Sep 8, 2005 / 22:00 pm
All Catholic Charities agencies, located across the country, have joined forces to launch Operation Home Away from Home, a program aimed at providing temporary housing for Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
The program assists evacuees in need of temporary accommodations with available housing across the country. Local Catholic Charities agencies in potential host cities are working to identify and screen available housing, place families in appropriate housing, and provide services to the evacuees as needed.
Appropriate housing includes unoccupied apartments, rental homes, duplexes, condominiums, lake cabins, or manufactured homes. The agency is not asking families to host evacuees in their homes. Evacuees will be housed and provided services until they are ready to return home or to resettle in the area.
As of yesterday, more than 60 Catholic Charities agencies across the country have identified housing opportunities in their local dioceses. Others have already begun to welcome evacuees arriving in their communities.