Scores of child care centers were damaged or destroyed when Hurricanes Rita and Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005. One of the first steps to recovery is getting those centers back up-and-running, so children have a safe and nurturing place to stay while their parents are at work.

The United Way is spearheading an effort to link people and organizations (Child Care Companions) with child care centers, family child care homes, and other human service providers (Child Care Companion Beneficiaries) in the Gulf Coast to help them get back on their feet.

The Child Care Companion initiative is part of Operation Caring Community, a system-wide initiative undertaken by United Way to help people living in communities that were devastated by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.

If you would like to be a Companion to a child care centers, family child care homes, and other human service providers in the Gulf Coast area that still needs assistance because of damages sustained by Hurricanes Rita or Katrina, click on the Companion Information tab to the Left/right to find out more about Companion responsibilities, or go directly to Beneficiary Information to identify the center you would like to assist.

Thank you for helping!