| Head Start
Administration on Children, Youth and Families: Memo to Head Start and Early Head Start Grantees 9/2/05)
All Head Start grantees are asked to open their doors to those displaced families who have sought refuge in their community and to seek new ways to support children, parents and others affected by this disaster. Medicaid and Medicare
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: CMS Actions to Help Beneficiairies, Providers in Katrina Stricken Areas (9/2/05)
Waives various Medicaid and Medicare rules primarily regarding provider payment. Especially important is the direction that hospitals should waive documentation and presume eligibility. Nutrition Programs
US Department of Agriculture: Memo on the Emergency Feeding of School Children in Areas Devastated by Hurricane Katrina (8/31/05) US Department of Agriculture: Expanded Disaster Evacuee Policy (9/6/05) US Department of Agriculture: Memo on Emergency Feeding in the Child and Adult Care Feeding Program in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina (9/2/05) Job Training Services
U.S. Department of Labor: Information About One-Stop Career Centers in States Affected by Katrina Social Security
SSA: Social Security Information for People Affected by Hurricane Katrina Supplmental Security Income (SSI) SSA: Emergency Instruction Explaining How the SSI Income and Resource Rules Apply in Disasters (9/2/05)
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
National Employment Law Project: Disaster Unemployment Assistance: How Families Can Access the Program After Hurricane Katrina
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) is a federal program that provides temporary financial assistance to individuals unemployed as result of a major disaster declared by the President. Education
National Education Association: Potential Federal Legislative and Administrative Action to Help Children, Educators, and Schools
Steps Congress and the Administration can take to help families left homeless by the hurricane, help school districts and communities that are taking in displaced families and students, and help rebuild schools and communities in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Concludes with NCLB provisions concerning natural disasters. Mauk and O'Connor, LLP: Education Rights of Homeless Children
This memo briefly summarizes basic education rights of all "homeless" children, and also reviews rights of children with disabilities. Websites at the bottom of the memo offer more detailed information.
| 
