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Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health Programs:
Guiding Principles and Recommendations

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CRISIS COUNSELING PROGRAM REPORTS

The Emergency Mental Health and Traumatic Stress Services Branch reviews reports from States that have received funding under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The following reports were reviewed for this publication:

Alabama, Hurricane George, 1998
FEMA-1250-DR

Alaska, Storms and Floods, 1994
FEMA-1039-DR

California, Civil Unrest, 1994
FEMA-942-DR

California, Northridge Earthquake, 1994
FEMA-1008-DR

California, Late Winter Storms, 1995
FEMA-1046-DR

California, Flooding, 1998
FEMA-1203-DR

California, El Nino Storms, 1998
FEMA-1203-DR

Florida, Severe Storms, 1999
FEMA-1204-DR

Guam, Super Typhoon, 1997
FEMA-1193-DR

Minnesota, Storms and Floods, 1993
FEMA-995-DR

North Carolina, Hurricane Floyd, 1999
FEMA-1292-DR

Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995
FEMA-1048-DR