## Social Service Information

#### [To Volunteer]{.underline}: [www.volunteernorthtexas.org](http://www.volunteernorthtexas.org/) or 214-826-6767

#### [Disaster Assistance]{.underline}: 1-800-621-FEMA or [www.FEMA.gov](http://www.FEMA.gov/)

#### Services and discounts for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina:

**Education**

[Children's Courtyard: Early childhood education
centers](http://www.childrenscourtyard.com/) in the Dallas-Fort Worth,
Houston and Austin areas will provide discounted tuition for 30 days,
then reassess the need for assistance following that window. The only
requirement for admission is that the child be younger than 14 and have
necessary documentation. <http://www.childrenscourtyard.com/>

[Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas]{.underline}: Housing and
enrollment available to those from Jesuit New Orleans School. Contact
<lsoich@jesuitcp.org>

[Plano Independent School District]{.underline}: Children who are being
relocated as a result of emergency evacuation may register for classes.
Families who wish to enroll their children should get an enrollment
packet from the school in the neighborhood where their temporary
residence has been established. To confirm attendance zones for your
neighborhood campus, please contact the PISD Student Services Department
at 469-752-8021. Completed paperwork will be accepted and processed on
Tuesday or after. Students may begin attending classes on Tuesday. If
you are hosting an evacuated family in your home, please submit a
statement with your signature and address confirming the
temporary-resident status/guardianship along with the completed
enrollment paperwork.

**Employment**

[CHASE Staffing Services]{.underline}: For assistance finding temporary
employment Please call 404-250-0919 to find the office nearest you.

[Jobs available: Dallas-area jobs for
evacuees](http://www.dallasnews.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=32&sid=a0e18f6fc65c424f29fadada74b42506)
<http://www.dallasnews.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=32&sid=a0e18f6fc65c424f29fadada74b42506>

**Food**

[Food Stamps:]{.underline} Some evacuees might be eligible for food
stamps. Those who want to inquire about food stamp eligibility in Texas
may call 1-888-312-4567.

Medicaid/Food Stamps: 972-562-5832

[Bennigan's:]{.underline} Kids eat free every day for a limited time at
all Dallas and Houston locations.

**Healthcare**

[Arlington Urgent Care]{.underline}: Free medical care to those
hurricane victims who do not have medical insurance is available at 3295
South Cooper St, Suite 101 in Arlington.

[Cystic Fibrosis Foundation]{.underline}: Cystic Fibrosis drugs are
available to all CF patients affected by Hurricane Katrina regardless of
their ability to pay. CF patients needing medicines or specific
information about where to go for care should call the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation at 800-FIGHT-CF or visit [www.cff.org](http://www.cff.org/).

[Dallas County Health and Human Services]{.underline}: Evacuees who
reach the Dallas area should go to Reunion Arena to register, whether or
not they need immediate housing.

The county health department is providing services to people who are
being treated for tuberculosis and HIV. The agency also stands ready to
assist people currently receiving WIC benefits and or housing vouchers.
For additional information about these services, call 214-819-6001.

[Dr. Yehuda S. Ahmad]{.underline}: Free medical treatment for any
destitute hurricane refugee who can show a Louisiana driver\'s license
at 2709 W. 15th St., Plano 75075 -- 972-612-9355.

**Household Goods**

[Dallas Park Central Residence Inn:]{.underline} 7642 LBJ Freeway, is
having a free garage sale for victims staying at the hotel at 1 p.m.
Tuesday. Anyone attending the sale will have to present an out-of-state
license. For information, call general manager Melissa Van Sickels at
972-503-1333.

**Housing**

[Home share]{.underline}: Following is a list of Web sites that indicate
they are matching hosts with evacuees. We cannot verify their
legitimacy. You can also post your offer [on our online
forum](http://www.dallasnews.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=31).
http://www.dallasnews.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=31\
•  [Craig\'s List:
http://dallas.craigslist.org/roo/](http://dallas.craigslist.org/roo/)\
•  [Katrina Home:
http://www.katrinahome.com/](http://www.katrinahome.com/)\
•  [Meetup:
http://hurricane.meetup.com/1/](http://hurricane.meetup.com/1/)\
•  [MoveOn.org:
www.hurricanehousing.org](http://www.hurricanehousing.org/)\
•  [Operation Share Your Home:
http://shareyourhome.org](http://shareyourhome.org/)

**Legal Services**:

[The American Bar Association](http://www.abanet.org/), in cooperation
with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has opened 24-hour
toll-free numbers for victims of Hurricane Katrina who need free legal
assistance or advice. The numbers are:\
•For Louisiana residents: 1-800-310-7029\
• For Mississippi residents: 1-866-255-4495\
• For Alabama residents: 1-800-354-6154\
Callers will be connected with lawyers from local bar associations who
will answer legal questions and provide assistance for problems
resulting from the disaster. The ABA is also mobilizing lawyers and law
students to provide pro bono legal assistance to Katrina victims.
Interested lawyers can sign up at
[www.abanet.org/katrina](http://www.abanet.org/katrina)

**People Search**

[Family Linking:]{.underline} Visit the "Family Links Registry" via
[www.redcross.org](http://www.redcross.org/) or call 1-877-LOVED-1S to
register.

[WWL-TV in New Orleans]{.underline}: Offers forums where hurricane
survivors can post messages [to search for
someone](http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=16&sid=28245b14c7727df3df4bd2e188d4f473)
http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=16&sid=28245b14c7727df3df4bd2e188d4f473,
or [to let others know you are
OK](http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=15)
<http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=15>

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  ** KATRINA MISSING PERSONS SITES**

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| • [MSNBC.com\'s Reconnect database](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9159961/) |
|                                                                       |
| • [Craigslist: New Orleans Lost &                                     |
| Found](http://neworleans.craigslist.org/laf/)                         |
|                                                                       |
| • [Biloxi Sun Herald](http://www.sunherald.com/) \|                   |
| [Looking                                                              |
| ](http://forums.sunherald.com/n/mb/listsf.asp?webtag=kr-biloxkatrina) |
| \| [I\'m                                                              |
| safe                                                                  |
| ](http://forums.sunherald.com/n/mb/listsf.asp?webtag=kr-biloxkatrina) |
|                                                                       |
| • [Nola.com\'s forums](http://www.nola.com/forums/searching/)         |
|                                                                       |
| • [WWL-TV\'s forums](http://www.wwltv.com/forums/)                    |
|                                                                       |
| • [WDSU-TV\'s message                                                 |
| board](http://www.wdsu.com/news/4919183/detail.html)                  |
|                                                                       |
| • [Hurricane Katrina                                                  |
| Survivors](http://www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com/main/)            |
|                                                                       |
| • [N.O. Pundit bulletin boards](http://www.nopundit.com/bb/)          |
|                                                                       |
| • [Now Public\'s missing persons                                      |
| board](http://www.nowpublic.com/node/17228)                           |
|                                                                       |
| • [Salvation Army information request                                 |
| form](http://qso.com/satern/emailfrm.htm)                             |
|                                                                       |
| • [Slidell Hurricane Damage Blog](http://slidell.weblogswork.com/)    |
|                                                                       |
| • [U.S. Next of Kin                                                   |
| Registry](https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/jhtml/index.jhtml)          |
|                                                                       |
| • [Hurricane Katrina message                                          |
| boards](http://boards.news.yahoo.com/boards/)                         |
|                                                                       |
| • [Katrina Family and Friends](http://katrinafamiliesandfriends.com/) |
|                                                                       |
| • [The Sun Herald \"Reach loved                                       |
| ones\"](http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/)                      |
|                                                                       |
| • [Hurricane Katrina Survivor                                         |
| Locator](http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewforum                   |
| .php?f=2&sid=4dbefe05bbafc481fbc3f63e52505269&mforum=katrinasurvivor) |
|                                                                       |
| • [The Weather Channel message                                        |
| boards](http:/                                                        |
| /messageboards.weather.com/3/OpenTopic?a=frm&s=253291764&f=457105398) |
|                                                                       |
| • [Pearl River County Katrina                                         |
| survivors](http://picayunekatrina.blogspot.com/)                      |
|                                                                       |
| • [Katrina                                                            |
| Survivors                                                             |
| ](http://www.katrinasurvivor.net/find.cfm?PageNum_GetAll=1&sort=name) |
|                                                                       |
| • [GCN Survivor-Connector                                             |
| DataBase](http://216.25.101.57/katrina/status.aspx)                   |
| ([                                                                    |
| alt1](http://kenburtonne.web116.discountasp.net/Katrina/Status.aspx)) |
| ([alt2](http://www.bergedalen.com/katrina/survived.aspx))             |
|                                                                       |
| • [Hurricane Katrina                                                  |
| Connection](http://survivedkatrina.proboards54.com/index.cgi)         |
|                                                                       |
| • [Pensacola News Journal                                             |
| for                                                                   |
| ums](http://community.pensacolanewsjournal.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi) |
|                                                                       |
| • [Katrina Lost](http://katrinaslost.com/connect)                     |
|                                                                       |
| • [Katrina Finder](http://www.katrinafinder.us/)                      |
|                                                                       |
| • [Houston                                                            |
| C                                                                     |
| hronicle](http://forums.chron.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=hc-katrina) |
|                                                                       |
| • [Katrina Messages](http://www.katrina-messages.org/)                |
|                                                                       |
| • [Homeport](http://homeport.uscg.mil/) (U.S. Homeland Security)      |
|                                                                       |
| • [WLOX (Biloxi) Hurricane                                            |
| Katrina](http://chat.wlox.com/eshare/server?action=190&PAGE=          |
| 5&AEXPAND=&BEXPAND=&EXPANDFULLY=0&EXPANDBRANCH=0&ASORT=65536&BSORT=2) |
|                                                                       |
| • [Full Circle](http://www.fullcircle.net/)                           |
|                                                                       |
| • [Call Home - Text America](http://callhome.textamerica.com/)        |
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**Pets**

[LSU School of Veterinary Medicine]{.underline}: Residents who left pets
in their homes may call, toll-free, (888) 773-6489, or (225) 578-9900 to
leave information about the number of animals, species, and their
confined location.

[Rutherford Veterinary Hospital]{.underline}: Boarding at no charge for
the pets that are affected by the hurricane, inlcuding needed
medications for these pets after a no-charge exam.

**Recreation**

[ASI Gymnastics]{.underline}: Parents of refugee kids can bring their
children to a fun, cool, safe place to play. ASI locations will be
welcoming refugee kids at the following times:\
Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Friday, Sept. 9 from noon to 3 p.m.\
Friday, September 9 from 7 to 9 p.m.\
Contact the ASI location nearest you: Mesquite (972-288-5510); Lake
Highlands (972-671-5510); Plano West (972-960-1108); Arlington
(817-417-9998).

[Mesquite Championship Rodeo:](http://www.mesquiterodeo.com/) Free
reserved grandstand admission for the balance of its season to residents
of the states affected by the storm. Refugees must present a valid
driver's license. For more information call 972-285-8777.

[YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas:](http://www.ywcadallas.org/) Child-care
scholarships are available for 90 days. The only requirement for
admission is that children be age 12 or younger. The YWCA has five
locations throughout the area. For more information, call 214-584-2315.

**Social Services**

[Community Council of Greater Dallas]{.underline}: For social services
assistance, call 211.

[Jewish Family Service](http://www.jfsdallas.org/), as a part of the
North Texas Food Bank Emergency Preparedness Network, is seeking storm
victims who have relocated to Dallas. Assistance includes: counseling; a
support group (Tuesday nights, 7 p.m. at our office), employment help
and assistance with rent and the initial cost of setting up an
apartment. Please send names and contact information to
<info@JFSdallas.org>.\
Also being accepted are donations of food and other essentials,
including non-perishable items, bottled water, personal hygiene items,
new clothes and new shoes for children and adults, and new pillows and
blankets. Donations will be accepted at 5402 Arapaho Road, one block
east of the Dallas North Tollway, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from
8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and over
the holiday weekend, Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. and Monday, 9 a.m. to noon.
For more information, contact Janus Dworkis at 972-437-9950.

[Red Cross Dallas:](http://www.redcrossdallas.org/) Dallas Area Chapter,
4800 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235. Call 1-800-HELP NOW (435-7669)
or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).

[Salvation Army:](http://www.salvationarmydallas.org/) 5302 Harry Hines
Blvd. in Dallas. Call 1-800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769).

UPS: Employees struck by Hurricane Katrina can call toll-free with
questions about their work center, paychecks and other helpful
information. In Louisiana, call 1-866-260-7545; In Mississippi
1-866-876-0964.

[U.S. Government:]{.underline}
[www.firstgov.gov](http://www.firstgov.gov/)

**Substance Abuse**

[Dallas AA:]{.underline} Transportation to AA meetings will be provided
for hurricane refugees who are also recovering alcoholics. Please
contact the AA office at: 214-887-6699.

**Veteran Services**

[VA Hotline]{.underline}: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has
set up a toll-free number for veterans who normally receive health care
at VA facilities in New Orleans, Gulfport, Miss., and Biloxi, Miss. The
number is 1-800-507-4571. It will be staffed continuously for the
duration of the emergency.

**Useful Telephone Numbers**

+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| NAME OF FACILITY   | PHONE NUMBER  | ADDRESS                        |
+====================+===============+================================+
| 1.) American Red   | 972-562-0601  | 1450 Redbud Blvd.              |
| Cross              |               |                                |
|                    |               | McKinney, TX. 75069            |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 2.) Salvation Army | 972-542-6694  | 600 Wilson Creek Blvd.         |
|                    |               |                                |
|                    |               | McKinney, TX.                  |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 3.) Salvation Army | 972-423-8254  | 1312 E. 14th St.               |
|                    |               |                                |
|                    |               | Plano, TX. 75074               |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 4.) Medicaid       | 972-562-5832  | 901 N. McDonald St. Ste 800    |
|                    |               |                                |
|                    |               | McKinney, TX. 75069            |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 5.) Samaritan Inn  | 972-542-5302  | 1710 N. McDonald St. McKinney, |
|                    |               | TX. 75069                      |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 6.) C-Cart         | 972-562-4275  | Tennessee St. McKinney, TX.    |
|                    |               | 75069                          |
| Transportation     |               |                                |
| Service            |               |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 7.) WIC - Women,   | 972-633-3350  | 900 E. Park Blvd. #110         |
| Infant, and        |               |                                |
| Children           | 972-548-5543  | 825 N. McDonald St. #120       |
|                    |               |                                |
| (Plano, McKinney,  | 972-429-0276  | 801 S. Hwy 78 Wylie            |
| & Wylie)           |               |                                |
|                    |               | 8760 Third St. Frisco          |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 8.) Plano Food     | 972-424-4574  | 2200 E. 18th St.               |
| Pantry             |               |                                |
|                    |               | Plano TX. 75074                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 9.) Collin County  | 972-548-5532  | 825 N. McDonald St.            |
| Health Care        | or            |                                |
|                    |               | McKinney, TX. 75069            |
|                    | 972-424-1460  |                                |
|                    | Ext 5500      |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 10.) National      | 903-583-6111  | Bonham TX.                     |
| Guard Armory of    |               |                                |
| Bonham             |               |                                |
|                    |               |                                |
| Bonham City Hall   |               |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 11.) Reunion Arena | 214-826-6767  | Dallas TX.                     |
|                    |               |                                |
| Clothing, Shelter  |               |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 12.) Housing       | 214-828-4244  | 4210 Junius St.                |
| Crisis Center      |               |                                |
|                    | 214-824-0707  | Dallas, TX. 75204              |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 13.) Plano Clothes | 972-424-7844  | 1500 Jupiter                   |
| Closet             |               |                                |
|                    |               | Plano, TX. 75074               |
| (First             |               |                                |
| Presbyterian       |               |                                |
| Church Clothing    |               |                                |
| Supply)            |               |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 14.) Plano         | 972-578-0399  | 2540 Avenue K #200             |
| Community Charity  |               |                                |
|                    |               | Plano, TX. 75074               |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 15.) Family        | 214-741-6515  | 711 S. St. Paul                |
| Gateway            |               |                                |
|                    |               | Dallas, TX. 75201              |
| Clothing, food,    |               |                                |
| housing, job       |               |                                |
| search assistance. |               |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 16.) City of       | 214-670-42-75 |                                |
| Dallas Emergency   |               |                                |
| Management Center  |               |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+
| 17.) American Red  | 1             |                                |
| Cross -- Family    | -877-568-3317 |                                |
| Wellbeing          |               |                                |
+--------------------+---------------+--------------------------------+