The Facts

Here are some facts that highlight the situation in the Gulf Coast.

• Number of teachers that Louisiana’s state-run Recovery School District was short for 2007: 70
• Percent drop in enrollment of Louisiana state public colleges and universities from fall 2005 to fall 2006: 12
• Damage sustained by local nonprofit health centers in Louisiana and Mississippi: $60 million
• The number of adult inpatient psychiatric beds in post- Katrina New Orleans, compared to a pre-storm high of 234: 17
• When New Orleans’ University Hospital reopened in November 2006, the number of its 575 pre-storm beds available: 85
• Review the 11 companies that took advantage of Katrina Victims and the Tax Payer.