INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
DISASTER FUND INFORMATION/GUIDELINES
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PURPOSE
The purpose of the ESA International Disaster Fund is to assist an ESA member whose home and/or personal belongings are destroyed or damaged extensively by one of nature’s causes -fire, flood, etc. Assistance may also be given when a member incurs heavy financial responsibility due to a debilitating illness or accident, which involves the member or their immediate family who resides in their home and for whom they are legally responsible.
In the event a member’s chapter requests additional help for them after one claim has been paid, the State Committee MUST investigate the application thoroughly. The Disaster Fund is not an on-going source of assistance; a second claim will not be paid for the same illness or accident. If the State Committee establishes that the additional need is valid, the application must be submitted (along with the information regarding the reasons for recommending the additional claim) to the International Council Disaster Fund Committee Chairperson. Following receipt of such an application, the International Council Disaster Fund Chair will review with the committee, comprised of the IC Disaster Fund Chair, the IC President, and the IC First Vice President/President-Elect, and will make the final determination regarding the additional claim.
The purpose of the ESA International Disaster Fund is to assist an ESA member whose home and/or personal belongings are destroyed or damaged extensively by one of nature’s causes -fire, flood, etc. Assistance may also be given when a member incurs heavy financial responsibility due to a debilitating illness or accident, which involves the member or their immediate family who resides in their home and for whom they are legally responsible.
In the event a member’s chapter requests additional help for them after one claim has been paid, the State Committee MUST investigate the application thoroughly. The Disaster Fund is not an on-going source of assistance; a second claim will not be paid for the same illness or accident. If the State Committee establishes that the additional need is valid, the application must be submitted (along with the information regarding the reasons for recommending the additional claim) to the International Council Disaster Fund Committee Chairperson. Following receipt of such an application, the International Council Disaster Fund Chair will review with the committee, comprised of the IC Disaster Fund Chair, the IC President, and the IC First Vice President/President-Elect, and will make the final determination regarding the additional claim.