Trusted Choice Disaster Relief Fund: Help for agents from agents

The Trusted Choice Disaster Relief Fund helps agency members, their employees, and others in the event of unrecoverable losses caused by a hurricane or other natural or man-made disaster.

Assistance is provided through cash grants made directly to those affected. The proceeds can be used for immediate or ongoing financial needs such as:

• Lost wages and benefits related to employment (such as health insurance)
• Lost essential personal property, including items lost from offices or while property was evacuated
• Medical expenses not subject to reimbursement (including psychological counseling expenses
• Living expenses (e.g., food, clothing)
• Housing expenses (e.g., immediate rental assistance for displaced residents, mortgage, utilities)
• Transportation expenses
• Funeral and related expenses for victims who died directly as a result of injuries sustained during a disaster
• Office equipment, furniture and supplies
• Office relocation and operational expenses
• Other time-sensitive and unreimbursed expenses

Donations to the fund are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. No fees are deducted from contributions for staff time to manage the fund or facilitate distributions from the fund.