This four-minute video from FEMA explains the key steps to emergency preparedness for individuals and families. These include being informed, making a plan, building a kit, and getting involved.

The National Preparedness Online Course Catalog through FEMA provides searchable, integrated information on courses provided or managed by FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), Emergency Management Institute (EMI), and National Training and Education Division (NTED). There is specific information for rural communities and tribal governments, including whole community inclusive planning, preparation for food emergencies, social media tools, and more.

This FEMA website provides resources, training and information about the CERT Program, disaster preparedness, and basic disaster response.

This website from Ready.gov offers a variety of information and resources to support disaster survivors, their family, and the community. There are special references related to helping children, senior citizens, people with access or functional needs, and people for whom English is not their first language.

This resource from the Internal Revenue Service provides information about special tax law provisions that may help taxpayers and businesses recover financially from the impact of a disaster, especially when the federal government declares their location to be a major disaster area.

This website from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers guidance for disaster survivors regarding applying for assistance, including a list of documents needed to help expedite the application process.

September is recognized as National Preparedness Month to raise awareness around planning ahead for emergencies. This year's theme, “Don’t Wait, Communicate. Make Your Emergency Plan Today,” emphasizes preparedness for youth, older adults, people with disabilities, and others with access and functional needs.

On March 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a Dear Colleague letter to state and local courts to announce new resources. The purpose of the resources is to assist state and local efforts to reform practices for assessment of ability to pay as part of enforcement efforts to collect fees, fines, and child support. The resources can support the ongoing work of judges, courts, policymakers, program administrators, and other stakeholders in ensuring justice for all individuals, regardless of financial circumstances.

Child Support and TANF programs work with many of the same clients and others, including noncustodial parents, who face similar and overlapping needs. Such needs may include increasing employment skills; removing barriers to employment; and addressing non-compliance with, or ability to pay, child support orders. There are a variety of ways these programs can work together to best support the families they serve. In this webinar, state programs shared processes for establishing and maintaining effective collaborations with key partners, enhanced services to incentivize participation and completion, recruitment and retention strategies, and other lessons learned. The webinar was held on August 23, 2016, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET.