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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
Puerto Rico, Hurricane Hortense, 1997
FEMA-1136-DR
South Dakota, Severe Storms, 1997
FEMA-1156-DR
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