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STATEWIDE LONG TERM RECOVERY

The Journey to recovery is long and hard.

Louisiana has embarked upon the most ambitious recovery planning efforts the country has seen. Widespread damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and multiple levee failures in New Orleans resulted in the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. Today, Louisiana faces the challenge of rebuilding one of the country's most historic cities across southern Louisiana. With the support of a Long Term Recovery grant from United Way Worldwide, the LAUW was able to contract services with the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps (LFRC) for long term recovery.  LFRC was founded in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and coordinates humanitarian service delivery in the aftermath of disasters, both natural and manmade.  The Recovery Corps is officially tasked by the State of Louisiana to provide for the recovery of its citizens and connect them with the resources they need to get back on their feet, return home and establish a quality of life. 

The American Red Cross Hurricane Recovery Program awarded the LAUW in partnership with the LSU Health Sciences Center (LSU/HSC) Department of Psychiatry, a grant to increase mental health clinical interventions and services in Southern Louisiana’s communities hardest hit by the 2005 hurricanes.  LAUW, the LSU/HSC Department of Psychiatry, and the Louisiana Department of Education partnered on this Family Resiliency Project, which was formed to establish a series of school personnel-based mental health trainings to provide assistance for students and their families experiencing post hurricane-related stress and to better meet mental health needs following future disasters.