http://pathprogram.samhsa.gov/
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is seeking experienced homeless outreach workers and medical staff who would be willing to volunteer for up to two weeks of their time in one of the major relocation sites. Transportation to Texas, as well as food and lodging expenses, will be covered

http://www.cvm.org
Community Voice Mail (CVM) provides free, 24-hour voice mail to people in crisis and transition. CVM is now offering 96,000 free voice mail numbers to Hurricane Katrina survivors, relief workers who do not have phone service, and on-site social service agencies. CVM is seeking partner organizations, such as shelter and service providers, to help distribute the numbers in locations where the need is greatest, including Louisiana and Mississippi. According to CVM, training and enrolling users is a quick and easy process. The organization anticipates that individuals will use their CVM numbers for at least six months to reconnect to jobs, housing, stability, and opportunity. To get involved, visit http://www.cvm.org for local office contacts. Call Community Voice Mail at 206.441.7872 x135, or e-mail info@cvm.org

For people who are interested in making monetary donations in the wake of the hurricane, below are links to some organizations that are delivering services directly in affected areas and which are groups with which CSH works. These organizations focus on issues of concern to the supportive housing field:
National Health Care for the Homeless Council
National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Volunteers of America
Montrose Clinic
Salvation Army

Federal Resources

http://www.ich.gov/
The Interagency Council on Homelessness lists many federal resources for Hurricane Katrina recovery, including information from the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration, and FEMA.

http://www.hud.gov/katrina/index.cfm
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has established a Hurricane Katrina and Rita resource page with information links for citizens and HUD partners. Click here to download a HUD PowerPoint presentation on disaster response.

http://www.dol.gov/opa/hurricane-recovery.htm
Information from the US Department of Labor about jobs and income support for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

Housing Resources

http://www.hurricanekatrinahousing.org/
A set of links listing free transitional/temporary shelter available to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The search function is available only to agencies—including HUD, United Way 211, HFAs, the American Red Cross, CARE-Line, Traveler's Aid, and multiple state, county and city governments—that are intaking victims.

http://www.nonprofithousing.org/katrinahousingrelief.html
The Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California set up a web page to disseminate information around efforts to provide housing for Hurricane Katrina victims. The page is a resource for developments on regulatory relief that will aid affordable housing developers in offering vacant apartments to evacuees from the Gulf Region.

http://www.edenir.org/
Eden I&R is coordinating housing opportunities for families that are relocating to Northern California as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
Offer Housing: 510-727-9565
Receive Services: 510-537-2552
Volunteer to Help: 510-537-2710

Housing Development Resources

http://www.nefinc.org/
LISC/NEF and Enterprise/ESIC launch Community Recovery Fund. In the wake of the massive devastation wrought by Katrina, this joint initiative will provide grants, loans and equity to the affected region. It includes a low-income housing tax credit investment program to be jointly managed by NEF and ESIC.

Policy & Legal Resources

City in Limbo: Notes from a Visit to New Orleans (http://www.melvilletrust.org/)
In mid-January, Bob Hohler, Executive Director of the Melville Charitable Trust, visited New Orleans. The Trust is supporting efforts to develop a strategic plan for supportive and affordable housing in the region and assessing additional ways we might help. This report includes a look at the breadth and depth of the destruction from a field tour taken with Ben Johnson, president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation.

http://documents.csh.org/documents/policy/efkatrinaflyer.doc
An updated flyer/fact sheet with information and tips for Hurricane Katrina/Rita victims seeking assistance.  This information was put together by disaster expert Kate Meiss from the Legal Services of Los Angeles County and revised by Rebecca Troth of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and Angela Boyd of The Enterprise Foundation.

http://www.endhomelessness.org/do/katrina.htm
The National Alliance to End Homelessness has a dedicated webpage to communicate its policy efforts on behalf of households made homeless by Hurricane Katrina and to list organizations and resources available to assist with the recovery efforts. Includes a link to Alliance President Nan Roman's testimony to the US House of Representatives re: housing relief efforts for households displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.nixonpeabody.com
The Affordable Housing/Syndication Alert is provided by Nixon Peabody LLP to provide the most current information about the response of IRS to the urgent housing needs of persons displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Nixon Peabody LLP provides these alerts for education and information purposes only.

http://www.nlihc.org
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is posting periodic updates about short- and long-term housing policy issues for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.cbpp.org
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has posted numerous reports, including federal recommendations for meeting the basic needs of victims of Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.nlchp.org/Katrina/index.cfm
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty is working proactively to develop strategies for the long rebuilding effort that will be needed following the immediate crisis. The site includes a Know Your Rights After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita resource as well as as a sign-on letter addressing short-term needs.

http://www.policylink.org/EquitableRenewal.html
To help lift up the need for equitable, community-oriented Gulf Coast reconstruction, PolicyLink has added three new resources to its website, including Ten Points to Guide Rebuilding in the Gulf Coast Region, based on the principles of equitable development.

http://www.FEMAanswers.org
The Shriver Center (formerly Clearinghouse) and the Public Interest Law Project, have established a website where every legal services advocate can help ensure that FEMA relief gets to the survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Advocacy Listserv
A listserv has been established to help advocates across the US who are helping hurricane victims deal with temporary and long-term re-housing issues. The group is a reference site for advocates to exchange information and concerns as they assist individuals who are dealing with FEMA and HUD or simply trying to find adequate, affordable housing. The group may be joined by sending an email to: katrina_rehousing-subscribe@yahoogroups.com