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Claiborne Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness (318)
927-9118.
To
review time urgent notices click on the link below
Additional Useful Links:
F.E.M.A.
Red Cross
Road Closers
Next of Kin Registry (NOKR)
Claiborneone.org
Important Phone
Numbers:
FEMA: 1-800-621-3362
Red Cross Family
Linking:
1-800-Loved-Is
Salvation Army:
1-888-363-2769
Project Share a Home:
1-888-872-2525
The American Red Cross
1-800-HELP-NOW
Food
Stamp Assistance
1-866-524-3578
Claiborne Parish Sheriff's Office
1-318-927-2011
Red Cross Family Linking
1-877-568-3317 |
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Sept/27/2005
Special thanks to all the volunteers who have donated their
time to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Keep up
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Sept/27/2005
London Grove Township, Pennsylvania has adopted Claiborne
Parish in the relief efforts that are taking place. We
would like to give a special thank to their kindness and
generosity and would invite anyone to take a look at their
website. Click on the following link to visit London
Grove Township.
London Grove Township is
located in southern Chester County in Pennsylvania’s rolling
Piedmont Region. The Township traditionally has been an
agricultural community. And while agriculture is still a
major part of the Township, recently London Grove has become
an attractive place to live as development pushes west from
Philadelphia and north from Wilmington, Delaware |
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This site is still under construction, so
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Claiborne Parish O. E . P. |
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Claiborne Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Relief Efforts
For Victims Of Hurricane Katrina and Rita
We want to welcome all of the evacuees of
Hurricane Katrina to Claiborne Parish and thank all those who
have given their time and/donated to the Hurricane relief effort
underway.
Important News
Update
9/30/2005
RED CROSS REGISTRATION ON LINE:
Katrina evacuees can
now register for Red Cross benefits ON LINE. Rita evacuees
still may not do so, but that should change shortly and the
procedure for doing so will be published on this page.
To register, Katrina
evacuees should use the following procedure:
1. Go to the following web page:
Katrina Evacuees Register Here
2. Complete the form carefully, using the actual mailing
address of the shelter or home where you are currently living.
State Park residents should include the site or cabin number.
DO NOT use a PO box number as the Red Cross will NOT
mail to a post office box address. When you have completed the
form, click on "save entry" and the information will be
submitted to the Red Cross. Your "PIN" number will then be
mailed directly to you at the shelter address. Once you
receive your "PIN" you may go to any Western Union office to
collect your benefits. You may receive a check in the mail
instead of a PIN, but either way, it should work.
WHO SHOULD REGISTER?:
a. Head of household (father or mother if married, but not the
children)
b. Unmarried persons living in the same household (both should
register)
c. Married parents or in-laws living in the household (one
registration per couple)
d. Other relatives living in the household (each or each
married couple should register)
3. Those people who resided in the following ZIP codes have
been approved for benefits: NOTICE
Download Zip Code by clicking on the
following: [Zip Code
PDF]
If you have trouble open the PDF you may need to download
Adobe PDF Reader. Click on the following like to
download Adobe PDF Reader:
[PDF Reader]
Special Notice:
(Expires 15 October 2005)
Rita victims can register with FEMA on line (www.fema.gov),
but the FEMA representative in Minden is only servicing Katrina
people for now.
Those Katrina victims who received “disaster cards” at the Food
Stamp office can expect new benefits after 8 October. Those
victims who were already on food stamps can expect these
benefits to become effective after 15 October. Rita evacuees
will not be able to apply for food stamps until later this week,
probably Thursday afternoon or Friday, however the food stamp
office is scheduled to be open all weekend (Saturday and Sunday)
to assist you.
Those evacuees looking for employment in this area should call
the Community Development Council (CDC) at 927-6333.
For your convenience we've included the following:
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Donations
Important News! |
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All donations to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina are
greatly appreciated. If you wish to donate money we
would prefer that you give us a check instead of cash.
Monetary
donations for the relief effort is our number one need at
the moment!
The relief effort in Claiborne Parish is currently assisting
nearly 1000 people a day and has been funded solely through
the kindness of our local community. Funding will
continue to depend on people like you until F.E.M.A. release
moneys designated for this effort. As of now we do not
have a date of when this release of funding may take place.
If you would like to donate please make a check payable to
Claiborne Parish O.E.P and mail it to the following address:
ATTN: Hurricane Katrina Relief
Effort
Office of Emergency
Preparedness
P.O. Box 270
Homer, Louisiana 71040
Update 09/07/2005
If anyone from outside of
Claiborne Parish or even outside of the State of Louisiana
wish to donate any large quantities of items to Claiborne
Parish please contact the Claiborne Parish Office of
Emergency Preparedness an they will assist in making
arrangements in getting the items to Claiborne Parish and we
would like to say thank you in advance.
All items can be brought to the:
Police Jury Complex
507 W. Main Street
Homer, Louisiana 71040
Phone:
Police Jury Complex (318) 927-2222
Office of Emergency Preparedness (318) 927-9118
911 Directory (318) 927-9400
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Money: Make checks payable
to Claiborne Parish O.E.P.
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Food items: Canned
items to be collected at the Police Jury Complex.
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Personal hygiene items:
toiletries, toothpaste, toothbrushes etc. to be collected
at the Police Jury Complex.
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Bath towels, washcloths,
etc. to be collected at the Police Jury Complex.
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School supplies: paper,
pencils, pens, notebooks, etc. to be collected at the
Police Jury Complex
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Social Security Administration Office and the Unemployment
Office
346 Homer Road,
Minden, Louisiana 71055
Phone: (318) 377-7378
There is a list of employers
ready to hire evacuees on a temporary basis. They also
have access to a list of available jobs and requirement for
each job.
Family Support Offices (Food Stamps),
622 East 2nd Street,
Homer, Louisiana 71040
Phone: (318) 927-3518
This office will be operating on a 24 hour basis and is
ready to assist any of our evacuees now. Evacuees will
need a picture ID in order to process.
Claiborne Parish Health Unit,
624 West Main Street,
Homer, Louisiana 71040
Phone: (318) 927-6127
Processes Medicaid and Medicare. The representative will be
in at the Health Clinic until 2:00 pm on 9/02/05. She
will be at the Family Services on 9/09/05 at 8:00-12:00.
The Family Services Office also has applications on hand to
fill out. WIC will be issued to any child five and under.
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Special
Notice (Posted 9/14/5. Expires
9/20/5) RED CROSS
ASSISTANCE: The
number to call for Red Cross assistance is 800 975 7585…an ID or
PIN number will be given and number can be taken to any bank or
Western Union (the Western Union office in Homer is located at
Brookshires grocery store) to receive cash, approximately 300.00
per person.. Please be aware that getting through on this number
is very difficult. The Red Cross is aware of this problem and
hopes to have better service within 4-5 days. Don’t give up!
Keep trying, at least a couple times a day for the next week or
so. Good luck!
FEMA
REGISTRATION: As of 9/14/5 a
FEMA representative is at the old Wal-Mart building in Minden,
LA. For those who have not yet registered with FEMA or would
like to determine the status of their application for
assistance. They will not be dispensing funds, but they will
help you register. Take your driver’s license and your bank
account number. While you are there, you may wish to shop for
food and essential "survival" items. (posted 9/14/5, Expires
9/21/5)
London Grove Township,
Pennsylvania:
Our community is interested in
hosting families. Please let us know if there are family's
who want to relocate to Pennsylvania. If so, we might be
able to get a bus to transport those families up here.
Thanks again,
Rhona Klein
rklein@londongrove.org
London Grove Township, PA |
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