Response & Recovery Services
Response Assistance
Immediately following a disaster, Catholic Charities may provide the following services:
- Emergency assistance funds for food, shelter, clothing and other basic necessities
- Counseling services
- Information and referral services
- Volunteer assistance
- Advocacy for individuals and their families
These services are provided at a Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) or by contacting the office directly to speak to a disaster case manager.
These services are provided regardless of religion, race, creed or socio-economic status.
Recovery Assistance
Catholic Charities also provides long-term disaster recovery case management services. Recovering from a disaster can take months to years, and often times is more than an individual can handle with their own resources.
Through disaster case management services, Catholic Charities works with an individual to develop a recovery plan to address their unmet disaster-related needs.
These needs can include:
- Home repairs
- Housing relocation assistance
- Content replacement
- Transportation needs
- Medical and counseling expenses
After developing a recovery plan with the individual, our disaster case manager works with partner agencies to find financial assistance, donated materials and/or volunteer labor to meet these needs.
To receive these services, please contact us and speak to a disaster case manager.
Do I need to be Catholic to receive services?
No, services are provided regardless of religion, race, creed, or socio-economic status.
What is disaster case management?
Disaster case management is a service by which a disaster case manager partners with a disaster affected individual or family in order to plan for and achieve realistic goals for recovery following a disaster. Recovery involves identifying the disaster related unmet needs and then connecting those needs to potential resources such as money, materials, and manpower.
Who is eligible for disaster case management services?
To be eligible for disaster services, an individual or household must have been impacted by a disaster such as fire, high winds, tornadoes, floods, hail, ice, earthquake or other natural disaster.
Do I have to register with FEMA to receive services?
No, you do not have to register with FEMA to receive disaster case management services with Catholic Charities.