FEMA: Week in Review 

Louisiana Recovery Office 

Serving Recovery Needs from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 

New Orleans, LA 

February 8, 2013 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Final Recovery Meetings 

As part of an initiative to identify all remaining projects with scope of work or costs 
concerns that are impeding the applicant’s ability to move forward with their 
recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, FEMA and the Governor’s Office of 
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness have launched an outreach 
effort across the state. Over the past two months, more than 30 applicants have 
attended Final Recovery Meetings with the two agencies and more are scheduled 
for the future. 

During the meetings, applicants have been introduced to a new joint version 
tracking system designed to track the age and status of each individual version 
and provide transparency throughout the project worksheet process. The tracking 
tool will exist in the state’s Louisiana Public Assistance website, to which 
GOHSEP will provide access and any required training for both the applicant and 
FEMA. 


City of New Orleans Breaks Ground on Juvenile Justice Center 

The city of New Orleans broke ground 
on a new Juvenile Justice Center 
Tuesday, Feb. 5. The new justice 
complex will provide a safe and secure 
juvenile detention facility as well as a 
state-of-the-art building for those who 
work in the juvenile court system. 
 
For this recovery project, FEMA is funding $26 million in federal funding, which 
covers Hurricane Katrina-related 
damages identified through our recovery 
partnership with the city and the state. 
The funds will be used to construct a new 
Juvenile Justice Center facility to include 
a Youth Study Center and Juvenile 

FEMA Resilience Tip 

Stock a weather radio in your office for staff to receive updates on 
weather warnings, watches and alerts. www.nws.noaa.gov/om/
disemsys.shtml
 

Calendar 

Feb. 12: Mardi Gras 

Feb. 18: Presidents’ Day 

Feb. 20-22: 2013 Police Jury 
Association of Louisiana 
Annual Convention, Lake 
Charles 

March 3-9: National Severe 
Weather Preparedness Week 

Mar. 12 –15: Public Health 
Preparedness Summit, 
Atlanta, Ga. 

 
IMAT Pilot Program 

FEMA has launched a pilot 
program to expand the 
agency’s National and 
Regional Incident 
Management Assistance 
Teams. IMATs are a critical 
component of the FEMA 
disaster workforce, capable 
of being on the scene within 
hours of a disaster in support 
of local, tribal, territorial and 
state partners. The Pilot 
Program will create three 
new IMATs – two Type I 
National Teams in 
Sacramento, Calif., and 
Washington, D.C. and one 
new Type II Regional Team 
in Oakland, Calif — and 
includes an application 
process for 70 new positions. 
For more information, visit 
www.usajobs.gov. 


LRO Contacts 

 
News Desk: (504) 762-2477 

Outreach Lead Amy Connolly: (225) 762-2048 / Amy.Connolly@fema.dhs.gov