Explore emergency resources by disaster type. Click the icons below to access vital information for each type of natural disaster.
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Nonprofit Security Grant Programs
CalAssist
The state's CalAssist Mortgage Fund offers 3 months of mortgage payments to eligible home owners and the funds never have to be repaid.
Households may qualify if their home was destroyed or severely damaged as a result of a qualified disaster that occurred between January 2023 and January 2025, such as the Eaton Fire, Palisades Fire, Park Fire and San Diego floods.
Listos California
Listos California has worked alongside communities statewide to enhance resiliency, provide new accessible in-language information, and advance a new culture of disaster preparedness. Fastened at Cal OES, Listos California has already reached nearly 4 million people with low incomes, disabilities and language barriers, older adults, and other highly vulnerable Californians between 2019-2021.
Click here to learn more about how Listos can help all Californians to prepare for potential disasters.
Disaster Preparedness
Listos California has several different ways that you can interactively prepare for a disaster. These include a week-long text messaging program, a 20-minute interactive experience, a link to FEMA training, and more. More information with clickable links to the various programs are below.
- Various resources in over 20 languages can be found here.
- Text Messaging Program
- Signing up for text messages from Listos will provide you with one text per day, sent at a time you choose, over the course of a week. At the end of that week, you will learn how to complete five steps to protect you and your loved ones. Click here to sign up for text messages from Listos.
- 20-Minute, 5-Step, Interactive Experience
- This interactive program teaches Californians about the role they play in their own safety and why THEY are the BEST person to help themselves, and their families, prepare for a disaster. Click here to start the interactive experience.
- 20-Hour FEMA Certified Community Emergency Response Team Certification Training
- This program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area, while training them in basic disaster response skills. Click here to enroll in the FEMA Training.
- 8-Hour Listos Basic Emergency and Disaster Readiness Public Education Program
- Listos explains that the goal of this program is "..to provide vulnerable populations with information about the importance of disaster readiness that includes the sharing of preparedness skills and information with family and friends. The curriculum emphasizes targeted recruitment and presentations tailored to the specific cultural and linguistic needs of the target communities." Click here to learn more about the program and enroll.
Resources Provided by Listos CA
Listos California has provided a variety of resources to help aid Californians in preparing for potential disasters. These resources include free print resources, online resources, text messaging programs, social media posts, and audio and video resources. There are over 100 different resources that are offered in over 20 different languages.
Click here to access the resources provided by Listos.