Accessible Trailers For People With Disabilities Available From FEMA

Purvis, MS, 12-16-05 -- Vicki Killingsworth, the incoming president of LIFE(Living Independence for Everyone), a Mississippi disability-rights group, discusses her observations with a FEMA employee. FEMA and various representatives for disabled groups were looking at trailers and mobile homes FEMA is providing as temporary shelter for Hurricane Katrina victims with special needs. Patsy Lynch/FEMAAs part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit, Brou v. FEMA, approved by the Federal District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana on September 26, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reaching out to notify Hurricane Katrina and Rita evacuees with disabilities, or those living with someone who has a disability, that accessible trailers are available for temporary housing.   Katrina and Rita evacuees with disabilities who do not have accessible temporary housing should contact FEMA and make their needs known, even if they have previously been in touch with FEMA about their housing needs.

Individuals with disabilities, or those living with someone with a disability, who need an accessible trailer, should call 1-866-496-4297 (Louisiana evacuees) and 1-888-294-2820 (Mississippi evacuees), from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, (TTY number for both Louisiana and Mississippi is 1-800-462-7585).   Those calling the toll-free number should be prepared to discuss the kind of disability and the kinds of accessibility features that are needed.  (Read More)

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Last Modified: Wednesday, 15-Nov-2006 13:54:22 EST