The Immediate Need: What Do You Do When Thousands Of Your Citizens Are Displaced?
Determining Homeless Status in Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas
Exit Strategies Shelter Transitional Shelter Assistance Manufactured Housing Unit
Use of Existing Resources HOME TBRA ESG CoC
Partners CoC State Agencies Disaster Case Management organizations
Lessons Learned Know when your homeless shelters are open and when they take referrals Create a common language Talking to survivors about options Pre-disaster homeless vs. precariously housed Disaster impacted
Lessons Learned Create one data warehouse Shelter Diversion The TSA population meets HUD’s homeless definition
Louisiana Housing Authority Questions Nicole Sweazy Louisiana Housing Authority 225-242-1381 nsweazy@lha.la.gov