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January 24, 2022The Bayou Community Foundation (BCF) has invested over $3.7 million to fund relief and recovery efforts for residents of Lafourche Parish, Terrebonne Parish, and Grand Isle since Category 4 Hurricane Ida made landfall thanks to contributions from donors around the country.
In the past five months, the Foundation’s Bayou Recovery Fund for Hurricane Ida Relief has awarded 84 grants to local nonprofit organizations, providing $3,736,018 in funding for food and essential supplies, medical services, assistance for first responders, classroom equipment and supplies, temporary housing, building repairs, and home rebuilding. The Foundation continues to accept donations to and make grants from the Bayou Recovery Fund to address our community’s critical long-term recovery needs.
“Our local nonprofits are doing amazing work serving our people who are still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. We are grateful to our donors for their contributions that allow us to fund these critical nonprofit efforts with grants from the Bayou Recovery Fund,” said BCF President Henry Lafont.
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Click here to view a list of Hurricane Ida grants
FROM $3.7 MILLION GRANTED:– $1.4 million supports emergency relief services such as distribution of gasoline, hot meals, nonperishable food, water, and cleaning and hygiene supplies immediately following the storm;
– $1.4 million funds housing programs, including temporary housing assistance, campers, home repairs, and rebuilding;
– $700,000 provides financial assistance to individuals, families, and emergency responders; and supports community recovery projects; and
– $230,000 helps local nonprofit organizations make building repairs or replace lost equipment so they can resume operations and deliver critical programs to local residents.
“As we journey on this road to recovery, housing is our greatest need. With the generous support of our donors, BCF is committed to doing all we can to get our neediest residents back into homes so they can rebuild their lives and we can rebuild our community,” said Executive Director Jennifer Armand.
With an estimated 12,000 homes in the area severely damaged and thousands of families living in tents and cars following Hurricane Ida, the Foundation provided a $500,000 grant to support the distribution of campers to residents in need in southern Terrebonne and Lafourche, a project of the Terrebonne Economic Development Authority and local business organizations. To date, 36 families have a safe and secure temporary home as part of the program.
“The speed and flexibility of the funding we received from Bayou Community Foundation allowed us incredible opportunities to provide quick solutions for emergency housing in an equitable manner. Without their partnership, our recovery would look vastly different today,” said TEDFO Chief Executive Officer Matt Rookard.
BCF has also funded:
• $250,000 grant to Lafourche Parish nonprofit Bless Your Heart to provide campers to up to 25 families currently living in severely damaged homes, churches, and tents in South Lafourche.
• Over $275,000 for building supplies to help needy homeowners and volunteer groups repair homes in the hardest-hit communities, including a $25,000 grant to Hope Extreme to purchase supplies and tools for visiting volunteer groups repairing houses in a Latino community of East Houma.
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