Letter from Deputy Administrator Herb B. Kuhn to Mr. Alan Levine (Louisiana) announcing the availability of an additional $19.1 million in grant funds to be divided between two of the States impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Enclosure A
DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT HURRICANE KATRINA HEALTHCARE RELATED PROVIDER STABILIZATION GRANT
LIST OF KATRINA IMPACTED COUNTIES/PARISHES DESIGNATED BY FEMA TO RECEIVE BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 1
Louisiana
FEMA Eligibility for Individual and Public Assistance: St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Tammany, Livingston, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberville, St. Martin, Iberia, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Assumption, Ascension, St. John the Baptist, St. James, St. Charles, Lafourche, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Orleans, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Lafayette, Vermilion, Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana. (31 parishes)
Mississippi
FEMA Eligibility for Individual and Public Assistance: Humphreys, Holmes, Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Winston, Noxubee, Yazoo, Madison, Leake, Neshoba, Kemper, Warren, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Lauderdale, Claiborne, Copiah, Simpson, Smith, Jasper, Clarke, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Lincoln, Lawrence, Jefferson Davis, Covington, Jones, Wayne, Wilkinson, Amite, Pike, Walthall, Marion, Lamar, Forrest, Perry, Greene, Pearl River, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson. (49 counties)
1 FEMA eligibility criteria for Individual and Public Assistance
The Katrina affected parishes and counties above were determined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to meet the eligibility criteria for Individual Assistance (assistance to individuals and households) and Public Assistance (assistance to State and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities). These actions were made, as authorized by Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.
