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Managing Family Finances: When You’re Unemployed

Offers tips for managing finances after losing a job.

Homeowner’s Wildfire Mitigation Guide

Resources to help homeowners understand wildfires and strategies for making their homes more fire-safe.

Building Social Support and Connections

Social connections are important for good health. People who are connected with friends, family members, neighbors and others experience better physical and emotional health, and even a longer life.

Replacing Lost or Damaged Documents

This article deals with information on how to replace lost or damaged papers. This document is EDIS document DH215, formerly IFAS publication DH0505. Published June 1998, revised January 2016, Octobe…

Power Outages and Food Safety

Long term power outages lasting hours to weeks can be much more inconvenient than short term outages lasting seconds or minutes. It is important to know what to do with perishable foods when long-ter…

Fortified Publications

Through a grant funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (award number 2023-67019- 40610), the Building Resilience through Extension Awareness and Knowledge (BREAK) project team …

Zika, a Mosquito Transmitted Virus

Fact sheet describing the Zika Virus, its mosquito vectors, Zika Virus, disease and prevention, history, and presence in Florida. English and Spanish 7-pages

Avoiding Fraud and Deception

This document is EDIS document DH219, formerly IFAS publication DH0509. Published June 1998, revised January 2016. It is part of The Disaster Handbook, a component of the Comprehensive Disaster Prepa…

Keeping Foods Out of the Temperature Danger Zone

This fact sheet details how to keep perishable foods safe in the event of power loss. Available in English, Spanish and Arabic.

Coping Financially with Disasters

This resource guides individuals and families needing information on how to recover from economic losses after a natural disaster. How to regain a sense of control and avoid making poor decisions; ho…

Coping Financially with Disasters

This resource guides individuals and families needing information on how to recover from economic losses after a natural disaster. How to regain a sense of control and avoid making poor decisions; ho…

Wild Edibles: Stinging Nettles

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a delicious and nutritious food. But it’s also a plant that can sting and cause welts. With these tips, you can learn how to safely gather, prepare and preserve thi…

Removing Mold in Your Home

A fact sheet for safely removing mold on a variety of surfaces in the home and on household textiles and cleaning up mold after flooding.

Home Emergency Management Guide

Guide to help people prepare for emergencies and provide information to help them during and after the emergency.

Home Emergency Preparedness Checklist

Checklist for items to include in a grab-and-go kit when evacuating one’s home during an emergency.

Low-Cost Emergency Supply Kit / Kit de Suministros de Emergencial de Bajo Costo

This fact sheet discusses the importance of having an emergency supply kit. Though prepared emergency kits can be purchased, they are often expensive and may include supplies that you do not need and…

Cascadia Action Steps: It’s Time to Get Ready

Cascadia Action Steps checklist shows how Oregon residents and guests can prepare to survive and rebuild after the expected Cascadia earthquake and resulting tsunami.

No Power? No Problem: Tips to Help You Thrive in the Face of Disaster

This publication focuses on how residents can cope with the loss of power to their homes. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are likely to lose power during a disaster, but there are many …

Survival Basics: Stress Less

Survival Basics: Stress Less is a 6-page handout that explores mindfulness techniques to help you prepare to respond with resiliency before, during and throughout stressful times.

Survival Basics: Emergency Kits

In a natural disaster or other emergency, the key to survival is being prepared. Be ready with an emergency kit for your family. Emergency kits contain the basic needs for life: food, water, warmth, …

Emergency Water Supplies

Updated 8/2022 Includes recommendations for obtaining safe drinking water during an emergency or disaster.

Extension and Mental Health Resiliency During Times of Disaster and Recovery: A Seven Part Series

Extension professionals understand the uniqueness of their relationships with their clientele. They can use this relationship to help community members deal with the stresses resulting from unexpecte…

Storm Damage Cleanup Highlights

This fact sheet highlights key guidelines to help you safely and effectively clean and restore your storm-damaged home. See also the LSU AgCenter “Storm Recovery Guide”.

103 Ways to Save Money

Alabama A&M University

While this resource is old, the tips are still quite good. It’s useful for helping people re-think pre-disaster spending habits after a disaster, especially if they are now living on a reduced budget.