Provides a range of services for families and individuals affected by disasters such as tornadoes, floods, and wildfires.
If you were affected by the 2019 flooding in Eastern Oklahoma, time is ticking to apply for FEMA assistance or to appeal FEMA's decision. Please call (918) 935-2650. We will follow up with you to see what help we might be able to offer.
Catholic Charities Disaster Relief Services works alongside other community organizations to provide a range of services for families and individuals affected by disasters such as tornadoes, floods and wildfires. Severe weather in Oklahoma is a frequent occurrence and many people’s lives are impacted.
Catholic Charities offers individualized short-term response and long-term disaster case management services after a disaster has struck.
Short-term response services may consist of providing food, clothing and emergency financial assistance, in addition to meeting the immediate emotional and spiritual needs of those impacted.
Long-term disaster case management services help individuals and families navigate the financial and emotional difficulties after a disaster, which may last a long period of time.
Counties served by Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma are: Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, Le Flore, Mayes, McCurtain, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington.
Residents of other counties in Oklahoma should contact Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Oklahoma City at https://catholiccharitiesok.org/ or (405) 523-3000 or toll-free (800) 375-8514.
The first step in receiving help for a natural disaster is to report your damage to the Oklahoma Emergency Manager at https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/f809b6071dcb4eb698d110420775eb9f or call (405) 521-2481. You may also call 211 to report damage.
Please then contact the Red Cross at (405) 228-9500 to inquire about immediate assistance.
After the initial damage assessments are completed, our agency will meet with other local agencies to determine how to work together to best meet the needs of those impacted.
For immediate need of food and clothing, we are available during our business hours listed by location at https://cceok.org/services.
Should you need more assistance, you may fill out our Disaster Relief Request Form. An experienced disaster case manager will contact you and assist you with your needs.
Currently, cash donations are the best way we can help those who have been affected by the recent floods and tornadoes. We are able to purchase material goods at a much lower cost than the consumer.
You may donate directly to our Disaster Relief program. Click here.
(918) 508-7170