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Welcome! This website provides resources to help lawyers and advocates better serve low-income survivors of disasters. Membership is available to legal services attorneys.  All others by express permission of this site's practice area leader only.

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Key Disaster Information

 

Websites

 
  • ABA Disaster Recovery Resource Center: collection of disaster planning, resources, and information for the national community.
  • DisasterAssistance.gov
  • DisasterLegalAid.org: centralized national resource for legal aid, pro bono and criminal defender attorneys across the country on legal issues related to all types of disasters
  • Disaster Recovery Center Online Locator from FEMA
  • FEMA Benefits - Guide to Individual Assistance programs provided through FEMA 
  • FEMA Individual Assistance Program and Policy Guide (IAPPG) March 2019
  • FEMA Flood Insurance Flyer
  • Flood insurance requirements
  • Inventory of Emergency Laws by State
  • Legal Services Disaster Assistance for Older Adults
  • National Disaster Legal Aid Site -- helpful information for all states.  
  • PDF for Disaster Planning and Business Continuity from the Chamber of Commerce 
  • SNAP benefits - up-to-date and accurate information 
  • Special Needs Information by County and Florida Special Needs Registry: in order to sign up for assistance if you are a person with special needs.

Hotlines

 

  • Disaster Distress Helpline: first national hotline dedicated to providing year-round disaster crisis counseling. This toll-free, multilingual, crisis support service is available 24/7 via telephone (1-800-985-5990) and SMS (text 'TalkWithUs' to 66746) to residents in the U.S. and its territories.
  • Florida’s Disaster Legal Services hotline: Run by the YLD of the FL Bar, is 866-550-2929.
  • Florida Emergency Information Line: 1-800-342-3557
  • Florida  Free Legal Answers is an online advice clinic to match low-income Floridians with licensed attorneys who can answer basic legal questions.
  • Florida Lawyers’ Assistance (FLA) Program Hotline: If you're an ABA member and have been temporarily or permanently dislocated due to a disaster, please contact FLA for support at: (800) 282-8981 or via email: mail@fla-lap.org.
  • United Way 211: You can call 211 for non-emergency situations during disasters, such as where and how to get food help and shelter.
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