Category: In The News


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Helping Children Cope with Disaster

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a brochure to help children cope with disaster.

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FEMA Doubles National Flood Insurance Program Deadline

Louisiana National Flood Insurance Program policyholders now have 120 days to file a proof-of-loss claim, doubling the standard 60 day period.

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Thank You for Another Wonderful SELLabration!

The 15th annual Great Neighborhood SELLabration will go down in the history books as one of the best, thanks in large part to the amazing work of the chairs, committee, volunteers, sponsors, and attendees.

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Louisiana Shelter at Home Program Aims to Get Flood Victims Back Home

Single-family owner-occupied properties that were inundated with floodwater are eligible for up to $15,000 in damage remediation designed to return the home to a safe and habitable state.

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DineOut4LA Flood Relief Tonight with Second Harvest Food Bank

All across the New Orleans area tonight, 25 percent of sales at participating restaurants will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank to help flood victims through the DineOut4LA program.

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Great Neighborhood SELLabration on WDSU

Education + Outreach director Suzanne Blaum took to the airwaves this weekend to chat with WDSU reporter Jennifer Crockett about the Great Neighborhood SELLabration, a free annual homebuyer fair that will take over the Corpus Christi-Epiphany Resource Center this Saturday morning.

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Denham Springs’ Main Street is Open for Business

Pictures of flooding in Denham Springs washed across screens nationwide in early August, but 60 percent of the town’s Main Street businesses are flood-free and open for business.

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RTNO Donates Supplies to RT Acadiana

Catherine Crowell of RTNO spearheaded the effort to partner with our Rebuilding Together Acadiana compatriots after the entire area surrounding the RT Acadiana offices was inundated with floodwater earlier this month.

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Consumer Tips for Natural Disaster Victims

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has put together a booklet to help residents who are rebuilding from the recent floods avoid falling victim to a scam.

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FEMA Fact Sheet: Building Back Safer and Stronger

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released a new Fact Sheet detailing the techniques homeowners should employ in order to rebuild in a “flood smart” manner.

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Eleven Years of Rebuilding: the PRC Looks Back at Hurricane Katrina

As the Preservation Resource Center works to bring our hard-earned Hurricane Katrina recovery experience to so many homeowners who lost everything earlier this month, we look back at how far we have come in the past 11 years.

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Suzanne Blaum Talks Great Neighborhood SELLabration on WGNO

Education and Outreach program director Suzanne Blaum took to the airwaves to discuss the upcoming Great Neighborhood SELLabration.