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Federal Gulf Coast Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Release Date: 09/28/05 00:00:00

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
September 28, 2005

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with other federal agencies, continues to respond to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Federal support to state and local officials, volunteer organizations and families who have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina continues around the clock in an effort to provide recovery support to those affected by this unprecedented natural disaster. Federal assistance to households will help them get on the road to recovery.

Federal Benefits:

  • Katrina total expedited financial assistance awarded to date: 2.4 billion
    – Katrina Households Funded: 688,000
  • Rita total expedited financial assistance amount awarded to date: $78 million
    – Rita Households Funded: 37,000
  • Total Transitional Housing Assistance awarded to date: $748 million
    – Approved Applications: 317,000

Katrina Expedited Financial Assistance Awarded (Figures represented below are cumulative totals to date.)
View Chart (PDF, 1 page - 19 KB)

Relief Assistance Distributed for Louisiana by Date:

  • September 9, 2005: $41,605,006
  • September 10, 2005: $246,376,573
  • September 11, 2005: $536,277,681
  • September 12, 2005: $584,803,919
  • September 13, 2005: $623,402,131
  • September 14, 2005: $757,128,525
  • September 15, 2005: $816,396,016
  • September 16, 2005: $972,157,786
  • September 17, 2005: $1,009,573,884
  • September 18, 2005: $1,039,058,498
  • September 19, 2005: $1,056,840,544
  • September 20, 2005: $1,060,279,862
  • September 21, 2005: $1,107,513,663
  • September 22, 2005: $1,125,600,979
  • September 23, 2005: $1,144,947,775
  • September 24, 2005: $1,504,680,144
  • September 25, 2005: $1,792,200,728
  • September 26, 2005: $1,877,528,144
  • September 27, 2005: $1,919,192,051

Relief Assistance Distributed for Mississippi by Date:

  • September 9, 2005: $5,623,739
  • September 10, 2005: $53,592,971
  • September 11, 2005: $104,803,450
  • September 12, 2005: $126,312,099
  • September 13, 2005: $144,220,104
  • September 14, 2005: $171,447,281
  • September 15, 2005: $190,729,026
  • September 16, 2005: $232,852,702
  • September 17, 2005: $250,190,701
  • September 18, 2005: $263,574,441
  • September 19, 2005: $272,439,655
  • September 20, 2005: $293,221,318
  • September 21, 2005: $309,066,597
  • September 22, 2005: $324,406,935
  • September 23, 2005: $336,344,026
  • September 24, 2005: $357,277,988
  • September 25, 2005: $393,083,268
  • September 26, 2005: $400,587,974
  • September 27, 2005: $409,631,720

Relief Assistance Distributed for Alabama by Date:

  • September 9, 2005: $6,550,828
  • September 10, 2005: $8,355,797
  • September 11, 2005: $28,338,870
  • September 12, 2005: $31,016,919
  • September 13, 2005: $33,236,143
  • September 14, 2005: $37,250,074
  • September 15, 2005: $40,720,417
  • September 16, 2005: $49,183,724
  • September 17, 2005: $53,011,663
  • September 18, 2005: $58,238,480
  • September 19, 2005: $60,390,417
  • September 20, 2005: $60,910,165
  • September 21, 2005: $65,280,593
  • September 22, 2005: $66,737,384
  • September 23, 2005: $69,042,500
  • September 24, 2005: $73,825,078
  • September 25, 2005: $78,704,587
  • September 26, 2005: $80,233,085
  • September 27, 2005: $80,981,072

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