Jefferson Parish businesses, including attorneys, are encouraged to apply for post-disaster parish re-entry placards by logging on to www.JumpStartJefferson.com and completing the application. 

Jefferson Parish and the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, St. Bernard, Plaquemines and St. John, as well as the Louisiana State Police, have agreed to honor each others' re-entry plans and to use the same re-entry documents. The entire Jefferson Parish re-entry plan can also be viewed at www.JumpStartJefferson.com.  In cases where the return of all citizens is not feasible or safe after a disaster in Jefferson Parish, the plan provides for a phased re-entry of rescue and recovery workers, followed by businesses needed to restore infrastructure and provide sustainable living conditions.

Essentially, the plan allows emergency responders to have unrestricted access to a disaster area in Jefferson Parish. Tier 1, the next level of disaster response, includes major utility companies, pre-designated government contractors, suppliers of emergency relief goods and equipment and others necessary for the restoration of critical infrastructure and the support of emergency response efforts. Tier 2 allows for the re-entry of humanitarian relief agencies, small disaster-response teams of large businesses essential to the economy of Jefferson Parish, a limited number of employees of companies critical to the parish infrastructure, and those with unique circumstances such as fragile inventory or hazardous materials.

Tier 3 is the final stage before the residents return, and includes businesses that are essential to the imminent return of residents and to economic vitality in Jefferson Parish.

Emergency management officials will determine the appropriate tier for each business that applies for re-entry placards. Tier 1 and 2 businesses will then be issued vehicle placards that will allow the vehicle to pass through any of the six parishes in order to get to and travel within the parish where they work.

Tier 3 businesses will be pre-approved for their passes which they can print out on-line once the recovery moves into the Tier 3 phase.