Useful Links

Useful Links

Here are other sources of information we think might be helpful. Some are from traditional emergency management organizations, others are from partners of ours. If you need more information that is not here, please email info@CARDcanhelp.org and we will do our best to help you.

Populations

Hurricane Katrina

• Katrina.com
• Wikipedia’s accumulated information on Hurricane Katrina
• Handicapped Pets and Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Katrina Information Guide
• CNN’s Katrina page
• HUD’s Katrina page
• Firstgov.gov Hurricane Katrina page
• LSU Katrina Resources
• Katrina Relief
• The Emergency Email & Wireless Network

Vulnerable Populations Parent and Youth Resources

• FEMA for Children (featuring Herman the Spokescrab)
• Pediatric Preparedness for Disasters and Terrorism [PDF]
• How to talk to your grade-schooler about disaster

Mentally/Developmentally Disabled, Medically fragile, Veteran, Elderly, Mobility/vision/hearing-Impaired resources

• Resources concerning emergency preparedness for the disabled
• Outline of how a local govenment ought care for special needs groups.
• Guide to disaster preparedness for the disabled [PDF]
• Veteran Service’s Office addresses
• Medically Fragile Disaster Preparedness
• Index of elder resource phone numbers from Alameda County Social Services
• In Home Supportive Services info
• Article:”Disaster and elder vulnerability: Niigata earthquake, Japan 2004″ (American Public Health Association)

Pet-Owner Resources

• ASPCA homepage for pet owner disaster preparedness
• ASPCA pet emergency guide
• Planning Against Disaster for your Cats

Undocumented resident-resources

• Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens

Low Income and Homeless resources

• Article:”Beyond the damage: probing the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters” (Overseas Development Institute)
• Article:”Who Suffers? Identifying the Vulnerable Groups” (MIT)

Battered Women resources

• Guide for turning a battered women’s shelter into an emergency shelter
• Article:”Surviving Domestic Violence and Disasters” (Simon Fraser University)

Organizations

Traditional Emergency Service Resources

• The Federal Census
• The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
• FEMA (Federal http://cardcanhelp.org/links/organizations/Emergency Management Agency)
• disasterhelp.gov
• Red Cross Disaster Services
• The National Center for Disaster Preparedness
• Ready.gov
• Coordinated Assistance Network
• CADRE (Santa Clara county)
• CitizenCorps

Alameda County-Specific Resources

• The Association of Bay Area Governments
• Alameda County Public Health Department
• Alameda County Environmental Health
• San Leandro Triad Alliance
• Health and Medical Resources

• Toll free medical numbers
• Emergency medical training
• The Center for Disease Control (CDC) Website

International Resources

• Direct Relief
• SPHERE
• Relief International
• UN Habitat
• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

Miscellaneous Links

• Guide to Communication in a crisis [PDF]
• Resources for business disaster preparedness
• EMS Solutions
• Article:”Do you have a Disaster Plan?” (Inside Self Storage)

MSO’s

Management Service Organizations (MSO) for Nonprofits

• CompassPoint
• California Management Assistance Partnership Nonprofit Genie
• California Association of Nonprofits (CAN)
• California Business Portal (nonprofits)
• Foundation Group
• National Council of Nonprofit Associations
• MSO directory
• Nonportal portal for nonprofits
• IdeaList.org
• FirstGov nonprofit list
• Melissadata (nonprofit search engine)
• The Foundation Center
• Empowering Nonprofits in Technology (ENTECH)
• World-Wide Non-profit Webring

Online donation sites

• JustGive
• Guidestar