The Division of Emergency Management plans for and responds to both natural and man-made disasters. These range from floods and hurricanes to incidents involving hazardous materials or nuclear power. The division prepares and implements a statewide Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, and routinely conducts extensive exercises to test state and county emergency response capabilities.

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Connecting Property Owners and Building Professionals with Storm Related Goods and Services.

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The Technical Assistance Program (TAP) for small, minority-owned businesses is designed to help your business thrive in today’s complex, rapidly changing and uncertain environment.

Operated by the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC), TAP provides professional assistance and training from expert business consultants and coaches. Think of TAP as an extension of your team.

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Short Time Compensation (STC) is a temporary alternative work style that will assist employers in keeping their work force intact. The program permits prorated unemployment compensation benefits to employees whose work hours and earnings are reduced as part of an STC plan to avoid total layoff of some employees.

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The office serves Floridians through its responsibilities for regulation, compliance and enforcement of statutes related to the business of insurance. The Office is also entrusted with the duty of carefully monitoring statewide industry markets.

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The Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council continues to monitor the situation regarding coronavirus (COVID-19).

Business Resources confirmed-to-date are outlined below.

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For Information on Traffic, Road Conditions and Closures.

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Find out how to access step-by-step directions to a nearby shelter in the event of an emergency.

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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is a component of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. The NHC mission is to save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic efficiency by issuing the best watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather and by increasing understanding of these hazards. The NHC vision is to be America’s calm, clear, and trusted voice in the eye of the storm and, with its partners, enable communities to be safe from tropical weather threats.

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Red Cross volunteers and staff work to deliver vital services – from providing relief and support to those in crisis, to helping you be prepared to respond in emergencies.

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Stay In Touch With Family and Friends Using Zello Walkie-Talkie App
Zello is a free push-to-talk application for smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It’s lightweight, easy to use and extremely fast. Better yet, it’s free and will remain free for personal use. Zello works great over Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, and even GPRS and EDGE.

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You can once again apply for a grant program that funds up to $10,000 worth of upgrades that strengthen your home against hurricanes.

Why it matters: Hurricanes are nature’s largest and costliest storms.

• The My Safe Florida Home program offers residents the means to safeguard their homes — which can, in turn, lower their insurance bills.

How it works: The program staggers its application process to prioritize those who need it most.

• Low-income seniors can apply through July 15. All other low-income homeowners can apply from July 16 to July 30.
• Those with what the state deems as “moderate income” can put in for the program afterward, with seniors up first from July 31 to Aug. 14. The portal closes after all funds are exhausted.

You can apply online here.

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Disaster Unemployment Assistance provides financial assistance to individuals whose employment or self-employment has been lost or interrupted as a direct result of a major disaster and who are not eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits.

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The Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan program provides short-term, zero-interest working capital loans that are intended to “bridge the gap” between the time a disaster impacts a business and when a business has secured longer term recovery funding such as federally or commercially available loans, insurance claims or other resources.

Loans are available up to $50,000 per eligible applicant.

Loans made under this program are short-term, personal loans using State of Florida funds – they are not grants and must be repaid. Florida Small Business Emergency Bridge Loans require repayment by the approved applicant. Owners may utilize funding from longer term financial resources, such as U.S. Small Business Administration economic injury disaster loans, to repay the Emergency Bridge Loan.

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