The Mental Health Association of Greater Dallas published a Katraina Mental Health Resiurce Line.
in case of crisis call:
for general information and referal dial 211
for Telecare Mobile Crisis dial 1 866 260 8000
for Suicide and
Crisis center dial 214 828 1000
for Counseling dial 972 23 2233
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION WEB PAGE - www.mhadallas.org
The Mental Health Association of Greater Dallas published a Katrina Mental Health Resiurce Line.
in case of crisis call:
for general information and referal dial 211
for Telecare Mobile Crisis dial 1 866 260 8000
for Suicide and
Crisis center dial 214 828 1000
for Counseling dial 972 23 2233
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION WEB PAGE - www.mhadallas.org
Houston Chronicle reports:
SPECIAL NEEDS
Numbers to call if you have special evacuation needs.
• Brazoria County: 979-388-1801
• City of Galveston: 409-797-3710.
• Fort Bend County: 281-342-6185.
• Harris County: 713-881-3100
Those who have no other options should dial the city at 311 to make transportation arrangements with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Outside the service area, residents can call 713-837-0311.
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man up hear poeple are stil dieing up hear dut it is ok but man i will naver live up hear agen in my life so that how i fell but also i been hear for 39 years and it was( nice unille now!!!!!!!)
man up hear poeple are stil dieing up hear dut it is ok but man i will naver live up hear agen in my life so that how i fell but also i been hear for 39 years and it was( nice unille now!!!!!!!)
From Dallas Morning News website at 10 pm, Thursday, Sept 22.
SHELTERS
The Texas State Guard and the Texas National Guard have set up 14 temporary shelters for hurricane evacuees. As of Thursday afternoon, about 6,800 people were already in the shelters, said a National Guard spokesman, Maj. Paul Pecena. The locations:
Texas State Guard
Bonham
Houston Astrodome
Houston Convention Center
Longview
Orange (two sites)
Nacogdoches (two sites)
Tyler (two sites)
San Antonio (Kelly Air Force Base)
Texas Air National Guard
McKinney
Texas Army National Guard
San Antonio (old Levi Strauss factory)
Wylie (Wylie National Guard Armory)
My uncle was sent to Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Tx. He was an evacuee from New Orleans. He has a mental health problem. Can you tell me where would they send evacuees in his mental state. His name is Al B. Johnson, his date of birth is 12/16/43. My name is Temea Johnson I can be reached at (504)236-3636. If you know where I can find him. Please email me back with the information. Thank You!
AUSTIN – Trying to avoid the frustration, anger and gridlock that plagued the evacuation of Houston and Galveston, state officials announced a plan today to stagger the return of almost 2.8 million to the area.
Under the plan, residents are asked to return over three days:
•Sunday – Texans who live west of Interstate 45 and north of I-10, in Tomball, the Woodlands, Waller, Hockley, Katy, Brookshire and surrounding communities.
•Monday – Those who live west of State Highway 35 and south of I-10, including residents of Richmond, Stafford, Rosenberg, Sugarland, Pearland and surrounding communities, plus all resident inside Loop 610.
•Tuesday – Residents who live east of I-45 and north of I-10 up to the Liberty and Chamber county lines.
Texas Facility Houses Disabled Evacuees
Texas Facility Serves As Home to Mentally Retarded People Evacuated From La. Before Katrina
By ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press
"For the past month, the 1,300-acre Lakeview Methodist Conference Center in the piney woods of East Texas has been home to nearly 70 mentally retarded adults and children who were evacuated from Louisiana before Hurricane Katrina
... ages 6 to 63
... The dozen group homes were evacuated [from Louisiana group homes] relatively easily two days before Katrina hit last month. The residents stayed in Houston-area hotels for a week, then rented what turned out to be rundown and roach-infested apartments. They spent one night in the crowded Astrodome.
Then the group found out about Lakeview Methodist Conference Center, about 150 miles north of Houston. Lakeview charges $27 per person per day for four dormitory buildings and an auditorium, as well as three hot meals a day.
King [a program director with Volunteers of America - operator of La group homes]said Volunteers of America hopes to pay the camp costs from reimbursements from the state of Louisiana, but the payments have been delayed and in any case will not be enough. The organization is trying to get money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
...
This past Saturday, 20 of the disabled left for two Louisiana group homes that were undamaged. Over the next two weekends, two more groups plan to return to homes in Slidell. Other residents will go to two New Orleans homes once city services are fully restored.
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 10/11/2005 (http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/12872239.htm)
Volunteers are needed to move Katrina evacuees into interim housing and to staff the Katrina Store, 7500 Baker Blvd. (Texas 183) in Richland Hills.
• To help, call the store at (817) 590-8154. The store needs volunteers from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
• Volunteers should not go directly to the shelters but should call the local Hurricane Katrina Phone Bank at (817) 392-7400. The phone line is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
• A fund has been established to assist Hurricane Katrina guests in Tarrant County. Checks made payable to the Tarrant County Relief Fund should be mailed to Tarrant County Administrator, 100 E. Weatherford St., Suite 404, Fort Worth, TX 76196. Donations also can be made online at www.tarrantcounty.com.
I work with Partners Resource Network an organization that covers that state of Texas that works with parents that have children with disabilities. We are here to serve any parents that need help with educational rights and services. All of our services are free of charge and if we are not able to help you specifically are able to refer to other agencies. Any questions please contact any of the offices below.
Our website
www.partnerstx.org
TEAM Project ( covering the Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and the Valley Area
1-877-832-8945
prnteam@sbcglobal.net
PATH Project ( serving East Texas, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin areas)
800-866-4726
partnersresource@sbcglobal.net
PEN Project ( serving West Texas)
877-762-1435
wtxpen@sbcglobal.net
Hello, if you have a child with autism and were affected by one of the gulf hurricanes, or know a family who was, please contact us. We can help! www.autismcares.org 1-800-960-1844
Holly Bortfeld
AutismCares Care Package Coordinator
800-960-1844
http://www.autismcares.org
AutismCares is a coalition of National Autism Organizations who have come together to help families dealing with autism who are victims of the Gulf Region Hurricanes.
Due to Katrina in New Orleans a 25yr old Autism young women was displaced along with her mother to Davenport, Ia.
The mother has since been diagnosised with terminal cancer and is in a hospital in Iowa in intensive care. We are looking for a group home for this autism young lady in the New Orleans or Baton Rouge, LA area.
There is no family that is willing to take the young woman and we are trying to place her before the mother pass away.
Any information you can give me on this subject matter would be greatly appreciated.
I will log in later. I am new to this site. I was just looking over info, trying to find a handicapped accessible house for me and my son, age 31, who is a c-5/c-6 quad when I found this site. We have been living in Plano,TX for about five (5) months. We left New Orleans on August 28th, the day before the storm. Jason, my son, had to leave his electric wheelchair and all of his medical equipment. We have been trying to replace his chair since September. Medicaid is giving us all kinds of run arounds. Jason is just trying to replace the chair he had to leave. It was fairly new--not quite two years old, yet. Medicare has picked up their part of the cost, but Medicaid has been one big headache. Do you all know what more we can do to expedite matters? He has had new evaluations and medical reports by doctors and therapists here in Texas, but he still gets the run around. We're only asking for replacement, not something better; just replacing what was lost in the storm. Medicaid is a pain in the neck. If anyone knows what we can do, please email me.
We are grateful that a couple of people came to our aid and loaned Jason an electric chair, otherwise we would be up the creek!