Disaster Disability Hotline
The Partnership For Inclusive Disaster Strategy’s Disaster Disability Hotline provides information, referrals, guidance, technical assistance and resources to people with disabilities, their families, allies, organizations assisting disaster impacted individuals with disabilities and others seeking assistance with immediate and urgent disaster-related needs.
The Disaster Hotline is always available for intake calls, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year at (800) 626-4959 and [email protected]. They will have their knowledgeable team respond to your call as soon as possible, often immediately, and intend to respond to all callers within 24 hours.
Emergency Prescription Assistance Program
The Emergency Prescription Assistance Program, or EPAP, was created to help people in a disaster
who don’t have health insurance so they have access to: prescription medicine, medical equipment, medical supplies, and vaccinations. Hotline: 1-855-793-7470.
Disaster Distress Helpline
The Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, is a 24/7, 365-day-a–year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions after a disaster.
Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
Disaster Legal Hotlines
Florida Legal Services’ Disaster Recovery: 888 780 0443
Legal Aid of North Carolina: 1 866 219 5262
Legal Services Alabama: 866 456 4995
Mississippi Legal Hotline:1 877 691 6185
Oregon Legal Hotline: 503 431 6408
State Bar of Texas Disaster Hotline: 800 504 7030
Tennessee Legal Hotline: 1 844 435 7486
Kentucky Legal Aid Hotline: 877-782-4219.
California Disaster Legal Services
For More Legal Aid Disaster Hotlines go to: National Disaster Legal Aid or American Bar Association