Boat People SOS is a partner of the Katrina Aid Today Consortium
and provides case management/financial assistance to Hurricane
Katrina survivors. See the locations listed below for contacts
in all the participating regions.
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Boat People SOS is a national Vietnamese community organization
formed in the late 1970s to give the Vietnamese community in
America important help navigating bureaucracy and myriad social
services available to them.
Boat People will always focus its efforts on the Vietnamese
community, but it will not and cannot close its doors to
anyone.
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BPSOS offers the following services at our disaster relief centers:
* Benefits Assistance: Assist evacuees with claims with FEMA, unemployment, social security, food stamps and SBA loans
* Housing Assistance and referrals: Assist evacuees with
housing vouchers, translations of forms and interpretation, and
assist evacuees with navigating FEMA policies
* Legal Assistance: Connect evacuees to local resources and
attorneys, and on a case-by-case basis provide direct immigration
legal services through a qualified staff attorney
* Emergency Assistance: Provide some limited direct assistance
in the form of transportation tokens, clothing, supplies, and other
goods as needed
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Lists branch Offices & Contact info:
http://www.bpsos.org/offices
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If you'd like to help
Boat People SOS needs help in the form of volunteers, translators
and donations.
To volunteer your time or make a donation, call: (228)436-9999,
or write to:
Boat People SOS
833 Vieux Marche Mall
Biloxi, MS 39530
Phone: (228) 436-9999
Fax: (228) 436-9909
biloxi@bpsos.org
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GRETNA, LA
925 Behrman Hwy
Unit 14
Gretna, LA 70056
Phone: (504) 433-8668
Fax: (504) 433-8669
neworleans@bpsos.org
Wishlists:
Computers, Software, Office Equipment/Supplies, Educational
Materials, Books for our New Library & Volunteers
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BAYOU LA BATRE, AL
13869 S. Wintzell Avenue
Bayou La Batre, AL 36509
Phone: (251) 824-7004
Fax: (251) 824-7016
bayou@bpsos.org
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HOUSTON, TX
11205 Bellaire Boulevard
Suite B22
Houston, TX 77072
Contact: SETH SIEGEL
Phone: (281) 530-6888
Fax: (281) 530-6838
houston@bpsos.org
SETH.SIEGEL@BPSOS.ORG
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BILOXI, MS
833 Vieux Marche Mall
Biloxi, MS 39530
Te: 228-436-9999
Fx: 228-436-9909
biloxi@bpsos.org
Manager Daniel Lee (see cell in private notes)
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ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
9550 Bolsa Ave, Suite #201
Westminster, CA 92683
Contact: Hong Chau Tang
Te: 714-775-2214
Te: 714-775-2464
hongchau.tang@bpsos.org
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ATLANTA, GA:
3335 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Chamblee, GA 30341
Contact: DONNIE MOYD
Te: 770-458-6700
Te: 770-458-6709
DONNIE.MOYD@BPSOS.ORG
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NEW ORLEANS, LA
925 Behrman Hwy. Unit 14
Gretna, LA 70056-4550
Te: 504-433-8668 Ext. 20
Fx: 504-433-8669
neworleansstaff@bpsos.org
New Manager (took Seth's place): Tony Tran
Louisiana Parishes Served:
Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles,
St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa,
Washington