Employee Relief Fund

E&AA, as part of the E&AA Trust Fund, has established a Disaster Relief Fund to aid the NPS Family in times of major disasters (i.e. hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, tornados, pandemic, acts of terrorism/war, etc). E&AA will consider offering the relief fund for park-wide events, effecting three or more families.

E&AA's Disaster Relief Fund will be open to all Federal employees (who are on payroll at the time of the incident and working within the specified geographic region) and to partners (at E&AA's option). E&AA funds are meant to provide affected NPS family members with immediate cash to assist them in paying for temporary shelter, food, damage to homes, personal property, etc. The specific amount of the assistance will be determined at the time E&AA officially agrees to support Disaster recovery for the specific event and will be determined by the Chair and President based on projected use of the funds versus available resources.

Eligible parties should submit a Request for Aid directly to E&AA. To ensure that eligibility requirements are met, forms should be approved by the Incident Command Team or a management team member from the NPS. Requests for Aid must be submitted within 30 days of the event.