Questions and answers about common legal problems.
You won't need anything special to look at most of what we have here. But, for some resources, you will need Adobe Acrobat reader on your computer. To download this free software, click here.
There are 109 resources
Page 2 of 6
For More Information, Read These
Protecting Your Right To Be Paid Keep good records of the time you worked and who you worked for, to enforce your right to be paid.
By: National Employment Law Project
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
FEMA
Read These First
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
(Separate Website)
Official website.
By: FEMA
Femaanswers.org
(Separate Website)
Survivor testimony, information on FEMA litigation, a place for Survivor Questions, News, and Links & Assistance.
By: Public Interest Law Project & Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
FEMA Recoupment Claims Help for individuals who have been asked to repay the funds they have received from FEMA after Hurricane Katrina and Rita.
FEMA Utility Subsidy Program FAQs Information about reimbursing public assistance applicants for utilities paid on behalf of evacuees who participated in the Section 403 Interim Sheltering Program.
Housing Assistance from FEMA
(Separate Website)
How to apply for emergency shelter; find rental properties; transitional housing.
By: FEMA
FEMA Trailer Rights
No place to live because of disaster? 1 page flyer on FEMA trailer rights.
By: Disaster Legal Project of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Other Formats:
Separate Website
Word File
FEMA Assistance and Undocumented Immigrants
(Separate Website)
Questions and answers about eligibility for undocumented immigrants and their families.
By: FEMA
FEMA Disaster Assistance FAQs
(Separate Website)
Updated regularly with new questions and answers.
By: FEMA
Homeless Before Katrina? Housing and other help from FEMA.
By: Disaster Legal Project of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Other Formats:
Word File
HTML
Louisiana Rebuilds Web Site
(Separate Website)
Check out this site, described on its home page as: "LouisianaRebuilds.info was established to be a trusted, online destination for residents affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing critical information for those who have returned home as well as those who are still displaced."
Finding Missing Persons
Read These First
Displaced Prisoners, Probationers & Parolees Contact numbers to locate displaced offenders, and for displaced probationers & parolees from Louisiana state system.
By: La. Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Nursing Home Evacuation Search
(Separate Website)
Missing a friend or loved one evacuated from a nursing home? Use this to find a missing nursing home resident.
By: La. Dept. of Health and Hospitals
Patients Evacuated from Hospitals
(Separate Website)
Louisiana.gov information
By: State of Louisiana
Government Benefits
Read These First
Disaster Food Stamp Program Information
(Separate Website)
How the program works, and links to other information.
By: Louisiana Department of Social Services
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
(Separate Website)
Financial assistance to eligible individuals whose employment or self-employment has been lost or interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster declared by the President of the United states.
By: U.S. Department of Labor, Word File By: National Employment Law Project
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
(Separate Website)
Website of the federal agency, now a part of the Department of Homeland Security. As part of a broader mission, FEMA manages federal response and recovery after disasters.
By: FEMA
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
LawHelp/LA Home
Intake Workers: Referrals
Separate Website
