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Hurricane Relief, Phase II: Renewing the Gulf Coast

If you're one of the many families struggling to rebuild your lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Modest Needs wants to help you through our special Gulf Coast Renewal Initiative.

Modest Needs' Gulf Coast Renewal Initiative is designed to offer several critical types of assistance that are not available elsewhere to qualified Gulf Coast families. Types of assistance available only through this program include (but are not limited to):

Applying for a Gulf Coast Renewal Grant

Applying for a Gulf Coast Renewal grant under this special initiative is easy! Just follow the special directions below:

  1. Determine whether you qualify for this grant. Modest Needs Gulf Coast Renewal grants available exclusively to residents of the Gulf Coast who are seeking assistance to return to their home states, or who already have returned home and need assistance to speed the rebuilding process.
  2. Complete an application for assistance from Modest Needs. To begin your application, just visit our Applications and Instructions page and follow the directions there. You'll find the link to our online application at the very bottom of our 'Applications and Instructions' page.
  3. IMPORTANT: On the 'Application Start' page, enter the correct ARA number for this program. The ARA number for our Gulf Coast Renewal program is GCR2006. If you forget to put this code in the ARA box on our Application Start page, our system will send your application to the wrong place, and we won't be able to help you.

And that's it! If you follow the directions on our Applications and Instructions page, the entire application process should take you less than ten minutes.

Other Important Notes

BEFORE you apply for a Gulf Coast Renewal grant from Modest Needs, please read the following special notes:

  1. Gulf Coast Renewal grants are available ONLY to persons who wish to return to or currently are living in a Gulf Coast state. If you are a hurricane evacuee living in another area, and you need a type of assistance not available elsewhere, you're welcome to complete an application for help from our General Fund.
  2. As with all of our grants at Modest Needs, Gulf Coast Renewal grants will not provide cash directly to you. If Modest Needs is able to approve you for a Gulf Coast Renewal grant, we'll fund your application by purchasing the supplies or service that you need on your behalf and delivering them directly to you. Please do NOT send an application for general cash assistance (e.g. "Please give me $300 for general expenses.") We cannot consider applications of this type.
  3. Generally, the maximum grant available under this program is, as always, $1,000.00 However, if you need just slightly more than our maximum grant to complete the rebuilding process, we'd encourage you to apply anyway. Just be sure to specify the exact amount necessary to fund your application in full in the 'Request Details' section of our application, and we'll do all we can to help.
  4. When applying for a Gulf Coast Renewal Grant, you MUST include a contact telephone number. This will allow us to reach you more quickly and - if possible - to expedite the funding of your application. You can add a telephone number to your registration at Modest Needs by logging in and then clicking 'Change This Info' on your Personal Page.

If you have other questions about this program or how to apply for help from it, please send those questions to us at questions modestneeds.org . You can also call us during normal business hours (9:00am to 6:00pm EST) at (212) 463-7042.

Thank you for applying for a Gulf Coast Renewal grant from Modest Needs Foundation. We'll do our best to find a way to help you.