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DHS and FEMA
Preparedness Newsletter
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This Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness and resilience resources, an important part of FEMA's mission to help people before, during, and after disasters. We're building a culture of preparedness together. |
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Special EFFAK Edition: Complete the EFFAK Today for Peace of Mind Tomorrow
- April 15, 2021
Be heard…Email comments or suggestions to us at FEMA-prepare@fema.dhs.gov
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Complete the EFFAK Today for Peace of Mind Tomorrow! |
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Picking up the pieces of your life after a tornado, flood, or other disaster can be challenging. One of the most important things that may help you recover faster from a disaster is having all key documents together in one place.
The free Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK) helps keep all your important information at your fingertips. The EFFAK gives you a way to organize critical financial, medical, and household information. It includes checklists and forms to help you gather the documents you will need after a disaster or other emergencies. It also provides tips on storing and safeguarding your information.
FEMA is urging people to fill out the EFFAK throughout the month April as it is National Financial Capability Month . President Biden has recognized the month to highlight the importance of overcoming the financial impact of COVID-19 and becoming financially resilient.
“Financial education that builds financial capability helps families receive assistance, build resilience, and benefit from a stronger and more equitable economy,” Biden said in a proclamation for National Financial Capability Month.
Visit the new EFFAK web page to download the EFFAK in six languages – English, Spanish, simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. A large print edition is also available for download. A print copy of the EFFAK in multiple accessible formats can also be ordered online and shipped to you at no cost.
Complete the EFFAK today to organize all your crucial documents for peace of mind tomorrow. Visit the EFFAK page to download the EFFAK and get started today! |
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Financial Resilience Data Digest
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FEMA conducted a survey to investigate people's attitudes, perceptions, motivations, and behaviors related to financial resilience. We found that:
- 91% of people who experienced a disaster reported that they incurred a financial impact, and over one third (37%) reported they incurred a “major” financial impact due to a disaster.
- More than half of people identified low- and no-cost ways to prepare financially for a disaster, such as safeguarding important documents (55%), creating/maintaining a financial plan (40%), and improving credit score/borrowing ability (22%).
Read the April Data Digest to learn more! |
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Videos Highlight the EFFAK in Action
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The EFFAK web page has five short videos that introduce each of the elements in the Emergency Financial First Aid Kit. The videos are free to use and can be easily shared on social media and email.
Watch these videos and easily share via the YouTube link to tell others how the EFFAK can help them too! |
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Share the Message on Social Media
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FEMA has created a social media toolkit with messaging and graphics that you can use to communicate the importance of the EFFAK with your networks.
Sample tweets like, “If a disaster happened today, could you easily find your crucial household, financial, and medical documents to recover quickly? Use the checklists in the free Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK) to ensure nothing is missing” can get you started. Instagram- and Facebook-ready graphics can boost engagement with your posts. |
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Disclaimer: The reader recognizes that the federal government provides links and informational data on various disaster preparedness resources and events and does not endorse any non-federal events, entities, organizations, services, or products. Please let us know about other events and services for individual and community preparedness that could be included in future newsletters by contacting - FEMA-prepare@fema.dhs.gov - TWITTER: @Readygov
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About FEMA
FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
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Social media links provided are for reference only. FEMA does not endorse any non-government websites, companies or applications. |
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