Patient resources guide: Central Texas Floods 2025

Nationwide Resources

RX Assist

• Website: www.rxassist.org/patients
• Description: Free and low costs medicines

Needy Meds

• Website: https://www.needymeds.org
• Description: Financial assistance programs to help with the cost of medications.
• Phone: 1-800-503-6897

Findhelp.org

• Website: https://www.findhelp.org/
• Description: Search for financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help.

NOAA's National Weather Service

• Website: https://www.noaa.gov
• Description: The most current forecasted weather conditions for your area, evacuation and shelter information, and available resources to help keep you safe.

HUD Disaster Resources

• Website: https://www.hud.gov/disaster_resources
• Description: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development list of disaster resources.

Rebuilding Together

• Website: https://rebuildingtogether.org/find-your-local-affiliate
• Description: Online directory by state of affiliates, volunteer programs for home repair. Repair and rehabilitation of homes for disaster recovery.

Disaster Legal Services

• Website: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/about/initiatives/disaster-legal- services/
• Description: Immediate temporary legal assistance to disaster survivors at no charge.

U.S Small Business Administration Disaster Customer Service (SBA)

• Website: https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance
• Description: Low interest mortgages, personal property, and economic injury loans are available to homeowners, renters, and business owners affected by the disaster
• Phone: 800-659-2955 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 

• Provides crisis counseling, information, and resources - available 24/7
• Phone: 1-800-985-5990 or
• Text: TalkWithUs to 66746; Spanish: Text "Hablanos" to 66746
• Online chat: through SAMHSA's website
• https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline

Local Resources

Texas State and Local Level Referrals

• Website: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4871#local-resources
• Description: When a disaster occurs, local governments often work together with community leaders and organizations to provide on-the-ground emergency management. This is a list of those organizations.

Official website of the State of Texas

• Website: https://www.texas.gov/
• Description: Official website for the state of Texas.  From here, you'll be guided to online services, resources, and information around the state.

Texas Division of Emergency Management

• Website: https://tdem.texas.gov/
• Description: coordinates the state emergency management program, which is intended to ensure the state and its local governments respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters and implement plans and programs to help prevent or lessen the impact of emergencies and disasters.
• Phone: (512) 424-2208
• Social Media:
  • X: https://x.com/TDEM
  • Facebook: facebook.com/TxDEM

Texas Workforce Commission

• Website: https://www.twc.texas.gov/
• Description: Disaster Unemployment Assistance may be able to provide assistance to those that lost their job or are self-employed and were affected by a disaster.

Texas Health and Human Services

• Website: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/
• Description: Improves and supports health outcomes and well-being for individuals and families.  Ensures efficient access to appropriate services
• Phone: 888-963-7111

Texas Food Banks

• Website: https://squaremeals.org/Public-Resources/Texas-Food-Banks
• Description: Food Pantries and Community Kitchens serving the Texas

American Red Cross

• Website: https://www.redcross.org/local/texas/central-and-south-texas.html
• Find a Shelter tool: https://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery- services/find-an-open-shelter.html
• Red Cross Resource Directory: https://www.redcross.org/get-help/resources.html
• Main Phone Number: 800.733.2767

The Salvation Army

• Website: https://salvationarmytexas.org/texas/
• Find a Location: https://southernusa.salvationarmy.org/uss/location-search
• To send an email visit: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/contact/
• Phone: 1.880.SAL.ARMY

United Way

• Website: www.211.org
• Description: Provides resources in your area
• Phone: 211

US Army Corps of Engineers

• Website: www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Emergency-Operations/National-Response-Framework/Temporary-Roofing/
• Description: Operation Blue Roof provides temporary resources to cover damaged roofing due to natural disasters
• Phone: 1-888-ROOF-BLU, Email: roe-callcenter@usace.army.mil

World Central Kitchen

• Website: https://wck.org/relief/central-tx-floods-25
• Description: Providing meals and water to first responders and impacted families.
• Phone: (202) 844-6330

Hands Off Central Texas

• Website: https://www.handsoffcentraltx.org/
• Description: Driving supplies to affected counties on Tuesday July 8
• Email: president@handsoffcentraltx.org 

TEXSAR: Search and Rescue Support

• Website: https://www.texsar.org/
• Description: Texas Search and Rescue is a volunteer group that is currently on the ground throughout the Texas Hill Country searching for those who were swept away by the flood
• EMERGENCY OFFICIALS needing TEXSAR services should contact the TEXSAR Activation Line: 512-994-4727 (Agencies Only)