Southern California Wildfires '08: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (PRIVATE GRANTS)

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

* Tzu Chi Foundation

Tzu Chi provides financial, medical, spiritual, and other services in times of need. Family services include short-term and long-term support. Volunteers assist around 2000 needy families in the United States annually. Among them, some have been cared continuously for more than a decade. Tzu Chi provides assistance to victims of fire, earthquake and flood disasters. Volunteers give out emergency cash and relief supplies within days of a disaster.

Eligibility Requirements: Directly impacted and ID to prove residency of impact sites.
Areas Served: All areas
Hours: 9AM-6PM
Length of Program: Emergency Financial Assistance within 7 working days. Medical Assistances at least 90 days
Phone: (866) GET-INFO
Web site:

* The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is currently providing emergency food and financial assistance to survivors of the Southern California 2008 Wildfires. Your monetary gift will help The Salvation Army replenish its supplies and be ready to respond whenever the need arises.

Area Served: Sylmar
Phone: (818) 781-5739 ask for Amy Munoz
Web site:

* California Community Foundation (Disaster Survivor Grant):

The November 2008 Sylmar Wildfire presents a significant challenge to Los Angeles County as winter approaches and the housing economy is weakening. With the fires contained, the focus must now shift to the relief and recovery efforts necessary to rebuild impacted communities.

CCF’s Southern California Wildfire Relief Fund supports intermediate and long-term recovery efforts with a particular focus on low-income, underserved and vulnerable populations and nonprofit organizations serving the affected areas. Proposals are now being accepted for requests up to $25,000 over one year.

Funding will support organizations serving those who were affected by the November 2008 Sylmar Wildfire through:

(1) Displacement or loss of housing, belongings and/or employment
(2) Negative impact on their physical or mental health
(3) Devastation wrought in their physical environment (e.g., to community facilities)

* CCF Wildfire Relief & Recovery 2008
Grant Application: Deadline is December 17th, 2008

Application is in Word. Application can be accessed at www.rebuildsylmar.org

California Community Foundation

Address: 445 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3400, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: Phone: 213.413.4130 x213
Fax: 213.629.4782
Web site: www.calfund.org

* FINANCIAL/DISASTER COUNSELING

* Operation Hope (Hope Coalition America Division)
Through its partnerships with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the American Red Cross, National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD) and the Emergency Network of Los Angeles (ENLA), HCA (Hope Coalition America) will work with state and local agencies and their volunteers to provide information and guidance to help families and communities recover.

* HCA (Hope Coalition America) FREE Services Include:

• Disaster Recovery Budget
• Paying a Mortgage on a Destroyed Home
• Home Inspections and Repair Contracts
• Assistance with working with Your Creditors
• Referrals to Government and Private Agencies
• Assistance with Obtaining Copies of Destroyed Financial Documents
• Insurance Claims Assistance
• Emergency Financial First Aid Kit and Personal Disaster Preparedness Guide

Eligibility Requirements: Disaster Victims
Areas Served: All areas
Phone: 1-888-388-HOPE
Web site: www.operationhope.org