Good morning and thank you for joining us.If you have any questions during the meeting, please type them in the chat box or wait towards the end of the call for our Q&A portion.Please visit Northern California Grantmakers Wildfire Response Page for information on funds, resources, and events : https://ncg.org/2020-northern-california-wildfires

What are some examples of non-eligibility? what households or individuals would not be eligible?

Could you speak to if/how undocumented individuals can access support?

Are there voting/voter registration resources at the local assistance centers?

The Disaster Legal Assistance Collaborative (DLAC) provides free legal assistance after disasters. www.disasterlegalservicesca.org. Hotline: 415-575-3120 is open M-F.

Do VOADS or COADS support the volunteer firefighting efforts? What are the most effective ways to support volunteer fire departments?

An additional resource for Disaster Legal Services - can help families with documentation, insurance issues, FEMA appeals, etc. DLS Hotline Number for DR-4558-CA: (888) 382-3406. It went live yesterday.

A great move forward to increase our ability to deal with disasters is the passage of AB2147, which will allow formerly incarcerated to become firefighters & EMTs after their release.

Is there also a Web site for Disaster Legal Services?

Who or how would one fund a VOAD coordinator position?

I would love to help with that and can connect you to VOAD/COAD partners. Some are under a 501c3 . Please feel free to reach out to me at: vmihanovich@communitylinkcr.org

Greater Bay Area Central Coast Wildfire Relief Fund https://uwba.org/wildfirerelief/

This all takes place against the COVID relief work United Ways across state are doing, too, as Kathleen Kelly Janus mentioned, lots going on

Regional equity is critical in statewide disasters, no doubt.

That is one reason we set up a statewide fund on COVID. For localized emergencies, we prefer to support our local United Ways and their regional funds

https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1565183972050-1b178d085b84dd8949d4f8a1bdf8b2f2/FACTSHEET_DisasterLegalServicesFINAL2019Compliant.pdf

This is the link to DLS Fact Sheet

Napa Valley Community Foundation launched the Napa Valley COAD between the 2014 earthquake and the 2017 wildfires and is still the primary funder, so we would be happy to share more about that process and our learnings. I have to jump to another meeting, but can be reached at Julia@napavalleycf.org. Thank you all.

Thank you Alan for your leadership and thanks everyone for your time and insights

Thanks so much Alan and all!

thank you all,

Thank you for including California Strong--this was very helpful.

www.lccf.org

thank you Alan! So appreciate being on this call

laura@lccf.org

Thank you @Alan, @Laura, @Kathleen and @Kelly and @Pete and all for your great work.

Thank you!