The Center for Community Engaged Learning recognizes that many members of the MSU community are impacted by the effects of hurricanes and tornadoes in North Carolina, Florida, and surrounding affected states. There are a variety of resources available to support Spartans experiencing distress and hardship due to these natural disasters.

Campus Resources:

  • Counseling and Mental Health Support: If you are in crisis, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. CAPS crisis services are also available 24/7. Call (517) 355-8270 and press “1” at the prompt to speak with a crisis counselor.
  • If you need someone to talk to, Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) is available to offer support. You can schedule an appointment or reach out to them for emergency assistance.
  • Uwill 1-1 support teletherapy: Students can create a profile and receive free, immediate access to a therapist of their choice.
  • You may also request a listening space with University Health and Wellbeing if you feel as though the campus would benefit from a group space to process these events. To request a University Health and Wellbeing listening space, students can use this request form.
  • Financial Support: If you are in need of emergency funding, please visit the Student Emergency Funds website to review various options for financial support. 
  • Academic Support: If you’re facing challenges attending classes or meeting academic deadlines, let us know. We can work with you to determine how to prepare for and navigate conversations with your faculty and asking for flexibility. 
  • If you feel as though you may benefit from mental health or other types of disability-related accommodations, you may also contact RCPD to speak with a specialist to see if they are able to provide support.

Community Resources:

  • 211 is a nationwide service connecting millions of people to help every year. Visit mi211.org or call 211 (multiple languages offered) to get connected to assistance with emergencies and disasters, food, health services, housing and utilities, human trafficking, jobs and employment, reentry following incarceration, and veteran needs.
  • Natural Disaster Contact Information for Higher Education Students and Student Loan Borrowers 
    • Please call 1-800-4FED-AID (1-800-433-3243) for information about relief options for students and borrowers impacted by a natural disaster.
  • Information for Students and Borrowers Impacted by a Natural Disaster

 

The Center also recognizes that many Spartans are caretakers and integral parts of your family's (both biological and chosen) support system. These resources are available to anyone working to support loved ones in affected communities.

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Page: FEMA provides information about the formal disaster declaration process, disaster types, how FEMA gets involved, and other financial and technical resources.
  • Public Assistance: Policy and Guidance Website: FEMA helps state, local, tribal, and territorial governments and certain types of private nonprofit organizations respond to and recover from major disasters or emergencies. After an event like a hurricane, tornado, earthquake or wildfire, communities need help to cover their costs for debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures, and restoring public infrastructure.
  • DisasterAssistance.gov: The Disaster Assistance Improvement Program's (DAIP) mission is to provide disaster survivors with information, support, services, and a means to access and apply for disaster assistance through joint data-sharing efforts between federal, tribal, state, local, and private sector partners.
  • Ready.gov: Ready is a National public service campaign designed to educate and empower the American people to prepare for, respond to and mitigate emergencies, including natural and man-made disasters. The goal of the campaign is to promote preparedness through public involvement.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Natural Disaster and Severe Weather Resources: CDC offers a number of resources that public health professionals, clinicians, emergency responders, and others can use to share health and safety information in the event of a natural disaster. Resources include emergency social media channels as well as Public Service Announcements and podcasts focused on what individuals can do to protect themselves and their families during natural disasters.

 

At this time, communities in need of assistance in North Carolina and Florida following Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton have requested donations through the following funds: