Immediate and short-term recovery since Rita hit:

• The Salvation Army served more than 9,000 families
• Volunteers of America/Louisiana Spirit Program assisted more than 4,800 individuals with mental health assistance
• F.H.Dunn Resurrection Center averaged assistance to more than 1,000 recipients per month
• United Way’s Hurricane Relief Fund has awarded more than $700,000 in grants to area organizations
• Coordinated the receipt of distribution of donated items(Computers, living kits, building materials, furniture, appliances)
• Leveraged more than $1 million dollars in cash & in-kind resources