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IDTF. Building on Faith. The Gulf Coast. August 28, 2005. August 28, 2005. Thousands waited on Katrina in area shelters. Late afternoon August 29, 2005 Katrina has moved north. Leaving the greatest national disaster in American History.

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  1. IDTF Building on Faith

  2. The Gulf Coast August 28,2005

  3. August 28, 2005 Thousands waited on Katrina in area shelters

  4. Late afternoon August 29, 2005 Katrina has moved north Leaving the greatest national disaster in American History

  5. More than 70,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, including more than 60% of the rental units in the region

  6. But hope was on the way Homes and lives were left in ruins

  7. Soon afterwards, government agencies, faith groups, aid agencies, and volunteers began arriving by the thousands. The Interfaith Disaster Task Force re-constituted itself and began to help organize the recovery.

  8. With local non-profit and faith-based organizations and many other organizations arriving on the Coast after Katina, IDTF personnel worked untiringly to ensure that collaborations were formed and that these groups provided complementary services rather than duplicating or supplanting one another. Carol Buchanan Jones, PhD, NCC, LPC Director, Project Relief/Mississippi Counseling Association Director, Psychology and Counseling William Carey University, Coast

  9. IDTF’s first effort was to convene the Katrina Recovery Summit in January 2006 Over 300 representatives from aid groups, faith-based organizations, and government entities met to discuss coast-wide strategies: Katrina Recovery Summit for Case Management Funding, April, 2008 1) case management 2007 & 2008 Mental Health Summits 2) construction management Creation of the Primary/Mental Health Collaborative 3) volunteer management 4) mental/spiritual care 5) the development of materials warehouses.

  10. September 03 2005 life goes on

  11. Our partnership with the IDTF Warehouse has allowed our clients to get free or low cost building materials, furniture and appliances.  In return, if the Red Cross has resources, we can make them available to other community members through the Warehouse.  By working together, we make it easier for people to get back in their homes.” Joshua J. Joachim Community Recovery Supervisor Hurricane Recovery Program Ě American Red Cross Mississippi Gulf Coast Chapter

  12. The IDTF Warehouse at work When I first started working, I worked at Camp Biloxi.  Everything was chaotic.  Our storage facility was a tarp in the parking lot.  When we were able to store items at the Warehouse, it really expanded our capacity to help families recover.  John Biggs – Director at Camp Victor

  13. The challenges of recovery and rebuilding will continue for several years to come. Issues surrounding health care and mental health are just a few of these unmet needs. IDTF will be there bringing recovery organizations together until recovery is complete.

  14. “.  I believe that the work and networking of MSIDTF, through Roberta’s leadership is one of the most important reasons that the Mississippi Gulf Coast is doing as well as it is today…” Rabbi Myrna Matsa, D. Min. Rabbinic Pastoral Counselor     Hurricane Katrina Relief New York Board of Rabbis in Partnership with      United Jewish Communities

  15. “The hundreds of organizations that have been and that are today associated with the IDTF and the thousands of people who have been helped by these organizations attest to the community-sustaining value of IDTF's vision and leadership. We are now three years beyond Katrina, and able to see that recovery is still many years away. Thus, the IDTF is as important today as ever”. Melinda Harthcockformer coordinator of the Disaster Family Services Center of the MS Department of Health, District IX; the past executive director of the Steps Coalition and acting IDTF Board Member

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