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FEMA cash for white childcare only?(GULF COAST UPDATE)(Federal Emergency Management Agency)
MISSISSIPPI SENATORS Trent Lott and Thad Cochran announced a FEMA award earlier this year of $1.53 million to a parish in their home state. The money was earmarked to rebuild St. Thomas Life Parish Center that had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The church is located in the Long Beach area of Biloxi, a neighborhood that is predominantly white and where the median household income is $48,400 compared to $32,938 for the state.
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In sharp contrast is the situation in East Biloxi.
Here, the neighborhood is home to mostly Black and Vietnamese families. Seventy percent of Biloxi's public housing residents lived in East Biloxi before Hurricane Katrina hit, and more than 95 percent of those families are headed by single mothers. It was here that the United Methodist Church ran its Moore Community House, which served poor families of color. The site, like St. Thomas', was also destroyed by the hurricane, but FEMA denied the church cash assistance, claiming that it didn't provide essential services.
The decision was issued despite the fact that Moore Community House offered food for children in the community, parental assistance and other family services. The eight buildings and three playgrounds used by the community house were destroyed, making it impossible to provide one of its ...
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