HARVEY SURVIVOR RESOURCES BY CATEGORY

General Resources

• Application for Individual Assistance:  https://www.disasterassistance.gov/

• Application for Business Assistance: https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela

• FEMA Appeals:  https://www.fema.gov/flood-claim-appeals-and-guidance
  
  

Property Damage and Insurance Claims

• How to File a Flood Insurance Claim: https://www.fema.gov/nfip-file-your-claim

• Tips for Filing Insurance Claims: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/30/heres-what-harvey-victims-need-know-about-filing-claims-sept-1/

• FEMA: https://www.disasterassistance.gov/

• Uninsured Flood Insurance: https://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program

• Uninsured Texas Wind Insurance: https://www.twia.org/
  
  

Emergency Shelter

• Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/find-an-open-shelter

• Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/provide-shelter/

• FEMA Transitional Shelter Assistance: https://www.fema.gov/transitional-shelter-assistance

• Houston Shelters: http://abc13.com/weather/list-of-shelters-around-houston-area/2341032/

Housing

• FEMA Interim Housing Resources: https://www.fema.gov/interim-housing-resources

   

Automobile Claims

• Automobile Recovery/Towed Vehicles: http://www.findmytowedcar.com/

Consumer Protection

• Texas Attorney General: consumeremergency@oag.texas.gov

• Avoiding Fraud: http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/29/news/harvey-fraud-storm-chasers/index.html

• Price Gouging, Door-to-Door Repairs and Locating Charities: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cpd/disaster-scams
  
  

Public School/Student Information

• Houston Independent School District: http://www.houstonisd.org/harvey

• Rights of Students Displaced by Harvey: https://www.nlchp.org/documents/mv-harvey

• Medicaid & CHIP questions in light of Harvey: http://files.constantcontact.com/23165d98001/ba2d339c-1bc8-4932-b68a-1eed6b5750e0.pdf

• Harris County Guide for Enrolling Students with Disabilities: https://www.texans4spedreform.org/hurricane/

 

Location of Loved Ones

• Red Cross Safe and Well: https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/
  
  

Utilities

• Utility Assistance for Harvey Survivors: https://www.greenmountainenergy.com/2017/08/help-for-texans-impacted-by-hurricane-harvey/

Unemployment

• Disaster Unemployment Assistance: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/jobseekers/disaster-unemployment-assistance

• FEMA Disaster Unemployment Assistance: https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1502303598195-3dc608049769c5e1e928cbbb5c3077af/FACTSHEETDisasterUnemployment.pdf

Food Assistance

• Houston Food Bank: www.houstonfoodbank.org/services/if-you-need-food

• Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP): https://www.disasterassistance.gov/disaster-assistance/forms-of-assistance/5769%20/%200/D08

• Feeding Texas: http://mailchi.mp/ac80c17d9660/harvey-food-banks

• Galveston County Food Bank: http://www.galvestoncountyfoodbank.org/

Tax Relief and Assistance

• Internal Revenue Service: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/help-for-victims-of-hurricane-harvey

Volunteering

• Volunteer Houston: http://volunteerhouston.org/

• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: https://www.nvoad.org/hurricane-harvey/volunteer/

 

RESOURCES FOR ATTORNEYS ASSISTING HURRICANE HARVEY SURVIVORS

• Message from State Bar of Texas President:
  https://texasbar.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9NjMzODgzNg

• Court Closures: http://www.txcourts.gov/court-closures-delays/

• State Bar of Texas Volunteer Attorney Sign-Up: https://texasbar.informz.net/survistapro/sn.asp?gid=505FCF85-F0B1-4C93-BD73-29E73E3B7642

• Emergency Orders: http://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/news/emergency-orders-addressing-post-harvey-court-implications/

• Donations: https://donate.txbf.org/page.aspx?pid=298
  
  

HURRICANE HARVEY RESOURCES FOR ATTORNEYS AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS IMPACTED

• Message from State Bar of Texas President: https://texasbar.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9NjMzODgzNg

• Court Closures: http://www.txcourts.gov/court-closures-delays/

• Disaster Resources for Attorneyshttps://www.texasbar.com/Content/NavigationMenu/ForLawyers/DisasterResourcesforAttorneys/default.htm

• Update on CPS court cases from the Supreme Court of TX: http://www.txcourts.gov/media/1438840/179111.pdf  

• TX Homeless Education Office webinar re: helping students and families recover: http://www.theotx.org/events/event/new-serving-young-homeless-children-child-care-development-fund-program-co-hosted-child-care-aware-america/

• Texas Supreme Court issued an Emergency Order Affecting Child Protection Cases: www.TexasLawyerforChildren.org

 

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