Orange County is adding financial stability resources to the local emergency response plan. Orange County recently announced that the national nonprofit Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) selected the Central Florida county to receive funding and technical support to enhance local emergency preparedness and response plans by incorporating financial empowerment services for residents.
Orange County received a $150,000 CFE Fund grant to integrate financial empowerment services, which could include pre-disaster financial counseling to post-disaster assistance navigating federal aid applications into existing support services. The CFE Fund’s Emergency Financial Empowerment (EFE) initiative provides local governments across the country with grant dollars and technical assistance to build and expand their emergency preparedness and response infrastructure to support individual and family financial needs.
“Orange County is proud to partner with the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to strengthen how we support residents before, during, and after emergencies,” said Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings. “This investment allows us to integrate financial empowerment services into our emergency management efforts, ensuring Orange County families have the tools and resources they need to remain stable and recover quickly when challenges arise.”…