This organization was formed to help serve the survivors from the September 13–15, 2008 flooding who had exhausted their resources from insurance, FEMA, savings and other sources in the restoration of their homes.
Reverend Steven Conger, senior pastor of Ridge United Methodist Church in Munster, worked to bring representatives of different faiths together from Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties to develop a long-term strategy to address those residents' needs.
LARRI had set up several subcommittees to work on topics such as communication and financial resource development.
[2] LARRI is funded through a grant from Lilly Endowment[3] to assist people from the Northwest Indiana region who were effected by the September 2008 flood.
[7][8] The Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) and Church of the Brethren Disaster Ministries provided support to LARRI by volunteering to restore homes for families who had been affected by the September 2008 floods.