Greater New Orleans Foundation

NEW ORLEANS -  The Greater New Orleans Foundation announced today the availability of $250,000 to nonprofit organizations working to meet the most pressing needs of individuals and families in the following parishes: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. John the Baptist, and St. Tammany.

The grants from this fund are to provide direct relief in the form of food, water, and clothing in the wake of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Isaac throughout the region. "These resources are to help those who need immediate assistance," said Albert Ruesga, president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. "We are funding nonprofit organizations that are helping people who have faced incredible hardships and need life's basics like food, water, and shelter."

Organizations that wish to apply can access the application on the Foundation’s website here (www.gnof.org). Grants from this fund will average between $5,000 and $10,000 and the Foundation will continue to make grants until all the funds have been expended.

Applications are also available at the offices of the Greater New Orleans Foundation: 1055 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130.

If you would like to contribute to the Hurricane Isaac Relief Fund, please click here. 

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NEW ORLEANS -  The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) announced today that the United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service has approved the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (DSNAP) for Orleans Parish. This program provides food assistance for eligible households who do not receive regular SNAP benefits and who need help buying groceries due to lost income or damages following a disaster.

To help expedite the application process, individuals should pre-apply for DSNAP prior to Wednesday either online at www.dcfs.la.gov/preapply  orwww.getagameplan.org  or by calling 1-888-LAHELP-U (888-524-3578) between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. by Wednesday, September 5. When applying by phone, callers should select the appropriate language and then select options 3 and 3.

Regular SNAP households DO NOT need to pre-apply. Households that receive regular SNAP benefits will automatically have additional DSNAP benefits added to their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards if they are not already receiving the maximum allotment for their household size.
  

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NEW ORLEANS - Orleans Parish residents are now eligible to apply for FEMA individual assistance. Starting at 11:00 a.m., a FEMA mobile Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will be stationed at Engine 31 at 19808 Chef Menteur Highway in Venetian Isles. 

The FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) program provides homeowners, renters and business owners in disaster-designated parishes -who sustained uninsured or underinsured related damage to their homes, vehicles, personal property, business or its inventory- money and services, when losses are not covered by insurance, and property has been damaged or destroyed. Upon declaration of the IA program, the registration process for assistance is initiated.

There are several ways to apply for disaster assistance.  Residents can apply online at www.disasterassistance.gov  or call 1-800-621-3362.

Those with speech or hearing impairments should call (TTY) 1-800-462-7585. Users of 711-Relay or Video Relay Services should call 1-800-621-3362.

 
Following the initial application, an inspector will call to schedule an appointment to visit your property. 
 
 
 

 
Following the initial application, an inspector will call to schedule an appointment to visit your property. 
 
 
 

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READY.NOLA.GOV

Citizens are encouraged to sign up for email and text message alerts by going to ready.nola.gov. This service allows city officials to contact citizens during emergencies, which includes life-threatening weather events, evacuation or shelter in place information, and other pertinent emergency information. In addition to the website, the City operates a twitter handle: @nolaready.

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