It's a call for help. Some say there is too little being done for hundreds of local school children and their families left homeless after the storms. For some, life after Hurricanes Gustav and Ike is getting worse.

Linda Allen and her daughter have hopped from hotel room to hotel room since Hurricane Gustav evicted them from their now-condemned apartment in Lafourche Parish.

Since then, Linda was forced out of her job, her daughter has missed more than 20 days of school and her grades are suffering. Soon, they will lose what little they did have. The FEMA funds are spent. Beginning Thursday, Linda Allen and her daughter are out on the streets with no place to go.

"I just want some place to live. I'm tired of living day to day and not knowing where we'll be from day to day," said Allen.

"There are many Ms. Allens in the Gustav-Ike aftermath. she is one voice for many people," said Pam Folse, the federal program supervisor for the Lafourche Parish School Board. Folse said the hurricanes left 230 students in the Lafourche Parish School System homeless.

"The school system through federal dollars we have available can only do academic related assistance," said Folse. "Graduation fees, lab fees, they definitely qualify for lunch services."

Each of those students in Lafourche families, with their families, have no housing, no transportation. Patty Whitney, organizer for BISCO, a local nonprofit organization, said there are also a lack of resources to turn to.

"The federal resources available after Katrina and Rita are not as accessible after Gustav and Ike. State resources are available but difficult to access," she said.

And, many of the families affected, like the Allens, are low-income, in a parish that lacks affordable housing. Nonprofits in Lafourche Parish are working with Folse, filing grants, and seeking any help for the hundreds of families in need. The process takes time, that the Allens no longer have.

"It's making me sick. I just want some place to live. If anybody can hear me out there, please please try to help us," said Allen.

For families like the Allens who need immediate help, the nonprofit organizations are now appealing to local churches and the community in hopes they can get help for those families. Long-term, they say the parish has requested 50 trailers from the Louisiana Recovery Authority for families who are homeless because of the storm. The next step is for LRA to make that request to FEMA. Families must qualify under FEMA guidelines.