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NHR Hurricane Helene Response - General Update #1

1. NHR Hurricane Helene Response - General Update #1

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Robin Bauer Kilgo
Posted 10-04-2024 17:39

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FAIC and NHR have been in touch with their colleagues at FEMA, HENTF and CREST (North Carolina AFR) in the days after Hurricane Helene to begin organizing for a response. If you know of institutions who might be in need of assistance, feel free to send the following information regarding assistance.

Cultural Heritage Resources

NHR Emergency 24/7 Helpline for Institutions 202.661.8068

NHR Public E-mail for Individuals NHRpublichelpline@culturalheritage.org

NC Humanities: https://nchumanities.org/hurricane-helene/

Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms: Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms (fema.gov): https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_salvaging-water-damaged-family-valuables-heirlooms_06142023.pdf

Save Your Family Treasures Resources in multiple languages: Save Your Family Treasures | FEMA.gov: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/save-family-treasures

Emergency Response Resources: Emergency Response | Cultural Rescue Initiative (si.edu): https://culturalrescue.si.edu/resources/emergency-response

NC Historic Preservation Office: Drying a Wet Building, etc: https://www.hpo.nc.gov/restoration-services/disaster-preparedness-and-response

Grant Funding

CERF+ https://cerfplus.org/ - small grants for individual artists

North Carolina Disaster Relief Grant: https://ncpreservation.org/programs/disaster-relief-grant/

NCAPER: Working on individual assistance for self-employed artists. Supplies, e.g. https://www.ncaper.org/

NEH indicated that they will likely be opening a call for collections-focused recovery funding for nonprofits

National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives https://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-foundation-board-of-directors/national-disaster-recovery-fund-for-archives - Grants of up to $5000 for archival materials damaged by natural disasters

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Robin Bauer Kilgo (she/her/hers)
Connecting to Collections Care Coordinator, FAIC
c2cc@culturalheritage.org
National Heritage Responders WG Co-Chair
Contract Registrar/Consultant
rbkilgo@gmail.com
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