WEB SITE, http://katrinadisability.info

-Susan Fitzmaurice, katrinadisability.info@gmail.com, 248-788-7777

COORDINATION

-Federal Government

Lex Frieden, NCD, lfrieden@bcm.tmc.edu, 713-520-0232, ext.124,
http://www.ncd.gov
Dr. Margaret Giannini, Margaret.Giannini@hhs.gov, 202-205-1016,
http://www.hhs.gov/od/

-Independent Living Centers (ILCs), list at
http://www.ilru.org/html/publications/directory/index.html )

John Lancaster, NCIL, john@ncil.org, 877-525-3409, http://www.ncil.org/

In addition to coordinated relief efforts for AL, LA & MS, approaches for
other states where people are moving or being moved, is needed.

Disability EXPERTS

-If you have a particular expertise and want to be involved in relief
efforts, please send a brief explanation of your expertise and contact
information to June Isaacson Kailes, jik@pacbell.net, 310-821-7080,
909-290-0122 (cell), http://www.jik.com

DATABASE FOR THOSE IN NEED

-Send names, etc. to Marcie Roth, mroth@spinalcord.org, 301-990-6559.

ON THE GROUND

ILCs

-SE Region, Dan Kessler, 205) 251-4503, dgkessle@bellsouth.net,
http://www.birminghamilc.org/index.html
-LA,  Mack Marsh, 318-671-8131; mmarsh@nhilc.org
-MS, Christie Dunaway, lifeofms@aol.com, http://www.ccd-life.org/life.htm

Other:

-ARC, http://www.thearc.org/
-Councils on DD, http://www.nacdd.org/index.htm
-MS Coalition, Mary Troope, mary@mscoalition.com, 601-969-0601,
http://www.mscoalition.com/
-NAPAS, http://www.napas.org/

DISABILITY SPECIFIC FUNDS

-A multi agency, cross disability proposal will be available by September
9th (tentative).  For more information, contact Marca Bristo,
MBristo@aol.com, 312- 253-7000, http://www.accessliving.org/
-In the meantime, several agency and disability specific funds have been
created.  For example,

ARC, http://www.thearc.org/
CA Foundation for ILCs, http://www.cfilc.org/site
Family Voices, http://www.familyvoices.org/
National Down Syndrome, http://www.ndss.org/
Spina Bifida, http://www.sbaa.org
TASH, http://tash.org/
UCP, Houston, http://www.ucphouston.org/