Consortium Members
National Partners:
- The Salvation Army
- Catholic Charities USA
- Lutheran Disaster Response
- Volunteers of America
- Episcopal Relief and Development
- National Disability Rights Network
- The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
- Boat People SOS (BPSOS)
- Odyssey House
Grassroots Partners
These organizations expand the reach of the nine-member consortium through their service to special populations of Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
- Accepting Challenges to Improve Our Nation (ACTION), Houston, TX
- Asian Social Services Center, Philadelphia, PA
- Autauga County Family Support Center, Prattville, AL
- Hope Community Services Inc., Orange County, CA
- Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
- Mennonite Central Committee and El Comité de Récuperacion, Houston, TX
- Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League, Tulsa, OK
- National Spinal Cord Injury Association, (NSCIA) Bethesda, MD
- New Concept Staff Development Center, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
- Sabathani Community Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Services, St. Charles, MO
- Texas Interagency-Interfaith Disaster Response, Austin, TX
- United Way of Central Iowa, Des Moines, IA
- UNITY of Greater New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
- Workforce Essentials Inc., Clarksville, TN
- Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Seattle, WA
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