“…(S)ome Katrina survivors with
psychiatric disabilities reported that the Federal
Emergency Management Agency excluded them from its
trailers because of concerns that their psychiatric disabilities
made them dangerous—despite assurances
from mental health professionals that they were not. FEMA
gave rental assistance to individual families but rejected
requests to reimburse church groups that provided housing
to former residents of group homes for people with
psychiatric disabilities. In addition, some American Red
Cross shelters excluded the psychiatrically disabled.” (Emphasis added).
From http://southernstudies.org/gulfwatch/reports/One_Year_After.pdf
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