About the Program
The National Park Service Employees and Alumni Trust Fund offers a
program to aid the NPS Family in times of major disasters (i.e. hurricanes,
floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, pandemic, acts of terrorism/war,
etc.) or personal calamities.
Who is Eligible
The disaster relief fund program is open to all federal employees (who are
on payroll at the time of an incident and working within the specified
geographic region where the event occurred) and to employees of other
partner organizations (at E&AA's option dependent on the availability of
resources). E&AA funds are meant to provide affected individuals with
immediate assistance in paying for temporary shelter, food, damage to homes,
personal property, etc., or to offset the adverse impact of a personal
calamity. The specific amount of the assistance will be determined at the
time the “Trust Fund” officially agrees to support a disaster recovery
initiative. Assistance will depend on the amount of available resources
currently on hand, the time needed to solicit and successfully raise
additional contributions for disaster relief, and the number and the
cumulative amount of the requests for aid.
How to Apply
Once the E&AA Trust Fund agrees to support a disaster relief initiative
it will normally work closely with an Incident Command Team or with senior
leadership to coordinate the relief effort. Normally a “Request for Aid”
form is drafted to address the particular event or calamity and made
available for distribution to those affected. Eligible parties should submit
a completed Request for Aid directly to the “National Park Service Employees
and Alumni Trust Fund - Disaster Relief. To ensure that eligibility
requirements are met, forms must be approved by the Incident Command Team or
a management team member from the National Park Service or equivalent
federal agency. Requests for Aid must be submitted within 30 days of the
event.