Helpful Web Resources

Updated October 15, 2001

Survivor reports
These Web sites provide lists of survivors.

• www.shunn.net/okay/list.html
• http://okay.prodigy.net/
• http://66.40.240.240/dmstest/america.html
• www.bostoncoop.net:8080/SeptEleven?PersonalStatus
• www.ny.com/wtclist.html

Coping

• Find a clinical social worker in your area: www.socialworkers.org/register
• American Psychological Association: www.apa.org
• American Psychiatric Association: www.psych.org
• American Red Cross, Disaster Services: http://redcross.org/services/disaster
• Center for Mental Health Services: www.mentalhealth.org
• Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov
• First Gov: www.firstgov.gov
• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc., www.icisf.org/
• The Mayo Clinic: www.mayoclinic.com/home?id=HQ00771
• National Center for PTSD: www.ncptsd.org
• National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov
• National Mental Health Association: www.nmha.org
• Children/Teens
  • American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org
  • American School Counselor Association: www.schoolcounselor.org
  • Child Welfare League of America: www.cwla.org
  • Educators for Social Responsibility: www.esrnational.org
  • Family Information Services: www.familyinfoserv.com
  • Kids Health: www.kidshealth.org
  • National Association of School Psychologists: www.nasponline.org/index2.html
  • National Education Association: www.nea.org
  • United States Department of Education: www.ed.gov/inits/september11/index.html
  • YMCA: www.ymca.net
  • YMCA Milwaukee: www.ymcamke.org
  • Youth Noise: www.youthnoise.org
• International
  • Disaster Relief: www.disasterrelief.org
  • Global Social Work Discussions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlobalSW
  • International Federation of Social Work: www.ifsw.org
  • United Nations: www.un.org

For additional information

• American Society of Association Executives: www.asaenet.org
• Department of Health and Human Services: www.os.dhhs.gov
• Department of Justice: www.usdoj.gov
• FBI: www1.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp or call 1-866-483-5137
• Helping.org: www.helping.org
• The Independent Sector: www.independentsector.org
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: www.nhpco.org
• The White House: www.whitehouse.gov

How you can help

Federal families affected by the September tragedies may contact the Federal Employees Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) for information on the formation of the World Trade/Pentagon Fund: www.feea.org or contact 1-800-323-4140.

* Donations may be made to the fund.

• American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
• Donate to disaster relief fund: www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html
• Donate Blood: www.redcross.org/donate/give/
• The Salvation Army: www.salvationarmy.org
• National Organization for Victims Assistance: www.try-nova.org/
• United Way-NYC September 11^th Fund: www.uwnyc.org or call (212) 251-4035
• International Association of Fire Fighters, "The New York Fire 9-11 Relief Fund": www.iaff.org
• New York State Fraternal Order of Police, "World Trade Center Police Disaster Relief Fund", www.nysfop.org

To Volunteer

• www.redcross.org/donate/volunteer/

For more information about local resources, please contact your local NASW chapter.

For FREE Family Grief and Loss Counseling

• New York City Armory
  Lexington & 26^th Street
  Manhattan, NY

Original manuscript received November 17, 1998
Final revision received February 17, 1999
Accepted May 24, 1999

This was first published in our publication Community Stress Prevention Vol. 4 2000 and later in Traumatology 2000 Vol 6.

From Social Work, October 2001, pp. 350-360.