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Disaster Relief - Financial and Tax Help
After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home
(Separate Website)
If your house has been damaged by a natural disaster - flood, fire, snow/ice, tornado or earthquake - chances are you're on the hunt for a reputable contractor to help with repair and restoration. Inevitably, the demand for qualified contractors after a disaster usually exceeds the supply. Enter the home repair rip-off artist, who may overcharge, perform shoddy work or skip town without finishing your job.
By: Federal Trade Commission
Basics of the Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program
(Separate Website)
This document gives an overview of the program, who is eligible, how much are the DUA payments, and how a worker can apply for the program. The document is PDF format.
By: National Employment Law Project (NHELP)
Disaster Assistance - What to Do After A Disaster
(Separate Website)
La conexión para la traducción Española está en la derecha.
By: SC Department of Insurance
Disaster Recovery
(Separate Website)
The goal of the site is to help people recover from disasters and rebuild their lives by providing affordable, timely and accessible financial assistance to homeowners, renters and businesses.
By: U.S. Small Business Administration
Emergency Loan Program
(Separate Website)
USDA?s Farm Service Agency (FSA) provides emergency loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine.
By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Fact Sheet about Small Business Administration Disaster Loans
In the wake of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires, tornados and other physical disasters, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plays a major role. SBA's disaster loans are the primary form of Federal assistance for nonfarm, private sector disaster losses. For this reason, the disaster loan program is the only form of SBA assistance not limited to small businesses. Disaster loans from SBA help homeowners, renters, businesses of all sizes and nonprofit organizations fund rebuilding. SBA's disaster loans are a critical source of economic stimulation in disaster ravaged communities, helping to spur employment and stabilize tax bases.
By: Small Business Administration
Home and Personal Property Disaster Loans
(Separate Website)
If you are in a declared disaster area and are the victim of a disaster, you may be eligible for financial assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration - even if you don't own a business. As a homeowner, renter and/or personal-property owner, you may apply to the SBA for a loan to help you recover from a disaster.
By: U.S. Small Business Administration
In the military? Determine your potential need for legal assistance
(Separate Website)
Legal Readiness Checklist
By: American Bar Association Legal Assistance to the Military Program
Limitations of the Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program
(Separate Website)
NELP discusses the significant limitations of the program for disaster unemployment assistance. The document is PDF format.
By: National Employment Law Project (NELP)
Picking Up the Pieces: Restoring Rural Housing and Communities After a Disaster This report outlines the process that a community that has suffered a disaster can expect to go through. The report also describes the different types of help communities can get to help with housing problems after a disaster.
By: Housing Assistance Council
Tax Relief in Disaster Situations
(Separate Website)
Special tax law provisions may help taxpayers recover financially from the impact of a disaster, especially when the President declares their location to be a major disaster area. Depending on the circumstances, the IRS may grant additional time to file returns and pay taxes. Both individuals and businesses in a presidentially-declared disaster area can get a faster refund by claiming losses related to the disaster on the tax return for the previous year, usually by filing an amended return.
By: Internal Revenue Service
After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home
(Separate Website)
If your house has been damaged by a natural disaster - flood, fire, snow/ice, tornado or earthquake - chances are you're on the hunt for a reputable contractor to help with repair and restoration. Inevitably, the demand for qualified contractors after a disaster usually exceeds the supply. Enter the home repair rip-off artist, who may overcharge, perform shoddy work or skip town without finishing your job.
By: Federal Trade Commission
Disaster Assistance - What to Do After A Disaster
(Separate Website)
La conexión para la traducción Española está en la derecha.
By: SC Department of Insurance
Help to Recover from Disasters
(Separate Website)
Recovery is defined as: The return to normal conditions; the process of restoring a community to normal following a major disaster. Activities traditionally associated with providing Federal supplemental disaster recovery assistance under a Presidential major disaster declaration. These activities usually begin within days after the event and continue after the response activities cease.
By: SC Emergency Management Division
Liability Insurance
(Separate Website)
The liability portion of your homeowner's policy is designed to cover unintentional injuries on the premises and unintentional damage to other people's property. In other words, injuries caused by your negligence are covered; those you inflict on purpose are not covered.
Here are a few tips on how to cover yourself adequately. Remember, it takes only one person who is seriously injured by your negligence to generate a huge liability award and deplete your financial nest egg, not to mention your psychological well being.
By: American Bar Association
After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home
(Separate Website)
If your house has been damaged by a natural disaster - flood, fire, snow/ice, tornado or earthquake - chances are you're on the hunt for a reputable contractor to help with repair and restoration. Inevitably, the demand for qualified contractors after a disaster usually exceeds the supply. Enter the home repair rip-off artist, who may overcharge, perform shoddy work or skip town without finishing your job.
By: Federal Trade Commission
Basics of the Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program
(Separate Website)
This document gives an overview of the program, who is eligible, how much are the DUA payments, and how a worker can apply for the program. The document is PDF format.
By: National Employment Law Project (NHELP)
Disaster Assistance - What to Do After A Disaster
(Separate Website)
La conexión para la traducción Española está en la derecha.
By: SC Department of Insurance
Disaster Unemployment Assistance
(Separate Website)
Disaster Unemployment Assistance provides financial assistance to individuals whose employment or self-employment has been lost or interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster declared by the President of the United states. Before an individual can be determined eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance, it must be established that the individual is not eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits (under any state or federal law). The program is administered by states as agents of the federal government.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
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