resources Include 30,000 Units of USDA Rural Housing (September 6, 2005)

HRSA

• Frequently Asked Questions

National Governors Association

• NGA letters on Katrina (September 13, 2005)
  • To Senate
  • To House

Social Security

• Information on Social Security Payments

State Government

• Approved Katrina State 1115 Waivers (September 26, 2005)
• National Governors Association
  • NGA Statement on Katrina
• State Medicaid Directors
  • Katrina Hurricane Disaster Relief Policies and Assistance
  • Letter to CMS (September 2, 2005)
• Alabama Department of Public Health
• Alabama Emergency Management Agency
• Arkansas Department of Emergency Management: Katrina Information
• Arkansas.gov: Katrina Assistance Relief Effort
• Florida Department of Health
• Florida Division of Emergency Management
• Georgia Emergency Management Agency
• Georgia.gov: Family & Health
• Louisiana Department of Developmental Disabilities
• Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
• Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Louisiana.gov: Hurricane Katrina
• Mississippi Department of Health
• Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
• Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
• Oklahoma Health Care Authority
• Texas Department of State Health Services
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services Katrina Relief Bulletins
• More State Offices and Agencies of Emergency Management (Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security)
• More State and Territorial Health Departments (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials)

Food

• The Food and Nutrition Service, run by the US Department of Agriculture, has taken several actions to expedite and facilitate the Food Stamp enrollment and receipt for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina in their destination states, as identified on their webpage. This site's "Newsroom" section provides the latest efforts to date.
• USDA Resources Include 30,000 Units of Rural Housing (September 6, 2005)

Other Resources

• American Red Cross
• BDO Seidman, LLP
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Key Facts: States Most Affected By Katrina (KFF, September 12, 2005)
  • Kaiser State Health Facts
    • Key Facts: Lousiana and the U.S. (September 12, 2005)
    • Key Facts: Mississippi and the U.S. (September 12, 2005)
    • Key Facts: Alabama and the U.S. (September 12, 2005)
  • Kaiser Materials and Transcript of Louisana and Ohio Medicaid Directors on Katrina
  • For Lessons Learned:
    • New York Disaster Relief Medicaid Plan (KFF, RWJ, August 2002)
    • Radical Simplification: Disaster Relief in New York City (Health Affairs Jan/Feb 2003)
• Katrina Disaster Relief for People with Disabilities
• Katrina's Effect on Medicaid (NPR, September 12, 2005)
• Louisiana Governor's Office - Kathleen Babineaux Blanco
• Louisana Katrina Survivors without ../medicaid/Health (CBPP, October 2005)
• Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund
• Quality Mall "Emergency Response and Disaster Recovery"
• Robert Klein Donation on Behalf of People with Disabilities (November 22, 2005)
• Safeguarding Katrina Victims Webcast (KFF and Alliance for Health Reform, September 12, 2005)
  • Transcript
  • Webcast
  • Materials
• State of Alabama - Governor's Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives
• TheArcLink - Katrina Special Needs Relief
• The University of New Mexico Health Science Center
  • Tips for First Responders (Center for Development and Disability)
• USA Freedom Corps
• When Disaster Strikes: UCP Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Providers (May 2006)