To find missing loved ones:
Call 1-866-GET-INFO (438-4636) or 1-877-LOVED1S (568-3317)

• Aircraft- call (225) 342-2462
• American Red Cross Hotline 1-800-256-4733
• Attorney General's Consumer Fraud Line 1-800-488-2770
• Baton Rouge Regional Triage (225) 219-0830
• Boats- call DHH at 225-763-5738, or contact Wildlife and Fisheries at 225-765-2706 or 1-800-256-2749
• Coast Guard Search and Rescue 1-800-323-7233
• COPE LINE -Southeast Louisiana and metro New Orleans (24/7) 1-800-749-2673
• Dialysis for Evacuees (225) 387-1333
• Displaced State Employees (225) 342-9345 or (225) 342-9340
• FEMA Website 1-800-621-3362
• Food Stamp Hotline 1-800-256-1548
• For Medicaid benefits work in other states:
  
  • Provider Relations 1-800 473-2783 (in state and out-of-state)
    (225) 924-5040 (in state only)
  • Pharmacy 1-800-437-9101 (in state)
    (225) 342-1590 (out-of-state)
  • General Medicaid questions 1-888-342-6207
• General Volunteers- call 211 for anyone wanting to volunteer
  
  • Hearing Impaired 1-800-462-7285
• Hotel Information 1-800-994-8626
• Louisiana State Hotline for Human & Social Services - 1-888-LAHELPU (524-3578)
• Medical Volunteers- For medical professionals - 225-763-5763 or 225-763-5762
• Metro Airport Flight Info (225) 355-0333
• New Orleans Flight Info (504) 464-0831
• To offer medical assistance (an out-of-state doc, nurse, etc.) call (225) 763-5751.
• WIC Hotline 1-800-251-BABY (2229)
• If you are a Medicaid client who evacuated out of state and want to know if you can be seen by a physician, the basic answer is yes, but the doctor needs to be willing to take Louisiana Medicaid as payment. Please call 1-888-342-6207 for more questions.

Critical Resource Phone Numbers and Web sites

1-800-TheLost www.missingkids.com
Adventist Community Services:1 (800) 381-7171
American Cancer Society 1-800-ACS-2345, www.cancer.org
American Red Cross: Call 1-877-LOVED1S if you are looking for loved ones.
Ascension Parish OEP 225-621-8360
Coast Guard Search and Rescue 1-800-323-7233
Dept of Social Services for emergency food stamps 922-3000, 219-1500, 342-9111, 342-0495
Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries (Boats) 1-800-442-2511 or 225-925-7500
Dept. of Health and Hospitals Triage Line 1-800-349-1373
Displaced College Students www.regents.state.la.us
Displaced Public School Students: www.louisianaschools.net
Displaced State Employees: 225- 342-9345 or 225- 342-9340
Donations: 1-800-HELP-NOW
EBR info: 225-389-2100
EBR Office of Emergency Preparedness: 225-389-2100
Emergency Animal: 225-578-6111
Emergency Response and Recovery: 225-922-0325; 0332; 0333; 0334; 0335; 0340; 0341
FEMA: 1-800-621-3362 Food and Shelter vouchers www.fema.gov
Governor's Hotline for Hurricane Katrina Info: 1-866-310-7617
LA Banker Association 225-387-3282www.lba.org
LA Dept. of Homeland Security "National Next of Kin Registry" to find loved ones: www.nokr.org
Lafourche Parish OEP 985-537-7603
Livingston Parish OEP 225-686-3066
LSU Health Care Workers Volunteers 225-219-0823
Metro Flight Info 225-355-0333
Missing Persons ( Mississippi only) 601-987-1430
Missing Persons ( New Orleans ) 225-925-6626, 7708, 7709, 3511, or 7412
Missing Persons www.nola.com or www.katrinacheckin.com
Mississippi Road Closures - 601-359-7017; Alabama - 888-588-2848
N.O. Babies and Patients (Evacuees) 225-924-8380 Woman's Hospital
N.O. Airport info 504-464-0831
OHSEP website: ohsep.louisiana.gov
Orleans Parish OEP 504-415-1158
People needing Dialysis 225-387-1333
Pet Shelters LSU 1-800-928-5862
Pets Shelter @ LSU Parker Col. Hotline 578-6111
Prescriptions BR Mental Health Center 225-925-1906
Price Gouging 1-800-488-2770
Red Cross 1-866-GET-INFO (438-4636)
Red Cross 1-800-GET-HELP (438-4357)
Red Cross Donations 1-800-435-7669
Road Conditions - lsp.org or 1-800-994-8626
Salvation Army: (225) 355-4483 or visit the Baton Rouge office, 7361 Airline Highway.
Search and Rescue 1-800 or 225-922-0325, 0012, 0286
Special Needs Shelter LSU Fieldhouse 225-578-6728
St. Bernard Parish OEP 504-278-4267
St. Charles Parish OEP 985-783-5050
St. John Parish OEP 985-652-2222
St. Vincent De Paul: (225) 383-7837; 1623 Convention Street (70802)
State OEP - 925-7500
Tangipahoa Parish OEP 985-748-3211
Terrebonne Parish OEP 985-873-6357
To Register Kids for school: 1-877-453-2721 or 225-226-3762
To Report Road Closures: 1-800-469-4828
Touro Infirmary patients were air lifted and transported by ground to the following locations. Info for families of patients:

• Terrebonne General: 985-873-4101(4025)
• Womens and Childrens, Lafayette - Babies 337-232-0991 or 989-6658
• St. Francis Cabrini, Alexandra - 318-445-4353
• Rapids General Hospital: 318-473-3000
• Huey P Long Hospital: 318-473-6253

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