June 12, 2012
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The Technical Assistance Collaborative provided capacity building, technical assistance, and policy support to social service organizations serving people with disabilities in need of permanent supportive housing following 2005's Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.
January 25, 2012
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One casualty of Hurricane Katrina was the hospital known as "Big Charity" - which had provided care to thousands of uninsured New Orleans' residents. LSU Health Care Services Division is using "evidence-based design" to plan a new top-tier hospital.
January 11, 2012
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The Louisiana Public Health Institute supported a learning collaborative, comprised of 81 clinics, aimed at integrating behavioral and primary health care in metro New Orleans, after the city's health care system was decimated by Hurricane Katrina.
November 4, 2011
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The Louisiana Public Health Institute set up and maintained an electronic health information management system in 10 school-based health centers in Greater New Orleans.
April 15, 2011
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From 2007 to 2010, the Rapid Evaluation and Action for Community Health in New Orleans, Louisiana (REACH NOLA) tackled the city's mental health crisis through its Health and Resilience Project.
September 16, 2010
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LSUHSC provided an array of behavioral and mental health services for children, first responders and their families in three New Orleans parishes hard hit by Hurricane Katrina.
April 26, 2010
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Some 304 school health nurses and 199 other school health personnel, social workers and community partners received training using the "Trauma to Triumph" curriculum developed by Louisiana State University School of Nursing.
July 30, 2009
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In 2006, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation created and implemented InCourage, a pilot program to provide mental health services to adults in Baton Rouge La., in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Five foundations provided support.
December 17, 2008
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Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal seeks to reduce social isolation in distressed areas of Shreveport, La., and adjacent Bossier City and to disseminate its model of renewal to other cities.
December 17, 2008
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The position of community coordinator is a demanding one that can take an emotional toll, says Michael B. Leonard, D.D.S., associate coordinator of Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal.