DisabilityInfo.gov: National Resource Directory: Services & Resources: Financial Information & Assistance: Emergency Relief

Grants funds in order to provide grief counseling and bereavement support services to children and teens who have experienced the loss of a parent or loved one.

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Helps relieve financial distress of Air Force members and families and assists them in financing their higher education goals. Find the nearest AFAS location in the U.S. or overseas.

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Provides information and instructions on applying for the Falcon Loan of $500 or less for emergency needs such as basic living expenses, car repairs, emergency travel or other approved needs. Document is in .pdf format.

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Resources include Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC), Air Force Retiree Services Section (AFPC/DPSIAR), which manages the Air Force Retiree Activities Program and the Survivor Benefit Plan, and Air Force Assistance Fund (AFAF), which helps Air Force families with emergency aid, educational needs and retirement homes for widows or widowers of Air Force members in need of financial assistance.

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Emergency financial help for service members and families, including travel assistance.

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Programs include injured support services, housing assistance, family bereavement assistance, direct financial help, career counseling and recreation opportunities. Download the Family Assistance Application (document is in .pdf format).

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Helps soldiers and dependents through emergency financial assistance. There are 91 AER Sections of U.S. Army installations worldwide. Find the nearest location.

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Financial assistance and college grants for children and spouses of disabled military service members and those who lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Provides emergency financial support to service members and families. Call 914-432-5400 or apply online. Other programs include family support networks, therapeutic day camp for children, career networks and homes for the wounded.

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Financial assistance for emergency, short-term situations that endangers personal well being. For the entire Coast Guard family, including active duty and retired military personnel, reservists and their families. Various other categories of assistance offered.

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Financial aid to injured Marines and their families, those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and to all military branches as the need arises. Download the Application for Financial Assistance.

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Grants to wounded troops and families to assist with housing, travel or other needs. Special fund provides educational scholarships to children of an active duty service member who was killed, permanently disabled or who is currently certified as POW or MIA. Create an account and apply for a scholarship.

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Provides patient advocates, funds for education, financial and career counseling and emergency funding. Also offers travel grants to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) patients and family.

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Provides financial assistance to military special needs children who are diagnosed within the autism spectrum and have an emotionally impaired disability.

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Provides financial assistance for family support, help with the purchase of adaptive vans or vehicles, housing assistance as well as arts education programs.

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Serves veterans and their dependents, severely wounded warriors and single parent service members and veterans by providing services including emergency financial assistance, counseling, scholarships, housing assistance and medical transportation.

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NSHC is the Navy's focal point for the non-medical case management of wounded, ill and injured Sailors and their family members. Providing a lifetime of care, the Navy supports and assists Sailors through recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration.

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Provides members of the Navy and Marine Corps and eligible family members and survivors with interest-free loans or grants to help with emergency needs such as: emergency transportation, vehicle repairs, funeral expenses, medical/dental bills, food, rent, utilities and child care expenses.

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Financial grants for those injured and families of those who have been injured or killed as a part of the Global War on Terrorism, whether domestic or abroad, military or civilian, for transitioning and achieving financial self-sufficiency.

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Financial assistance to wounded service members for rent/mortgage, utilities, vehicle payments and repairs, food, clothing, transportation and personal items.

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Assistance for service members and families including funds for transportation and modifying/re-modeling/building homes.

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Financial support to families who have lost relatives in service to their country, grief camps for children and spouses and support for Fisher House and other rehabilitation programs.

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Services for wounded warriors including funds for day care expenses at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, hospice suite for Walter Reed patients with terminal cancer, payments for emergency financial needs and laptop computers for wounded warriors at the Fisher Houses at major military medical centers.

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Program funded by the American Legion assists minor children of eligible veterans through cash grants to cover needs such as housing, food and medical bills. Document is in .pdf format.

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Financial assistance for wounded warriors and families, prevention of foreclosure/eviction and help with basic needs.

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Peer-to-peer support, survivor transition assistance, emergency aid and financial planning and bereavement counseling for surviving spouses of Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine Corps Special Operations personnel killed in the line of duty since September 11, 2001.

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Emergency financial support to families of military personnel. Apply online or download the application form in .pdf format.

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Provides financial releif to Wounded EOD Warriors and their families.

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Assists severely injured service members with physical, emotional and financial support.

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