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Red Cross disaster services focus on meeting people's immediate emergency disaster-caused needs. When a disaster threatens or strikes, the Red Cross provides shelter, food, health and mental health services to address basic human needs.
If you need emergency disaster assistance, Call (314) 516.2800 and you will be connected to the right person.
Individual Assistance following a disaster
FEMA’s Individual Assistance program provides money or direct assistance to qualifying individuals, families and businesses in an area whose property has been damaged or destroyed and whose losses are not covered by insurance. It is meant to help those who qualify with critical expenses that cannot be covered in other ways. The assistance is not intended to restore damaged property to its condition before the disaster.
While some housing assistance funds are available through FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program, most disaster assistance from the federal government is in the form of loans administered by the Small Business Administration.
Assistance Programs may include: low- interest loans, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program, veterans benefits, temporary housing assistance, tax refunds, excise tax relief, unemployment benefits, free legal counseling, and crisis counseling. To access FEMA's information about federal government assistance after disasters, click on the "Learn more" link at right.
Phone: (573) 526-9100
When a natural disaster strikes, SFCS collaborates with Catholic Charities and other local and national organizations to provide disaster relief in our community. Our focus is typically on long-term recovery processes such as housing, relocation, and case management, as families impacted by disaster often face a long road in returning their lives to normal.
SFCS has worked to provide relief in our community during times of need such as the 2011 tornadoes in Joplin and North St. Louis County, St. Charles County flooding in 2014, historic St. Louis area flooding in December 2015 and May 2017, and the Perry County tornado of March 2017.
Case managers with SFCS work with clients who have been impacted by natural disaster on a long-term basis, collaborating within a framework of community resources, to restore lost assets.
If you are an individual seeking disaster assistance, please call us at 314-932-3300
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