• SAMHSA Crisis Hotline 800-273-8255. (800-273-TALK)
   
• Location of missing loved ones
   
• Location of missing loved ones in New Orleans area contact the Red Cross 866-438-4636
   
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Hotline 1-888-544-5475
  www.MISSINGKIDS.com
  
• Hurricane Katrina Disaster Information : Medical Emergency Medical Association
  www.mema.ms.gov
   
• Emergency Feeding of School Children in Areas Devastated by Hurricane Katrina PDF

Disaster Relief for Victims:

• Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief in Indiana: 866-679-4631
   
• FEMA
  www.fema.gov
   
• Disaster Help
  www.disasterhelp.gov
   
• United States Small Business Administration
  www.sba.gov/disaster_recov

Health and Mental Health Assistance for those affected by Hurricane Katrina:

• Department of Health and Human Services offers poster that can be customized with local contact information. PDF
  
• National Mental Health Association has developed the “Coping With Disaster” fact sheet to help cope with crisis and loss:
  www.nmha.org/reassurance/anniversary.NMHAindex
   
• United States Department of Health and Human Services:
  www.hhs.gov/katrina#state

Resources for School Social Workers and School Counselors:

• Students relocating to Indiana due to Hurricane Katrina are classified as homeless according to the McKinney-Vento Act: For details as to eligibility for various resources such as Medicaid, free lunch/textbooks, legal settlement etc see:
  www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister
   
• UCLA School Mental Health Project “Center for Mental Health in Schools” Responding To A Crisis
  smhp.psych.ucla.edu/crisisresp.htm

Resources for Teachers:

• The College Board Offers Free SAT® to Seniors and Free PSAT/NMSQT® to Sophomores and Juniors Affected by Hurricane Katrina
   
• Division of Language Minority and Migrant Programs
   
• Learn and Serve / Indiana

Note:

Those affected by Hurrican Katrina in Indiana may include:

• 1st wave evacuees who left before the hurricane to stay with Indiana relatives/ friends
• 2nd wave evacuees who were rescued from the hurricane and came to Indiana
• Indiana families seeking information about family/friends caught in the hurricane
• Children left behind in Indiana by family members who have been called up to assist in recovery efforts
• Indiana families who have been affected by the financial impact of the hurricane
• Children who have observed the graphic images on the media of hurricane victims

School student service personnel have a unique opportunity to mitigate the effects of this disaster by timely and appropriate intervention for victims, and/or by initiating service learning projects for those students wishing to make a contribution to relief efforts. Learn and Serve / Indiana

Check with local agencies in your area to determine which agencies will accept referrals for the identified basic support, health and mental health needs of those in your school community impacted by the hurricane.

295 U.S. Schools Named No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools
Seven Blue Ribbon Schools Were Directly Impacted by Hurricane Katrina