Katrina: Safe Return Home, From Recovery to Rebuilding

Through the generous support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Joint Center for Political Economic Studies Health Policy Institute, CommonHealth ACTION is collaborating with the Center for Empowered Decision Making, the City of New Orleans Health Department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and numerous community-based organizations to support the CEDM to:

  • assess the needs of residents

  • provide support to CEDM in facilitating the safe return home or securing a new home for community residents

  • establish sustainable mechanisms to ensure the voices of those most impacted inform redevelopment efforts so that the mistakes made during Katrina’s disaster response efforts are never repeated

  • engage youth voices in redevelopment goals convene interested organizations in helping better prepare the city for the return of children and families

  • prepare written reports and provide a briefing of findings associated with practice and policy implications

  • disseminate findings and recommendations for public consumption

 

Katrina: Government Actions and Community Consequences What Needs to Happen Now [Meeting Highlights] arrow

Links to Katrina Meeting Presentations Slides [03.07.06] http://www.commonhealthaction.org/images/arrow.jpg

A CommonHealth ACTION Report - Life After Katrina: Where Do We Go From Here?http://www.commonhealthaction.org/images/arrow.jpg

 

 

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