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When a natural or other
disaster strikes, life suddenly changes. Routines are shattered, jobs disrupted,
and property destroyed. Loved ones may be injured or lives lost.
If you have experienced disaster, you know firsthand the emotional toll that it takes—shock, confusion,
grief, and fear that catastrophe could strike again. Emotional recovery can take
months, even years.
Disasters also take a financial toll. This booklet is written
to help you regain a sense of financial balance following a disaster by offering
suggestions on steps to take immediately, what to do in the initial weeks and
months, and how to begin planning again for the future. The booklet may not answer
all your questions but it will answer some of them and, we hope, help minimize
the financial impact of the disaster.
Disaster Recovery: A Guide to Financial
Issues is offered to you as a public service of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants (AICPA), AICPA Foundation, the American Red Cross, and the
National Endowment for Financial Education® (NEFE®). | |
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