LA Fires & Wind Storm January 2025
LA-area Resource Guides & Hotlines
Los Angeles Mutual Aid Funds - MutualAidLA.org
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Sign up for LA County Emergency Alerts - Ready LA County
Resource Guide for Californians - CalHOPE (live chats, housing assistance, Youth Help Network, veteran and mental health resources)
Disability and Disaster Hotline - The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies
ASL Interpreters - LIFESIGNS, Inc.
Peer Support – United Firefighters of LA - Los Angeles
Family & Educator Resources
Boys and Girls Clubs of Malibu: Informed by its experience helping kids and families after the 2018 Woolsey fire, the organization is offering free counseling, case management and resource referrals for area families. Those looking for help can fill out intake forms in English and Spanish.
Project Camp - Los Angeles based program creates pop-up trauma informed day camps to support displaced kids. Camps are forming now and go to their website for more information.
Mental Health Resources
The Green Circle: Community Healing for a Changing World - Sarah Nicholson, LMFT
Orange County EMDR Trauma Recovery Network - Orange County TRN
Ways for Clinicians to get Involved
EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs - EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (Search for applicable Trauma Recovery Networks in LA area)
Trauma-Informed Care for Community Well-being: The Sonoma Wildfire Mental Health Collaborative
Additional LA Wildfire-related Resources & Coverage
Coping with Wildfires and Climate Change Crises - University of California San Francisco
Coping with Trauma and Stress in the Face of Wildfires - County of Sonoma
The Lasting Mental Health Toll of the California Wildfires - The New York Times