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because Louisiana officials would not let them into the New Orleans area.

Unidentified "officials" again.

Actually this sounds more like something FEMA would do.

The Red Cross is in charge of most of the on ground relief folks that are non military, is my understanding.

They are trying to register all volunteers working in shelters, which is a good idea, the problem is, with communications wiped out, many had to sit and wait.
Red Cross signed a waiver at the largest center in BRLA allowing the Dr's to provide care. The red Cross is only authorized to provide band-aid care to these folks and so many need so much more.

Freeper amom is in BRLA at a small shelter at the edge of town. It is running like clockwork. Everyone is helping to cook, unload trucks, clean, etc. Kids are registering for school, the best thing for those from this disaster is to keep busy and most want to.

I live in Texas and I'm amazed at the organizations here for these folks. I think we have done a good job, but any volunteer has to register and have a background check, standard procedure for most agencies.

As an aside, most helping organizations are very good at raising money and the "best" people in town do so, but when disaster strikes, we need people with actual organizational skills, the owners and managers of businesses who can sort through the STUFF and issue orders to others.

Sorry for the rant.