Disaster Assistance for Victims: Mental Health Resources in California

HSM435: Psychology of Disaster

I found the link to following three sites on the site http://www.ca.gov/.
 https://www.sonomacountyrecovers.org/mental-health-wellness/
 http://www.caloes.ca.gov/AccessFunctionalNeedsSite/Documents/Vulnerable
%20Populations.pdf
 https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/MH/Documents/California_HOPE_2016.pdf
I just typed “Disaster Assistance for Victims especially mental health” on the search bar and
found multiple sites related to federal resources, emergency assistance, crisis counseling, disaster
and mental health/behavioral health programs, mental health issues due to unemployment,
evacuation, helping survivors, etc. The government’s site is very user friendly. Within flip of a
second, I found out the above sites just by browsing on the search browser.
Sonoma County Recovers website
This site has contact numbers for free assistance for those impacted emotionally and mentally.
The programs are federally funded and can send counselors to meet the affected people at home,
school, etc to provide counseling for disaster recovery education. They have disaster distress
helpline available 24x7 which is toll free and multilingual that provides confidential crisis
support. Even the differently able can text on a special number. The victims can directly contact
at the numbers provided for counseling, therapy sessions or other psychotherapy sessions if they
are struggling in the aftermaths (Sonoma County Recovers, 2018).
Cal OES website
This site provides a guide for managers to meet the needs of vulnerable people in times of
disaster. The community based organization (CBO) has a network of neighborhood, team of
skilled people and all resources to identify the vulnerable and offer services according to their