Please  scroll below the General Assistance resources for resources specific to those experiencing Wildfires in California.

General Assistance

2-1-1
Call 2-1-1 to be connected with community services in your area, providing services like food banks, clothing closets, shelters, rent assistance, utility assistance and physical and mental health resources.
http://www.211.org/

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.
The Emergency Assistance Program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified artists (in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking) whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.
http://www.gottliebfoundation.org/emergency_grants.htm

American Red Cross
American Red Cross is an emergency response organization.
Contact: For the appropriate contact information of the department you are seeking visit: http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=7c7859f392ce8110VgnVCM10000030f3870aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default
Website: http://www.redcross.org/
To find information on your local American Red Cross, enter your zip code in the field at this url: http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.b5a0414b8a13bb88110dab5fc23f78a0/?vgnextoid=6d65e821cbdf9110VgnVCM1000002bf3870aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

American Red Cross Safe and Well List
The American Red Cross has provided a way for those affected by a disaster to register as safe and well, and for concerned family and friends to search for the status of their loved ones.
https://disastersafe.redcross.org/

American Society of Journalists and Authors Charitable Trust
The Writers Emergency Assistance Fund (formerly the Llewellyn Miller Fund) is administered through the ASJA Charitable Trust. Its mission is to help established freelance writers across the country who, because of advanced age, illness, disability, a natural disaster, or an extraordinary professional crisis are unable to work. A writer need not be a member of ASJA to qualify for a grant.
http://www.asja.org/weaf/

Arthouse Texas
Arthouse has established the Emergency Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to Texas artists who have experienced an unforeseen health or property disaster which prevents their normal production of art. Applicants must be full-time artists.
http://www.arthousetexas.org/index.php?_page=load_page&_id=ARTIST_SERVICES

Catholic Charities USA
Catholic Charities' relief and recovery services are provided on a regional level, and respond to the need for emergency food, shelter, direct financial assistance, counseling, and support. Other Catholic Charities services include financial, medical and utilities assistance, clothing, housing, health care, and child care. This site provides links to local branches, each of which provides direct assistance.
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=292&srcid=193

Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF)
CERF emergency relief assistance, provides small grants, no-interest loans, access to resources, waivers and discounts on booth fees, and donations of craft supplies and equipment, to professional craft artists who have experienced a recent, career-threatening emergency.
http://craftemergency.org/programs/relief/

Disaster Recovery and Assistance
The LSU AgCenter has an array of information about recovering from the multiple problems caused by a hurricanes, floods, storms, extended power outages and other stressful, dangerous events. Dangers include disease from insects and other pests, and illness from contaminated flood waters.
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/family_home/hazards_and_threats/recovery_assistance/

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation.
Mailing Address:
500 C Street S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20472
Telephone: 202-646-2500
Website: http://www.fema.gov/

Lutheran Services in America (LSA)
LSA's emergency and disaster services include clothing, emergency housing, financial assistance, food programs, legal aid, telephone crisis support and referrals, and support services. This site can be searched for services regionally or by type of assistance needed.
http://applications.lutheranservices.org/lsapublic/SearchResults_Service.aspx?Type=ServiceGroup&GRP=Y

Mayer Foundation
The Mayer Foundation offers economic relief grants to needy individuals who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income or lack of financial resources
http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/mayer

Poets in Need
Poets in Need is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 providing emergency assistance to poets who have an established presence in the literary community as innovators in the field and have a substantive body of published work.  Assistance is given only in cases of current financial need that is in excess of and unrelated to the recipient's normal economic situation and that is the result of recent emergency (due, for example, to fire, flood, eviction, or a medical crisis).
http://www.poetsinneed.org/

Prepare.org: After a Disaster
The American Red Cross's website on preparedness is intended to help seniors, children and people with disabilities in particular prepare for natural disasters and emergencies. This page has instructions on how to perform many tasks involved in recovery from disaster.
http://www.prepare.org/basic/basicafter.htm

Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is an integral part of the Christian Church, although distinctive in government and practice. Increasingly the Army’s policy and its indigenous membership allow it to cooperate with international relief agencies and governments alike.
Telephone: 800-SAL-ARMY
Contact: For the appropriate contact form visit: http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf/vw-dynamic-index/4CB5A61C1A28AFCA80256FA40067F221?openDocument
Website: http://www.salvationarmy.org

Society of Singers, Inc. (SOS)
SOS comes to the aid of displaced performers during times of critical disaster and devastation such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, with Financial Aid Assistance and SOS-Donner Katrina Relief Fund.
http://www.singers.org/

Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Among the many services provided by the St. Vincent de Paul Society are emergency financial assistance, emergency transportation and disaster relief and victim services. This website allows users to search for local councils offering assistance.
http://svdpusa.org/AbouttheSociety/FindACouncil/tabid/70/Default.aspx 

Springboard Emergency Relief Fund (MN)
Springboard’s Emergency Relief Fund exists to help meet the emergency needs of artists in need of immediate monies to cover an expense due to loss from fire, theft, health emergency, or other catastrophic, career-threatening event. Started by artists, the purpose of the Emergency Relief Fund is to expedite recovery from a specific economic crisis so that the artist applicant may continue their work. Artists may access up to $500.00 to meet or defray unexpected emergency expenses. Payment is made directly to the creditor, not the artist.
http://www.springboardforthearts.org/Services/ERF.asp

 
The Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI)
The Santa Fe Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico offers Emergency Relief Residencies to artists and writers affected by the horrors of political, social, or natural disasters. The one-to-three month residencies include a room with private bath, studio space for visual artists, and basic breakfast foods. All residency fees are waived. In response to the recent California wildfires, SFAI opens its doors to artists whose lives and creative work have been disrupted.
http://www.sfai.org/application_form.html#err

 
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Disasters & Emergencies
HHS has a page of links to information and resources for all types of disasters and emergencies. Click on 'Disaster Relief' to find organizations offering aid in times of emergency.
http://www.hhs.gov/disasters/index.shtml

United Way
The United Way provides assistance in every step of recovery from disaster.
http://www.unitedway.org

Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
The Motion Picture Pioneers Assistance Fund provides financial aid to entertainment veterans of exhibition, production and trade services during an illness, transition or catastrophic event.
http://www.wrpioneers.org/assistance_programs.aspx

California Assistance

American Red Cross of Orange County
Red Cross services available in response to the Santiago Canyon Wildfire include shelter, food, medical attention to immediate needs and emotional support. Service center locations are listed.
http://www.oc-redcross.org/page.aspx?id=982

American Red Cross of San Diego/ Imperial Counties
This local Red Cross website is a source of ongoing wildfire news and announcements, and information on how to obtain goods and services such as temporary lodging, food, clothing, medications, crisis counseling, supplies and more.
http://www.sdarc.org/

California Department of Insurance
The California Department of Insurance's Consumer Hotline officers are ready to assist those displaced by the wildfires with insurance questions at 1-800-927-HELP (4357). This page has links to information that may be helpful to those who lost property in the fires, including contact information for all California insurance companies.
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/

California Jazz Foundation
The California Jazz Foundation provides emergency financial assistance to jazz musicians and others who have made substantial contributions to the art form.
http://www.californiajazzfoundation.org/

Hope-Net
Hope-Net provides emergency groceries for low-income members of the Los Angeles community, limited shelter options to very low-income and homeless clients, and additional household and personal items for the needy.
http://www.hope-net.info/

Jewish Family Service
Jewish Family Service is implementing several safety responses to the San Diego wildfires. JFS is providing free case management services that include assessments, counseling, assistance with disaster related benefits, and limited financial assistance. Emergency food, personal hygiene products, and basic household needs are available and being distributed.
http://www.jfssd.org/
Jewish Family Service Fire Support Hotline: 800-295-4254

Local Assistance Center Information
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services has posted a frequently updated list of local assistance centers with mapped locations, contact information and hours of operation.
http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/ALL/025B99508F36CBF58825737F00052385?OpenDocument

Metro
Metro provides direct social services and supports community development in the San Diego and Imperial Counties area, including emergency food and clothing to those in need.
http://www.metrosandiego.org/

Paradise Community Services
Paradise Community Services of San Diego County assists families and individuals who have suffered the devasting effects of a disaster by guiding them to resources and helping them to develop long-term recovery plans. In response to the recent wildfires, they are coordinating a program of long-term recovery assistance beginning with an assessment of local needs.
http://www.paradisecommunity.org/

Southern California Grantmakers
Southern California Grantmakers has assembled a list of local aid-giving organizations and their responses to the recent California wildfires, with links and contact information. To find it, type 'wildfires' into the search function.
http://www.socalgrantmakers.org

United Way of Orange County
The United Way has established the Southern California Wildfires Recovery Fund to address the long-term needs of the families and communities affected by the fires.
http://www.unitedwayoc.org/

United Way of San Diego County
Click on 'Our Agencies' for a list of local resources for a variety of needs, including disaster recovery and assistance.
http://www.uwsd.org/