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Fire Resources

The combustion of fuel & oxygen that produces bright light, heat, smoke, & burning. National disaster or man made fires can cause structural damage, building collapse, losses, pollutants, and hazards. Be aware- Irrational judgment occurs when oxygen levels fall. At 12 percent headache, dizziness, nausea, and fatigue occur; At 9 percent respiratory or cardiac arrest can occur and at 6 percent cardiac arrest and death occur.

Fire design & fire ratings should be evaluated. Citizens should plan and practice emergency plans as well as complete routine house inspections, build emergency kits, give blood, and purchase insurance (The American Red Cross, 2003; Venkatesh et al. 2020)

“The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire” - unknown

Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines

  • Genasys Protect App

    • Website: https://protect.genasys.com

    • Description: Push notifications on fire status and evacuations in real-time

Advocacy & Resources

  • Air Now

    • Website: https://www.airnow.gov

    • Description: Air quality and health index for teachers, students and health professionals, fires

  • American Red Cross

    • Website: https://www.redcross.org

    • Description: delivers vital services – from providing relief and support to those in crisis to helping you be prepared to respond in emergencies.

  • Fire Help Services

  • * Good Inside Resource

  • The September 26 Project

    • Website: https://www.september26.org

    • Description: The annual emergency preparedness checklist for autism and special needs families in honor of Feda and Muhammad Almaliti.  

    $ Funding Opportunities

    * Toolkits & More

  • The September 26 Project (see above) emergency checklist

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Foster Care

Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines

Advocacy & Resources

  • Adoption Assistance - Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF)

    • Website:

    • Description: financial assistance for adopting children with special needs, pay for healthcare

  • Buckner Hope Shines Here (Hope Center & Family Pathways Ministries)

    • Website: https://www.buckner.org

    • Description: Protects children and strengthens families, serving seniors and empowering generations through foster care, adoption, and retirement.

  • Care Portal

    • Website: https://www.careportal.org

    • Description: Connects those who want to keep one child out of foster care, help one family in crisis stay together

  • Chambliss Center for Children

    • Website: https://www.chamblisscenter.org

    • Description: preserving family unity and helping prevent the dependency, neglect, abuse, and delinquency of children by providing childcare, foster care, support, and transitional Living for those out of foster care

  • Citizens Caring for Children (Oklahoma)

    • Website: https://www.cccokc.org

    • Description: Provides clothing, personal hygiene items, resources, and continued support to foster care children

  • Families Helping Families (Iowa)

  • Lemieux Family Center

  • The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

    • Website: https://www.nctsn.org

    • Description: Guidance and resources to support and navigate stress and trauma, find treatments and include a course on child and family stress intervention

  • One Simple Wish

    • Website: Http://www.onesimplewish.org

    • Description: Restores happiness to those who have been impacted by the trauma of foster care and childhood crisis with wish list so others can experience love, hope & joy

  • Together We Rise

    • Website: Https://www.togetherwerise.org

    • Description: Transforming the way youth navigate the foster care system, higher education scholarships to aging out youth seeking continuing education, must have been in foster care for a minimum of 12 months

$ Funding Opportunities

  • Care Portal (see above) - Care items

  • Missouri Department of Transportation sponsors education training for foster care

  • One Simple Wish (see above) - A wishlist for foster children

  • Together We Rise (see above) - Continuing Education Scholarship

* Toolkits & More

  • Department for Children and Families (DCF) (see above) - Adoption Assistance

  • Citizens Caring for Children (see above) - hygiene products

  • Department for Children and Families (DCF)

  • The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (see above) - Curriculum

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Friendship

“You don’t need a perfect life to be happy. You just need to surround yourself with people who love you for who you are.” - Karen Salmansohn

Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines

Advocacy & Resources

  • Child Mind Institute

    • Website: https://childmind.org

    • Description: Support for children who are struggling with mental health, behavior, and learning challenges

      $ Funding Opportunities

      * Toolkits & More

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