Hurricane Ida
Recovery Information
Disability assistance
Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network (LATAN)
Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network (LATAN) is devoted to helping people of all ages with functional limitations or disabilities to gain greater independence through the use of assistive technology (AT). If you or someone you know has lost AT during IDA contact their case management line at 225-925-9500.
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, Disability & Disaster Hotline
The hotline is +1 (800) 626-4959. They can provide accessible and multilingual information to callers, including via videophone for Deaf callers, upon request to info@disasterstrategies.org.
Issues they provide information, guidance, and referrals for:
- Urgent disability-related disaster response referrals
- Prevention of institutionalization during and after disasters
- Applying for, understanding and navigating FEMA and other federal, state and local government emergency and disaster programs and services
- Disability rights before, during and after disasters
- Accessible and actionable emergency information
- Building and neighborhood evacuation
- Accessible transportation
- Sheltering and temporary housing
- Disaster housing programs
- Alternatives to “special needs” and “medical” sheltering and “special needs” and “voluntary” registries
- Health maintenance
- Health care access
- Disability accommodations in disasters
- Repair, replacement and loaned durable medical equipment, disability supplies, and assistive devices
- Returning home, school, work and community after a disaster
- Navigating disaster recovery initiatives
- Disaster funding
The Disaster Hotline is available to:
- Disaster impacted individuals with disabilities, their families and allies
- Disability advocacy and services organizations
- Community organizations seeking to assist disaster impacted individuals with disabilities
- Government and non-government representatives from emergency management, public health, medical, private sector, business, voluntary organizations active in disasters, faith-based, elected officials and others seeking to assist individuals with disabilities and disaster-impacted communities
- Media inquiries
- Donors and others who seek to support our work
https://disasterstrategies.org/hotline/