Reports

The LRA produced the following resources for the second anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita:

• September 2007: Updates to the Rita Report
• Louisiana Recovery and Impact Data Indicators for Hurricane Katrina
• Louisiana’s Recovery Update
• Briefing: "Addressing the Challenges of Rebuilding and Recovery" by the Louisiana Recovery Authority
• Press Release: LRA Reports $6.7 Billion Invested in State's Reconstruction So Far and Progress in Every Recovery Sector
• LRA Progress Report
  

• LRA Report: Recovery Funding Inequities, September 2007


• U.S. GAO Report to Congressional Committees: Allocation and Use of $2 Billion for Medicaid and Other Health Care Needs, February 2007



• Gulf Coast Housing Damage Estimates Report: Current Housing Unit Damage Estimates- Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma- Data from FEMA Individual Assistance Registrants and Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Applications. Analysis by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research, February 2006


• U.S. GAO Report to Congressional Committees: Preliminary Information on Rebuilding Efforts in the Gulf Coast, June 2007



• Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, and Related Authorities, June 2007


• Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 205- H.R. 4440 Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate, December 2005



• Southern Education Foundation Report: Education after Katrina- Time for a New Federal Response, August 2007


• Preliminary Assessment of the Impacts of Hurricane Katrina on Gulf of Mexico Coastal Fishing Communities, March 2007 [Large file, 19 MB as PDF]

• CPRA's Coastal Protection Master Plan (preliminary draft)



• October 23, 3006 presentation to the Joint Steering & Executive Committees on
  Disaster Planning, Crisis Management, Recovery & Revitalization of the Louisiana Legislature
• Click here to download a PDF of the LRA's presentation
• Click here to watch footage of the hearing (RealPlayer format)



• Louisiana Workforce Training Efforts to Rebuild Hurricane Disaster Areas: Forecast of Critical Occupations Requiring Two Years or Less Training in Six Industry Sectors for the Recovery Period 2006 to 2009 (August 2006)

• The Rita Report (released in September 2006)



• PricewaterhouseCoopers Report on Health Care (presented to Public Health and Health Care Task Force on 4.27.06)

• Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Planning White Paper

• RAND Report: The Repopulation of New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina

• Louisiana's Case for Additional $4.2 Billion in CDBG Funds

• LRA Quarterly Reports:
• February 2006
• June 2006
• August 2006
• February 2007

• State and Parish Report: Louisiana Recovery Planning Day

• Starting Point: Report from the Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference

• A Strategy for Rebuilding New Orleans: Report from the Urban Land Institute

• UI and DUA Performance Plus: Report from the LA Department of Labor

• New Orleans Index: Tracking Variables of Post-Katrina Reconstruction

• Go Zone Map