WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $14,380,438 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants for Louisiana disaster aid.
“Louisianians in Calcasieu, Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes have been working hard to recover from Hurricanes Laura and Ida. I’m grateful to see this $14.4 million help them rebuild,” said Kennedy.
The FEMA aid will fund the following:
- $6,786,372 to Terrebonne Parish to restore streetlights and decorative lights damaged during Hurricane Ida.
- $4,221,346 to the Calcasieu Parish School Board for repairs to the S.J. Welsh Middle School resulting from Hurricane Laura.
- $2,202,877 to Lafourche Parish to repair damages to the Golden Meadow Park baseball fields caused by Hurricane Ida.
- $1,169,843 to the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux for the temporary relocation of Vandebilt Catholic High School as a result of Hurricane Ida.