BATON ROUGE, La. – Hurricane Isaac survivors in Louisiana have more than two dozen options when it comes to speaking with recovery specialists at a Disaster Recovery Center.
Applicants may go to any of the 27 conveniently located recovery centers operating in 18 parishes. All recovery centers are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until further notice, with the exception of the four recovery centers located in New Orleans libraries. Those hours are shown below.
Specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are on hand to answer questions and provide recovery information.
For a complete list of open recovery centers and for new centers that may be opening, visit www.fema.gov/disaster/4080. Also check the website for any outdoor centers that may close temporarily due to inclement weather.
Ascension Parish
Lamar Dixon Expo Center
9039 St. Landry Rd.
Gonzales, LA 70737
Assumption Parish
Napoleonville Community Center
4770 Hwy. 1
Napoleonville, LA 70390
Iberville Parish
St. Gabriel Community Center
1400 Gordon Simon Leblanc Dr.
St. Gabriel, LA 70776
Jefferson Parish (2 DRCs)
Grand Isle Multiplex
3101 LA Hwy. 1
Grand Isle, LA 70358
2654 Jean Lafitte Blvd.
Lafitte, LA 70067
Lafourche Parish
4876 Hwy. 1
Mathews, LA 70394
Livingston Parish
Satsuma Village Mall
28975 S. Satsuma Rd., Ste. D
Livingston, LA 70754
Orleans Parish (4 DRCs)
Algiers Regional Branch Library
3014 Holiday Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70131
Hours: Mon – Thurs: 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Fri: Closed
Sat: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun: Closed
East NOLA Branch Library
5641 Read Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70127
Hours: Mon – Thurs: 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Fri: Closed
Sat: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun: Closed
Main Library
219 Loyola Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112
Hours: Mon – Fri: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sat: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun: Closed
Robert E. Smith Library
6301 Canal Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70124
Hours: Mon – Thurs: 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
Fri: Closed
Sat: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun: Closed
Plaquemines Parish (3 DRCs)
Belle Chasse Auditorium
8398 Hwy. 23
Belle Chasse, LA 70037
111 Bethlehem Lane
Braithwaite, LA 70040
28028 Hwy. 23
Port Sulphur, LA 70083
St. Bernard Parish
3220 Jean Lafitte Blvd.
Chalmette, LA 70043
St. Charles Parish
Village Square Shopping Center
737 Paul Maillard Rd., Ste. A
Luling, LA 70070
St. Helena Parish
Charlie Overton Park
Daisy Loop
Greensburg, LA 70441
St. James Parish
New Zion Christian Center
216 W. Main St.
Gramercy, LA 70052
St. John Parish
1931 W. Airline Hwy.
La Place, LA 70068
St. Mary Parish
728 Myrtle St.
Morgan City, LA 70380
St. Tammany Parish (2 DRCs)
Mandeville DPW
1100 Mandeville High Blvd
Mandeville, LA 70471
Towers Building
520 Old Spanish Trail,
Slidell, LA 70458
Tangipahoa Parish (2 DRCs)
208 E. Oak St.
Amite, LA 70422
282 Tower Rd.
Ponchatoula, LA 70454
Terrebonne Parish
346 Civic Center Blvd.
Houma, LA 70360
Washington Parish
Elizabeth Sullivan Memorial
Methodist Church
510 Ave. B
Bogalusa, LA 70427
Sweet Home of Christ Church
2200 Greenlaw Ave.
Franklinton, LA 70438
Survivors can register online at www.disasterassistance.gov or via smartphone at m.fema.gov. They may also call 1-800-621-3362 or (TTY) 1-800-462-7585. Those who use 711 Relay or Video Relay Services may call 1-800-621-3362. The toll-free telephone numbers are open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
For more information on Louisiana disaster recovery, click www.fema.gov/disaster/4080 or www.gohsep.la.gov. You can follow FEMA on Twitter at www.twitter.com/femaregion6 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FEMA. Also visit our blog at www.fema.gov/blog.
Disaster recovery assistance is available without regard to race, color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status. If you or someone you know has been discriminated against, call FEMA toll-free at 800-621-FEMA (3362). For TTY call 800-462-7585.
FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/femaregion6, the R6 Hurricane Preparedness website at www.fema.gov/about/regions/regionvi/updates.shtm and the FEMA Blog at http://blog.fema.gov.
SBA is the federal government’s primary source of funding for the long-term rebuilding of disaster-damaged private property. SBA helps homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes, and private nonprofit organizations fund repairs or rebuilding efforts, and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged personal property. These disaster loans cover uninsured and uncompensated losses and do not duplicate benefits of other agencies or organizations. For information about SBA programs, applicants may call 800-659-2955 (TTY 800-877-8339).
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