Evacuee Services

Aging Services Resources	Basic Needs Resources
Disabled Resources	Housing Resources
Legal Information/Resources	Mental Health Resources
Workforce Resources	Other Evacuee Services

Aging Services Resources

Community Care for the Aged and Disabled (CCAD) Programs

KatrinaHealth.Org - A free and secure online service that can connect Katrina evacuees, doctors and pharmacists with important information about the prescription drugs that evacuees were taking before they were forced to flee their homes

Basic Needs Resources

The Summer Food Service Program - provides nutritious meals free to all children age 18 and younger at participating feeding sites. To participate, just show up. You don't need to register or get meal tickets and no one will ask for proof of income or age.

Problems Getting Food Stamps, Medicaid, CHIP, or TANF with the New Eligibility System?

Disabled Resources

Any Baby Can Home-Based Services and Parenting Classes

Any Baby Can offers home-based services and parenting classes for at-risk families with young children. Call Janet Chapman at 334-4455, Jean Lyons at 334-4450, or Angelita Tobias at 334-4451 to discuss available services. Any Baby Can provides home-based case management, parenting education, and child development education for families at risk of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. The agency also provides home-based prenatal education, early childhood intervention for children 0 to 3 with developmental delays, medical case management for children with special health care needs including cancer, and mental health counseling. Classes are offered for parenting education, childbirth education, and family literacy. Call Any Baby Can's main number, 454-3743, for more information regarding class schedules.

Advocacy, Incorporated - Help for people with disabilities

Legal Information/Resources

Mental Health Resources

The Samaritan Counseling Center will see individuals, families, and children anyone directly affected by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita for counseling services either at one of our satellite offices in Central Austin, Georgetown, San Marcos, Downtown Austin, Northwest Austin, or Lake Travis. We will provide services for not only evacuees, but anyone directly affected including caretakers, case managers, and counselors working with evacuees. Beginning in April, we will have two counselors in the community to provide services at apartment complexes, churches, or other locations convenient to evacuees who do not have access to transportation. These services are offered through the "Collaboration" with MHMR that Keith referenced in an earlier e-mail with one slight correction. Services do not need to begin at PES/Intake. Services may begin with any Samaritan Center counselor OR PES/Intake. Call the Samaritan Counseling Center at 451-7337 for an in-office appointment or to be referred to a counselor in the community for in-home services.

Free Counseling for Hurricane Evacuees

Giving Back the Gift of Hope: A Guide for Educators Helping the Child Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

Workforce Resources

Austin Area Urban League Gulf Coast Initiative Information:

Other Evacuee Services

PROJECT CONNECT: Fostering the Voices of Students Impacted by Katrina

Locating Family Members

Here are some Web sites that maybe helpful in locating family members who are still missing.

http://www.nola.com/forums/searching/index.ssf?initial=true
http://www.katrinasafe.org/Main.aspx.
http://katrina.louisiana.gov/missing.htm

Social Security Online: Hurricane Katrina

http://www.ssa.gov/emergency/filing.htm

Pet Care for Evacuees

The Animal Trustees of Austin (ATA) will provide the pets of Katrina evacuees free services and products (vaccinations, medical care, flea preventative, etc.) at our Wellness Clinic or Spay/Neuter Clinic located at 5129 Cameron Road.

West End Grooming will provide free grooming services to the pets of Katrina evacuees. To schedule an appointment, please call 478-1007.