Use FEMA CORPS to create AUDIO copy of HELP AFTER A DISASTER

THE GUIDE http://www.fema.gov/help-after-disaster is available in at least 21 languages but no audio copy is currently available in CD form or online. Functional illiteracy is to some extent an unacknowledged disability in our recovery efforts. Please read the Table of Contents below, imagine how much valuable information you could be missing if you were functionally illiterate or could not read at all.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview of the Individuals and Households Program

Types of Assistance

Your Civil Rights and Disaster Assistance

Disaster Assistance Process

Program Eligibility

Types of Eligible Losses

Important Information About Disaster Help

If You Are Eligible for Help

Information About Insurance and Disaster Help

I Want to Have My Case Reviewed Again (Appeal)

Rebuilding and Repairing Mitigation Measures

Information About Additional Disaster Assistance Program Information

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Description of Ineligible Reasons

Sample FEMA Form 90‐69B Declaration and Release

FEMA Fraud Hotline

Possible Solutions:

Use FEMA CORPS to record an audio version for the FEMA Media Library http://www.fema.gov/medialibrary/media_records/8892 & the Guide site http://www.fema.gov/help-after-disaster plus provide links on other social media sites. (when guide is updated a new audio version would follow)

Seek donations of blank CDs from private businesses and manufacturers. Copy audio & make available to Disaster Survivors by any means that works such as Disaster Response Centers, Community Relations, libraries, schools & local government.