We’re confirming what some of you have asked about already: Adams Industries is a participating contractor for the Hurricane Francine Homeowner Assistance Program (RLHP-24) and appears on the official Hurricane Francine Solution 2 Contractors roster at restore.la.gov.

This is the same arrangement we had for the 2020-21 Restore Louisiana program (Laura, Delta, Zeta, Ida, May 2021 storms), now extended to the Francine program. Same license, same insurance, same crew, same Baton Rouge phone number. New federal disaster (DR-4817-LA), new policy manual (RLHP-24), new survey, new awards. The contractor-managed path mechanics are nearly identical.

What this means if you’re a Francine homeowner

If your property is in one of the nine declared parishes (Ascension, Assumption, Jefferson, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, or Terrebonne), and you receive a program award letter, you can choose Adams Industries directly under the program’s contractor-managed path.

The program will verify our credentials the same way it verifies any contractor:

  • Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors — licensed general contractor, verifiable at lslbc.louisiana.gov
  • General liability and workers’ compensation insurance, certificates on file and available on request
  • Better Business Bureau A+ rating
  • Twenty-plus years of Louisiana residential, commercial, industrial, and marine work
  • Existing contractor history from the 2020-21 program

We’re not new to this. The 2020-21 program ran on the same framework, and we’ve been running projects through it for over three years.

What we commit to on every Francine recovery project

The commitments don’t change because the program does:

  • Free initial site walk and review of your ECR against current site conditions
  • Written Project Plan with a scope tied line-by-line to the program’s Estimated Cost of Repairs
  • Five-draw schedule structured so payment tracks actual completion, not front-loaded
  • No advance payments (the program doesn’t allow them and we wouldn’t ask)
  • Written change orders for anything outside the ECR, with program pre-approval before any work
  • Construction start documented within the 180-day window, finish within 365
  • Regular progress photos and milestone documentation you can actually see
  • Final walk-through with you before sign-off
  • A phone number that still works after the project closes

What’s different from the 2020-21 program

A few things are program-specific and worth knowing:

  • Different policy manual. The Francine program uses RLHP-24, not the 2020-21 manual. The substance of the contractor-managed path is similar between programs, but the manual is the legal reference.
  • $50K threshold for home improvement contractors (not $75K like the 2020-21 program). For projects with less than $50,000 in remaining repairs, homeowners may use a certified home improvement contractor in place of a full general contractor. We hold the full general contractor license, so we cover both paths.
  • Nine parishes only. The 2020-21 program was statewide; Francine is limited to the nine declared parishes.
  • Newer funding source. $117.9 million from HUD CDBG-DR under the American Relief Act, 2025. Same accounting structure (duplication of benefits applies), same federal rules.

How to get started

If you have an award letter or an Estimated Cost of Repairs in hand, call us at (985) 255-2435. We’ll set a time to walk the property, review the ECR against current site conditions, and draft a Project Plan for your review.

If you don’t have an award letter yet (you completed the survey, you’re waiting on the environmental review or application invitation), we can still help you think about what a Project Plan would look like. That way when your grant is executed, you’re ready to move inside the 180-day construction-start window.

Where to learn more

We’re looking forward to getting these homes back.