This page contains the best available references for individual and household assistance after a disaster. If you find an error in these, or have something to add or replace one of these, please send it in!
General:
- Frequently Asked Questions and Answers – US Senator Bernie Sanders website
Disaster Assistance:
- Handout on FEMA process from September 3: BB Handout FEMA Process (79KB PDF)
- Vermont Emergency Management (VEM) Website: http://vem.vermont.gov/
- VT-FEMA Guide to Assistance: VT-FEMA guide_to_disaster_assistance_programs (210KB PDF)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Website: http://www.fema.gov/
- FEMA Individual Fact Sheet: FEMA FS Individual Assistance (251KB PDF)
Online References:
- Ride Share – http://www.connectingcommuters.org/
- Southeastern Vermont Community Action – http://www.sevca.org/, (802) 722-4575
- US Internal Revenue Service – http://www.irs.gov, (866) 562-5227 (toll free)
- United Way of Windham County – http://unitedwaywindham.org/ or Facebook, 2-1-1 for services, (802) 257-4011 for service providers
- Vermont Food Bank – http://www.vtfoodbank.org/, (800) 585-2265
- Vermont Housing Finance Agency – http://www.vhfa.org/, (800) 339-5866
- Vermont State Housing Authority – http://www.vsha.org/, (802) 828-3295
- VT Department of Labor – http://www.labor.vermont.gov/, (802) 254-4555 (Brattleboro) or (802) 885-2167 (Springfield) – assistance for employers and job-seekers, disaster unemployment assistance
- Windham County Humane Society – http://wchs4pets.org/, (802) 254-2232
- Windham & Windsor Housing Trust – http://www.w-wht.org/, (802) 254-4604
Windham County VT Status Information 