Emergency assistance information:
- Federal Disaster Assistance: The Federal Government allows people to apply online for assistance: disasterassistance.gov. This website consolidates the application process across several Federal agencies, including FEMA and the Small Business Administration. For more information, call 1-800-621-FEMA (1-800-621-3362).
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): fema.gov
- Small Business Administration: For SBA disaster loan information and application forms call 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for people with speech or hearing disabilities) on Monday through Friday from 8am to 6pm, or send an email to disastercustomerservice@sba.gov. Download an application here: sba.gov or https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/
Volunteer information:
- VTResponse: http://vtresponse.wordpress.com/ (a blog set up to connect projects with people who want to help)
- United Way of Windham County: unitedwaywindham.org/volunteer.shtml
General sites related to assistance and recovery:
- Efficiency Vermont: www.efficiencyvermont.com/ (online index of certified contractors and information about rebates and appliances)
- HelpVermont wiki: http://helpvermont.org/
- National Trust for Historic Preservation: preservationnation.org/ (disaster response resource guides)
- Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont: http://nofavt.org/ or 802-434-4122
- Ride Share: connectingcommuters.org/
- Southeastern Vermont Community Action: sevca.org/ or 802-722-4575
- USDA Farm Service Agency: fsa.usda.gov/ or 802-254-9766 (Windham County office) or 802-658-2803 (state office)
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Agency: vt.nrcs.usda.gov/, 802-254-9766
- US Internal Revenue Service: www.irs.gov, 866-562-5227 (toll free)
- US Representative Peter Welch: http://welch.house.gov/
- US Senator Patrick Leahy: http://leahy.senate.gov/
- US Senator Bernie Sanders: http://sanders.senate.gov/
- United Way of Windham County: unitedwaywindham.org/ or Facebook; 2-1-1 for services or 802-257-4011 for service providers
- United Way and Vermont 2-1-1: http://vt211.org/ )information about health and human service organizations)
- Vermont Economic Development Agency: veda.org/ or 802-828-5627 (administers Emergency Flood Assistance Program for businesses and farms)
- Vermont Farm Bureau: vtfb.org/ or 802-434-5646
- Vermont Food Bank: vtfoodbank.org/ or 800-585-2265
- Vermont Historical Society: vermonthistory.org/ or 802-479-8514/8522
- Vermont Housing Finance Agency: vhfa.org/ or 800-339-5866
- Vermont State Housing Authority: vsha.org/ or 802-828-3295; rental vacancy listings at housingdata.org/resources/
- VT Agency of Commerce and Community Development: dca.state.vt.us/ or 802-828-3211
- VT Department of Health: http://healthvermont.gov/ or 802-257-2880 or 1-888-253-8805 toll free (water test kits, masks, gloves, and information on safely cleaning up)
- VT Department of Labor: labor.vermont.gov/ or 802-254-4555 (Brattleboro) or 802-885-2167 (Springfield) for assistance for employers and job-seekers; 1-877-214-3330 for disaster unemployment assistance
- Windham County Humane Society: http://wchs4pets.org/ or 802-254-2232
- Windham & Windsor Housing Trust: w-wht.org/ or 802-254-4604
- Town contact info: Windham County towns