Hurricane Assistance

Emergency Phone Numbers

First, call 911. If you can’t get through to 911 on first try, keep calling.

Jefferson County Emergency Management
Address: 1149 Pearl St, Beaumont, TX 77701
Phone: (409) 835-8757
Website: co.jefferson.tx.us

Hardin County Emergency Management
Phone: (409) 246-5119
Website: co.hardin.tx.us

Orange County Office of Emergency Management
Address: 11475 Fm 1442, Orange, TX 77630
Phone: (409) 882-7895
Website: https://www.facebook.com/OCEmergencyManagement

If you’re unable to connect with the above numbers, call the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston Command Center numbers: 281-464-4851 | 4852 | 4853 | 4854 | 4855

Assistance Locating Family Members & Friends

To find family and friends or to register yourself as safe, visit the American Red Cross Safe & Well site at https://safeandwell.communityos.org/cms/

To report a missing child, contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-866-908-9570

To talk to a professional who can help you cope with emotional distress from the storm, call the Disaster Distress Line at 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746

FEMA Assistance

Registering online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov, is the quickest way to register for FEMA assistance since the event will last several days and the full scope of damages may not be evident until the storm has passed. If you are unable to access the internet, you can also call at 1-800-621-3362.

National Flood Insurance Program
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4332

Financial Assistance for Rent and Other Expenses

The Texas Workforce Commission’s disaster unemployment assistance
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/jobseekers/disaster-unemployment-assistance

Texas Association of Realtors has a relief fund offer $1,000 per applicant
https://apps.texasrealestate.com/public/disasterRelief/reliefApplications.cfm

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Frequently Asked Questions
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/TXHHSC/2017/09/06/file_attachments/875424/hurricane-harvey-faq.pdf

More Resources

2-1-1 Disaster Assistance
https://hhs.texas.gov/services/safety/2-1-1-disaster-assistance

American Red Cross – Texas Gulf Coast Region
http://www.redcross.org/local/texas/gulf-coast

DriveTexas.org
The Texas Department of Transportation’s DriveTexas.org website has an interactive map that shows major roads and flooding across the state at https://drivetexas.org

Houston TranStar Traffic Map
http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/

Texas Education Agency’s Hurricane Harvey Enrollment Guidance
http://tea.texas.gov/About_TEA/News_and_Multimedia/Correspondence/TAA_Letters/Hurricane_Harvey_Enrollment_Guidance/

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Hurricane Laura Resources
https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/correspondence/taa-letters/preparing-for-hurricane-laura

U.S. Department of Education Laura Resources
https://www.ed.gov/hurricane-help

Hurricane Harvey Disability Hotline
Portlight Strategies has set up a Disability Hotline to assist those in the path of Harvey get to access essential services at (800) 626-4959.  Press 0 and leave a message and your call will be returned. Or you may email the agency at paul@portlight.org. Please be patient as they are experiencing high call volume.

HoustonSpecialNeedsHelp.org
The Next Step Academy has launched HoustonSpecialNeedsHelp.org to connect families in need with people who can help. Parents can register through their website at https://houstonspecialneedshelp.org/

Harris County Homeland Security
Flood reporting and resources at http://www.readyharris.org/

Deaf Hurricane Harvey Survivors Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/123286011654503/

Texas Division of Emergency Management @TDEM
Official Twitter account of the Texas Division of Emergency Management. All-hazard emergency preparedness and disaster information for Texas. https://twitter.com/tdem

Facebook Safety Check In
https://www.facebook.com/crisisresponse/673495970179337?alias=673495970179337&latitude=27.6925419&longitude=-97.28147179999999

Senator John Cornyn Hurricane Laura Resources
https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/hurricanepreparedness

Ways to Help Victims of Harvey

Texas Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (TX VOAD)
To help people affected by the storm, visit the TX VOAD website for a listed of trusted organizations at https://txvoad.communityos.org/cms/node/104

JJ Watt’s Houston Flood Relief Fund
https://www.youcaring.com/victimsofhurricaneharvey-915053

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/local/texas/gulf-coast/ways-to-donate

South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
https://southtexasblood.org/

Dallas Hearing Foundation
Dallas Hearing Foundation is donating time, hearing aid/CI batteries and more to those displaced. http://dallashearingfoundation.org/

United Way Storm Recovery
https://www.unitedwayhouston.org/flood

Texas Hands & Voices
Texas Hands & Voices is collecting videos of bedtime stories being read – We would like to add videos like these to our YouTube/Vimeo channels so they can be shared with families stuck in the shelters – to bring some normalcy to their lives if at all possible. We know a lot of kids would not have been able to bring their favorite books with them!
Please consider reading a book and sharing the video with us (ASL/voiced/both – captioned if possible) so we can load them for these families! Doesn’t have to be high quality – captioning can be added fairly easily in YouTube, not sure about Vimeo. Different levels of stories would be great!!! Send them to office@txhv.org and we will add them to the collection! http://www.youtube.com/user/TXHV