Hurricane Katrina - Grants

2007 Mental Health For 20 years, Covenant House New Orleans has been a safe haven for at-risk and homeless youth; since Hurricane Katrina, such a haven is needed more than ever.  More >> Home Reconstruction The Gulf Coast town of Pearlington, Mississippi, is located less than 40 miles northwest of New Orleans, along the Pear River.  When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, the eastern eye wall was directly over this rural town.    More >> Ask any resident in the Gulf Coast area about the impact of volunteer groups, and you are sure to hear words of praise.   Kevin Cox, executive director of Hope Crisis Response Network (HCRN), will be among those singing them.  More  >>  Child Care For Carol Burnett of Biloxi's Moore Community House, the second year of the Katrina recovery has been full of "delays and hurdles at every turn" but nonetheless, a time of progress. More  >> Primary Health and Dental Care While dire reports continue in the media about the lack of hospital services in New Orleans, post-Katrina, residents of Pass Christian and Biloxi in Mississippi have been fortunate. More  >> See a list of all the approved grants to the area affected by these hurricanes here. 2006 Child Health and Welfare Programs AmeriCares made a $25,000 grant to the City of in Mississippi, to support child health and welfare programs, including the provision of equipment for the construction of a day care center that has given Katrina's youngest survivors a safe, secure place to play.  Base Camp for Volunteers More than $200,000 in financial and in-kind support was given to Crossroads Mission for its work in East New Orleans.  Crossroads Mission has created a volunteer base camp to support the thousands of people who have decided to donate their time, money and sweat equity to the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.  AmeriCares contributions have included financial support as well as donation of three, large “Sprung Structures,” durable, temporary structures that are now storing valuable building materials and other supplies used by the volunteers as they build and renovate thousands of damaged homes. Primary Healthcare and Mental Health Programs AmeriCares is also supporting primary healthcare and mental health programs in the affected communities.  Through partnerships with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and the Community Foundation of Acadiana, we have identified community healthcare providers who are continuing to address the needs of the survivors.  Many local residents lost family members, homes and jobs in the hurricane and in the months since, have struggled to cope with all of these losses.  With the healthcare infrastructure severely compromised, AmeriCares grants will enable local providers to continue and enhance their services