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##### Office of Legislative Affairs

202-646-4500

HOTLINES AND WEBSITES FOR MISSING PERSONS,

VOLUNTEERS, AND DONATIONS

[HurrICANE KATRINA]{.underline}

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**We have compiled the following list of websites and phone numbers from
the Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi state websites.**

Please bear with the emergency personnel and rescue teams and realize
that it may be difficult to get through because of downed communication
lines, and the overwhelming life-saving measures that are taking place.
If you are aware of additional phone numbers or website that may be
useful, please let us know. We will update this list as more information
becomes available.

####### **[Louisiana]{.underline} (see <http://www.louisiana.gov/wps/portal/>)**

To report missing persons, please call the American Red Cross at 1(866)
438-4636.

Louisiana Governor Blanco\'s hotline:  800-469-4828

Louisiana Evacuation Office:  225-925-7514

Louisiana State Police:  225-925-7708 or 7709

Shelter Information:\
Red Cross- 1(866)(438-4636)

Special Needs Shelter Information\
Triage Phone Numbers:\
Alexandria: 800-841-5778\
Baton Rouge: 800-349-1372\
Slidell/Hammond: 866-280-7724\
Lafayette: 800-901-3210\
Lake Charles: 866-280-2711\
Monroe: 866-280-7287\
Houma/Thibodaux: 800-228-9409

Here is a list of phone numbers set up solely for cash donations and/or
volunteers.\
To donate cash, please call:\
American Red Cross 1-800-435-7669 English\
1-800-257-7575 Spanish\
Operation Blessing 1-800-436-6348\
America's Second Harvest 1-800-344-8070

Donate Cash to and Volunteer with:\
Adventist Community Services 1-800-381-7171\
Catholic Charities, USA 703 549-1390\
Christian Disaster Response 941-956-5183 or 941-551-9554\
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee 1-800-848-5818\
Church World Service 1-800-297-1516\
Convoy of Hope 417-823-8998\
Lutheran Disaster Response 1-800-638-3522\
Mennonite Disaster Service 717-859-2210\
Nazarene Disaster Response 888-256-5886\
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance 1-800-872-3283\
Salvation Army 1-800-725-2769\
Southern Baptist Convention \-- Disaster Relief 1-800-462-8657, ext.
6440\
United Methodist Committee on Relief 1-800-554-8583\
For further information: please visit the website for the National
Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) at:\
[**http://www.nvoad.org/**](http://www.nvoad.org/)

#### [Mississippi]{.underline} (see [www.mema.ms.gov](http://www.mema.ms.gov/) )

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# Red Cross 1-866-Get Info (Missing Persons)

To report missing persons, please email <missingpersons@seoc.ms.gov>

#  Use this form: www.mema.ms.gov/missing.person.form.gov

# Red Cross 1-800-Help Now (Donations)

# MDOT traffic hotline: 601-352-7017

# Volunteers

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# Medical personnel:

# Doctors call: 601-987-3079; 

# EMTs call: 601-576-8085; 

# Nurses call: 601-497-8022

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# Non-professional volunteers: contact Red Cross, Salvation Army other established volunteer organizations.

######## **[Alabama]{.underline} [(]{.underline}<http://www.governor.state.al.us/hurricane_katrina/katrina2.htm>[)]{.underline}**

Alabamians who want to volunteer for disaster relief efforts can sign up
over the Internet through the Governor's Office of Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives. The website where Alabamians can sign up to
volunteer is [www.servealabama.gov/](http://www.servealabama.gov/)

**American Red Cross**\
1-866-GET-INFO\
For assistance, to volunteer or to assist click here:\
<http://www.redcross.org/>\
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**Alabama Emergency Management Agency**\
205-280-2200\
Click below for your county EMA contact information:\
[http://207.157.116.10](http://207.157.116.10/)\
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**Alabama Department of Transportation**\
Emergency Road Closure Information and Evacuation Updates:\
1-888-588-2848 or 1-334-353-6650\
<http://www.dot.state.al.us/docs>\
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**Attorney General**\
1-800-392-5658\
To report price gouging contact the Consumer Affairs Office:\
<http://www.ago.state.al.us/>\
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**Alabama Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation**\
1-800-367-0955\
Facilities and Health Care Information