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Domestic Field Partners

• American Red Cross
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• National Organization for Victim Assistance
• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
• State Emergency Management Agencies
• The Salvation Army

International Field Partners

• Action by Churches Together
• Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
• DOS Population, Refugees, and Migration
• Foods Resource Bank
• InterChurch Medical Assistance
• U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
• UNHCR
• UNICEF
• World Food Program

Community-Based Secular Human Services Partners

• Neighbors4Neighbors

CWS Domestic Community-based Interfaith Partners

• Florida Interfaith Networking in Disaster (FIND)
• Louisiana Interchurch Conference - Learn about faith community response to humanitarian needs caused by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.
• New York Disaster Interfaith Services
• North Carolina Interfaith Disaster Response
• Terrebonne Readiness Assistance Coalition
• Texas Interagency/Interfaith Disaster Recovery
• Washington Interfaith Disaster Recovery Organization

Disaster & Disability

• An ADA Guide for Local Governments: Making Community Emergency Preparedness & Response Programs Accessible to People With Disabilities - A U.S. Department of Justice guide for local governments, but applicable as well to non-government agencies seeking to meet challenges associated with serving people with disabilites.
• Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Persons with Disabilities - Summary of research on how persons with disabilities prepared for, reacted to, and recovered from the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina in the most affected areas of the Gulf Coast.
• Coping with Disaster Within the Faith Community - The National Mental Health Association and the American Association of Pastoral Counselors have developed this fact sheet to assist people of faith and their communities in coping with the emotional and spiritual impact of our nation's tragedy.
• Disability Resource Center - Information from Department of Homeland Security covering topics on emergency preparedness and response for individuals with disabilities, emergency planners, first responders, and service providers.
• EPI Guide for Emergency Managers, Planners & Responders - The National Organization on Disability's first Emergency Preparedness Initiative Guide highlights key disability concerns for officials and experts responsible for emergency planning in their communities.
• Preparation & Prevention - Materials from FEMA to help you prepare and prevent damage as a result of a disaster or emergency.
• Serving Disabled Persons in Disasters - Report on University of Kansas study on capacity of government emergency management agencies to address needs of disabled persons following disasters.

Disaster Information

• Benfield Hazard Research Center - London-based multidisciplinary academic disaster research center.
• Disaster News Network
• Disaster-Related Web Site Links
• Extenstion Disaster Educators Network
• Interaction
• Natural Hazards Center Research Applications Information Center
• NOAA Library
• Quick Response Reports -- Natural Hazards Center - With funds contributed by the National Science Foundation, the Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Program enables social scientists to travel to the site of a disaster soon after it occurs to gain valuable information concerning immediate impact and response. The findings of these studies cover a broad range of disasters - both natural and human-caused - in diverse settings affecting all types of human communities.
• Relief Web
• The Disaster Center
• The Natural Hazards Center
• University of Florida Cooperative Extention Disaster Handbook - Covers preparedness, home recovery, farm recovery, stress & coping, hazards.
• Virginia Cooperative Extension After-Disaster Advisories

Emergency Management Tools

• Bulletin Board & Chat Room Weather Discussions
• Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Studies
• Climate Diagnostics Center
• Climate Prediction Center
• Contingency Response Planning Tools
• National Weather Service Office of Meteorology
• Storm Advisories & Updates
• Tropical Storm & Hurricane Computer Modeling
• U.S. Census Bureau Fact Finder
• U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts
• University of Florida Disaster Handbook
• Worldwide Tropical Storm Tracking

Emergency Management Training

• Emergency Management Institute
• Emergency Management Institute Independent Study Courses
• University of Minnesota Department of Emergency Management
• University of Wisconsin Disaster Management Center
• Virtual Forum for Emergency Management Professionals

Other Key Information Sources

• Federal Register
• The Foundation Center
• Vulnerability Network & Observatory - An online knowledge portal (1) reporting news on vulnerability and sustainability development and (2) linking researchers and practitioners to hundreds of journal papers, reports, brief notes, etc. covering vulnerability, adaptation, climate change impacts, food security, water management, renewable energy, and socio-environmental modeling

Other Organizations In Disaster Response

• American Radio Relay League
• Civil Air Patrol
• Humane Society of America
• Humane Society U.S.
• International Red Cross
• Points of Light Foundation
• REACT
• Second Harvest
• TelecomPioneers

RSS Feeds

• FEMA Situation Updates