HERE'S A LIST OF USEFUL RESOURCES DURING A NATURAL DISASTER  Emergency Louisiana .Gov - State Emergency Information FEMA - Federal Emergency Assistance Information Times Picayune - Updated Information during the 2008 Hurricane Season Disaster Housing Assistance Program - HUD program that helping families that were in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Louisiana Office of Homeland Security - Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness Louisiana Road Home Program - program is designed to provide compensation to Louisiana homeowners affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita for the damage to their homes Unity of Greater New Orleans - Working To End Homelessness, bring New Orleans home American Red Cross  - Nation's premiere emergency response organization National Hurricane Center - provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy Salvation Army - Salvation Army social service programs meet the basic needs of daily life for those without the resources to do so themselves. HUD Housing Assistance Program -  Louisiana Housing Finance Agency -  Neighborhood Assistance Corp of America -  Louisiana Recovery Corps -  State of Louisiana Katrina Site  -  Katrina Aid Today -  Small Business Adminstration (SBA) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. Louisiana Office of Homeland Security  -  Hurricane Katrina Help Site  -  Returning to New Orleans Website  -  New Orleans Churches -  Louisiana Rebuilds Info Site  -  Common Ground Relief -  Entergy -  Hurricane Tracking Chart  -  LA Homeland Security -  Louisiana State Police  -  ACORN  - ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families, working together for social justice and stronger communities. All Congregations Together (ACT) - All Congregations Together, ACT, is a congregation-based community organization dedicated to empowering people to effect change and improve the quality of life for our families and communities in Greater New Orleans. Common Ground Relief  - Common Ground Relief's mission is to provide short term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the gulf coast region, and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the New Orleans area. Holy Cross Neighborhood Association - 504-324-9955 Lower 9th Ward Health Clinic  - 504-309-0918 Lower 9th Ward Neighborhood Council, Inc.  - Vera McFadden, email:veramcfadden_414@yahoo.com Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development  - 504-324-9995 Lower 9th Ward Homeowner's Association  - 229-269-9078 New Life Intracoastal Community Development Corporation  - 504-606-2603 Lower 9th Ward Village  - The main goal of the Village is to bring together the entire Lower 9th Ward and to empower community members to be self-sufficient and to sustain an equitable quality of life.