Individual Assistance

$5.78 billion

$5.26 billionNote: Includes costs of temporary housing, food, water and clothing in the aftermath of the storm

$5.24 million

Upgrades to levee system

$14.5 billion

Note: Includes $1.2 billion Intra-Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Barrier and $1.1 billion West Closure Complex

Grant Management

$0.31 billion

$0.27 billion$45 million

Public Assistance

$8.7 billion

$8.33 billionNote: Provides funds for rebuilding public infrastructure

$365 million

Emergency Assistance

$2.21 billion

$2 billion$216 million

Debris Removal

$1.15 billion

$1.11 billion$49 million

Hazard Mitigation

$1.4 billion

$1.29 billion

Note: Includes $750 million to rehabilitate and elevate homes and money for local governments to improve resilliency of their buildings

$111 million

School aid

$446 million

Note: Money to assist in reopening schools and enrolling students

Hurricane Educator Assistance Program

$22.6 million

Note: Program to recruit, retain and compensate teachers who promise to work for at least three years in areas affected by Katrina and Rita

Education for homeless children and youth

$1.56 million

Note: Assistance and money for planning for schools in Orleans, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes

Aid for displaced students

$292 million

Note: Assistance to students displaced by the storm

EPA underground storage tank assessments

$1.03 million

Note: Assess storage tanks for leaks

Healthcare funding

$1 billion

Note: Funding for medical providers and programs administered by the state Department of Health and Hospitals

EPA environmental monitoring

$2.96 million

EPA underground storage tank repair

$4.75 million

Note: Repair storage tanks when owner is unwilling or unable to do so

Twin Span replacement

$770 million

Note: Repair and replacement of the Twin Spans between New Orleans and Slidell

Paths to Progress

$90 million

Note: Repairs, restoration and enhancements to 60 street segments

Submerged Roads

$118 million

Note: Repair of 56 street segments in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes

Unemployment insurance

$400 million

Note: Additional money for Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund

Disaster Unemployment Assistance

$300 million

Note: Additional unemployment assistance

Workforce Commission payment

$11 million

Note: Automation of payment system

Gulf Opportunity Zone bond funding

$171 million

Note: Funding using tax exempt bonds to encourage businesses to relocate to areas affected by the disaster

$1 billion

Note: Loans to local governments to make up for loss of tax revenue in the wake of a disaster

Business development loans

$7 million

Note: Business development grants

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families

$32.8 million

Emergency funding for low-income families

Food stamps

$409 million

Emergency food stamp funding

Small Rental Program

$429 million

Note: Provides forgivable loans for rental properties

$1.35 billion

Note: Funds for projects in individual parishes, includes renovations of the Saenger Theater

Project-based recovery opportunity program

$150 million

Note: Loans for businesses and nonprots starting up or expanding in areas affected by the storms

Nonprofit rebuilding pilot program

$13.8 million

Note: Funds for nonprots to repair homes

Low Income Housing Tax Credit

$521 million

Note: Tax credit for low income housing

Homeowner loans

$5.33 billion

$4.8 billionNote: Low interest loans to pay for losses not covered by private insurance or government programs

$530 million

$8.92 billion

Note: Program to provide money for home repairs or to buy homes from residents who did not want to return to them

$13.2 billion

Note: Pay out of insurance from federal ood insurance program

Business loans

$1.94 billion

$1.5 billion

Note: Low interest loans to pay for losses not covered by private insurance or government programs

$441 million

Bar charts above are scaled together. Charts below have separate scales because of the varying amounts of money. The scale changes are noted when they occur. Charts in the breakout box also have a separate scale.

Where the Katrina and Rita money wentLouisiana has received $71 billion so far from the federal government in emergency aid, long-term recovery funding and other programs after the storm money that was needed to repair homes, business and infrastructure and fueled an unprecedented rebuilding program.

Katrina Rita CombinedFEMA SCHOOLS (Scale for these charts is different from the prior ones.)

ENVIRONMENTAL (Chart scale changes.)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

BUSINESS (Chart scale changes.)

FEMA COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

State Police reimbursements

$21.9 million

Note: Reimbursement for state police costs and repair and replacement of equipment and vehicles

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONSeafood industry

$13.3 million

Note: Disaster aid distributed to members of seafood industry

Fishermen

$40 million

Note: Economic assistance to commercial and recreational shermen

Research and monitoring

$18.8 million

Note: Research and monitoring of Gulf Coast sheries

Oysters and shrimp

$11.2 million

Note: Rehabilitating oyster beds and shrimp grounds

Oysters

$22.9 million

Note: Reseeding, rehabilitating and restoring public and private oyster reefs

PUBLIC SAFETY

ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS - RESIDENTIAL

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS - GOVERNMENT

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ROAD HOME

NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

By EMMETT MAYER III, Special to The Advocate

How FEMAs $8.98 billion of Public Assistance* money was spent:Rebuilding: Drainage

$445 million

Rebuilding: Education Higher Ed Private

$165 million

Rebuilding: Education Higher Ed Public

$196 million

Rebuilding: Education K-12 Private

$449 million

Rebuilding: Education K-12 Public

$795 million

Rebuilding: First Responder Fire & EMS

$85 million

Rebuilding: First Responder Police & Sheriff

$595 million

Rebuilding: Fisheries Infrastructure

$63 million

Rebuilding: Health and Hospitals

$758 million

Rebuilding: Hurricane Protection & Coastal Rest.

$19 million

Rebuilding: Libraries

$17 million

Rebuilding: Other Public Buildings

$187 million

Rebuilding: Parks, Recreation, Landscaping and others

$303 million

Rebuilding: Planning

$56 million

Rebuilding: Transportation/Other

$167 million

Rebuilding: Transportation/Roads & Bridges

$283 million

Rebuilding: Utilities

$162 million

Rebuilding: Water and Sewage

$429 million

Recovery (Note: Bar not shown at full width due to available space.)

$3.8 billion

*Subtotals include grant management costs.