A project of CAJUN NAVYGROUND FORCE to stop disaster survivors from being robbed twice.
Families who survived the flood lost what little they had left to men with clipboards and out-of-state plates — a deposit collected, a truck gone by morning.
So we started checking. We confirm every contractor’s license with the state board and their insurance with the carrier, before they are listed.
Local vetted contractors. Not out-of-town scammers.
After a disaster, the work should go to the people who live there.
Verified businesses get this badge for their own website, linked back to their live TrustLight profile so a homeowner can click and confirm it. Earn yours.
"We don't feel stranded."
Anna VanKirk rode out Hurricane Ian on Pine Island. When the water went down she was cut off, and like a lot of people on that island she had lost hope that anyone was coming.
Cajun Navy Ground Force reached her. That is the work this directory came out of — showing up for people, mostly elderly, who have nobody left to call.
What happens next is the part nobody films: the strangers who arrive with clipboards. That is the gap TrustLight exists to close.
Get in front of families the moment they need you.
TrustLight is built with Cajun Navy Ground Force, a Louisiana disaster relief organization that has deployed into 21 disasters since 2020. When a storm hits, they are on the ground with a camera — and the verified list goes out with them.
We are building this directory from nothing, and the first contractors in are the ones who make it worth anything to a homeowner. The first 50 businesses to verify pay $500 less than list price — and that rate is locked for as long as you stay with us.
Not an introductory rate. Not a first-year discount. Your price never goes up, ever.
Followers who turn on during a disaster
CNGF's audience watches live from inside the disaster. When a storm hits your service area, the verified list is what they're pointed to.
Views in a quiet year
That's 2025 — a year with no major U.S. disaster. On a single day during the Texas Hill Country flood, the channel carried roughly three million views.
Handed out in person, not just online
When CNGF deploys a SAFE Camp, verified contractors go out with the materials families receive in the carline.
You're not competing with storm chasers
Every business on this list has had its license and insurance confirmed. That is the entry requirement, and it cannot be bought.
A badge that means something
Embed the dated TrustLight seal on your own site. It shows a homeowner that somebody independent confirmed your license and your insurance.
No pay-to-rank, ever
Nobody buys their way up this list. That's what makes appearing on it worth something to you in the first place.
Contractors we have checked ourselves
Verified means we ran nine checks on this business. We confirmed the licence with the state board and the insurance with the carrier — not from paperwork they handed us. We do it again every year.
This is a sample. The full directory has every business we hold a record for, verified or not, and you can filter it by state, parish, trade and city.
Search the full directory9 checks. Every contractor. No exceptions.
Before any contractor earns the TrustLight badge, our team — not the contractor — runs every one of these checks.
License in good standing
We confirm the license is active and clear with the board that issued it.
License verification
Confirmed with the licensing board in the issuing state — not from a document they hand us.
Insurance confirmation
We call the insurer. General liability and workers' comp, both current.
Business filing
Active and in good standing with the Secretary of State.
Physical address
Real, verified, matches state registration. No P.O. boxes.
Years in business
Confirmed through state records, not self-reported.
Contact verification
Phone and email confirmed active and answered.
Reviews
We look at whether the reviews on a business are genuine.
Renewed each year
We re-confirm everything annually, so your badge stays current.
We re-confirm every listing each year, so the badge always reflects what is current.
How easy are they to find and reach?
A separate 0–100 score. It is not a safety rating — it measures how visible a business is online, nothing more.
A website that works
We check that the site actually loads, and that the domain has been registered long enough to have a history. Storm chasers register a domain the week they arrive.
Readable by search engines and AI
Whether the site publishes its details in a form a search engine or an AI assistant can read back correctly when someone asks for a contractor.
A way to get in touch
Whether the site offers a way to reach them beyond a phone number — online booking, a chat window, a contact form that goes somewhere.
Signs it is still looked after
Whether the site shows evidence of ongoing upkeep rather than having been built once and left.
Contractor fraud is rampant after storms.
Storm chasers follow disasters. These are the warning signs that should make you walk away immediately.
Demands full cash upfront
Legitimate contractors take a deposit — never 100% cash before work starts. No exceptions.
Out-of-state plates, no local address
Storm chasers arrive after disasters and disappear when problems arise. Ask for a verifiable local address.
Won't provide a license number
Any reluctance to give you a license number you can look up yourself is a serious warning sign.
"Today only" pricing pressure
Scammers manufacture urgency. A legitimate contractor gives you time to review a written estimate.
Asks you to sign over insurance rights
Assignment of Benefits fraud is common. Never sign your claim rights over before the work is approved.
Start with TrustLight
Every contractor in our directory has passed 9 independent checks. It's the fastest way to eliminate the biggest risks.
The rescue is the part people remember.
Rob Gaudet founded Cajun Navy Ground Force in the middle of the 2016 Louisiana floods, coordinating volunteers with boats when no one else could reach the water. Louisiana named him Louisianian of the Year for it.
But he kept going back, and kept finding the same thing: families who had survived the flood losing everything they had left to fraudulent contractors.
Vetting local crews is the answer to what he found.
Fox Business, August 2016.
Own one of these businesses?
Get verified to unlock your full profile, earn the TrustLight badge for your own website, and appear where families are looking after a storm. $497/year for the first 50 businesses, locked for life. We confirm your license and insurance for you — there is nothing to upload, and if we cannot verify you, you get your money back.
Not yet verified
Businesses in our records that have not completed verification. We show the name, trade and city only — nothing else, because nothing else has been checked. They appear in the full directory alongside the verified ones.
What "not yet verified" means — and what it doesn't
These businesses have not gone through TrustLight verification. That is not an accusation and it is not a warning. Most are perfectly good contractors who simply have not applied. We publish no details about them because we have not checked any, and we will not imply something we have not confirmed. If this is your business, verification unlocks your full profile.
These businesses are listed in the full directory, under the verified ones. Search it by state, parish, trade or name.
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