Solution 2 — We're Your Contractor

If your home qualifies for Solution 2, you can pick us directly. Here's what that means, what the program requires, and what it looks like when we run the job.

Program information note: the details below summarize Solution 2 of the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program as published at restore.la.gov/solution-2-contractors. For the official program rules and any updates, always verify with the state directly. Adams Industries is a participating contractor — we do not run the program.

Step 01

You Pick the Contractor

Solution 2 is the path where you choose the contractor — not the state. You pick a Louisiana-licensed contractor, the program verifies our license and insurance with the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, and you work with us directly from there.

Step 02

The ECR Sets the Scope

The program produces an Estimated Cost of Repairs (ECR) based on the storm damage to your home. That ECR is the ceiling on what the program will pay — Solution 2 work must fall inside that approved scope.

Step 03

We Build the Project Plan Together

You and the contractor jointly develop a Project Plan with timelines and a draw schedule. The plan is what the program uses to track progress and release payments.

Step 04

180 Days to Start, 365 to Finish

Construction must begin — with at least one inspection documenting progress — within 180 days of grant execution. The project must complete inside 365 days, unless a written hardship extension is approved.

Step 05

Up to Five Progress Draws

Payment is released as progress is inspected. Up to five draws per project. Two-party payments are issued jointly to the homeowner and the contractor after inspections confirm the work and after your homeowner-responsibility funds are exhausted. No advance payments.

Step 06

Change Orders Need Pre-Approval

Anything outside the approved ECR has to be pre-approved in writing with supporting documentation. The program will not reimburse work that falls outside the ECR — no matter what the homeowner and contractor agree to privately. Upgrades are a separate conversation.

The 2020-21 Disaster Coverage Area

The 2020-21 Restore Louisiana program is open to homeowners with damage from Hurricane Laura (August 2020), Hurricane Delta (October 2020), Hurricane Zeta (October 2020), Hurricane Ida (August 2021), or the May 2021 severe storms. Forty-four of Louisiana's sixty-four parishes received a federal disaster declaration across those five events. Map below.

Declared parishes (44 of 64) Source: FEMA DR-4559, 4570, 4577, 4606, 4611 · Restore Louisiana

Why Adams Industries Fits the Solution 2 Path

Solution 2 is built around the idea that a Louisiana homeowner should be able to pick a Louisiana contractor they trust. That's always been how Adams Industries operates — state-licensed, state-insured, family-run out of Baton Rouge, with twenty years of post-storm residential work on the books. We don't need to change anything about the way we run a job to fit inside the program. We already work in writing, already document for insurance, and already handle the back-and-forth with adjusters and program staff.

What Homeowners Should Have Ready

Before you call us about a Solution 2 project, it helps if you have:

Your award letter from the Restore Louisiana Homeowner Assistance Program
The Estimated Cost of Repairs (ECR) the program produced for your home
Your grant execution date (the clock on the 180-day construction-start rule)
Any insurance settlement paperwork, if applicable
A working list of what you'd like done — so we can flag upgrades that would fall outside the ECR

If you don't have all of that yet, call anyway. We can walk through what the next step looks like.

What a Solution 2 Project Looks like with Us

Initial call and site walk. Free. We meet you at the house, review the ECR, and talk through the scope against what the program will actually cover.
Project Plan. We draft a timeline and draw schedule aligned to the ECR. You review, we revise, and both sides sign.
Program submission. The Project Plan goes into the program, and we wait on grant execution.
Construction start. Within the 180-day window. We document the first milestone so the program can inspect and certify progress.
Progress draws. Up to five draws through the life of the project, each tied to an inspection and released as a two-party payment.
Completion and final inspection. Inside the 365-day window. Final walk-through with you, final program inspection, and close-out paperwork.

A Few Honest Notes

No advance payments. The program does not permit them, so we can't ask for one.
The ECR is the ceiling, not the menu. If you want work above the ECR (an upgrade, an addition, something out of scope), that's handled as a separate project paid directly — not through the program.
Projects under $75,000 in remaining repairs can also use a certified home improvement contractor. We hold the full license; this just means there are more eligible paths for smaller jobs.
Every change gets documented. If something about the scope changes on site, we don't quietly do it and invoice later. Change orders go in writing, pre-approved.

Official Resources

Restore Louisiana · Solution 2 for Contractors — the program's published page, including the "What Contractors Can Expect" guide
Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors — verify any contractor you're considering, including us

Talk Through a Solution 2 Project

Have an ECR in hand, or just an award letter? Call and we'll walk through what the next step looks like.

Call (985) 255-2435