EMERGENCY ALERT
Hurricane Milton slammed into Florida, where residents were already reeling from Hurricane Helene, which impacted multiple states, including Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina. Millions of families were without power and dealing with severe damage to homes, schools and childcare centers. Working with partners, we're ensuring families have the essential items they need and are focused on helping kids get back to learning as quickly as possible.
Save the Children protects kids in the United States when disasters like Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton strike. Your donation to the Children's Emergency Fund today can help save lives.
Hurricane Milton: U.S. Families in Crisis
After the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, communities are in desperate need of support as they begin the long road to recovery. School closures and traumatic experiences could affect children long after schools reopen, which is why we will work with communities and partners for as long as it takes to help families return to a sense of normalcy.
Having pre-positioned emergency supplies ahead of Hurricane Milton, Save the Children is helping ensure essential supplies are getting into the hands of families hardest hit by the storm. We’re also coordinating with local education partners to help restore child care and early learning centers as well as connecting with partners to assess the mental health needs of impacted children and caregivers.
Your donation to the Children’s Emergency Fund can support those impacted by hurricanes and other crises impacting children in the U.S.
“Hurricane Milton’s deadly winds, storm surge and flash flooding have put children in storm-weary Florida at great risk, threatening their homes, schools and communities. These children and their families greatly need our help now and well into the future,” said David Niersbach, head of Save the Children’s emergency response and recovery team.
Save the Children Responding to Hurricane Milton
Save the Children is the only national emergency response agency in the United States that has children at the core of everything we do.
In collaboration with partners, we are responding to some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Milton and coordinating with local partners to meet evolving needs. By connecting our expertise with local solutions, we ensure families have the essentials they need after a disaster and that schools, child care centers and psychosocial support systems are restored as soon as possible.
Our programs include: aid distribution, cash assistance, education in emergencies, mental health and psychosocial support and childcare recovery.
We are providing essential items like hygiene and cleaning kits, diapers and wipes for Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee.
We are assessing child care damage across Appalachia and Florida and coordinating with partners to provide childcare center recovery funding.
We are providing mental health training and programming, including our child interventions Journey of Hope and BRIDGES.
Hurricane Milton: How to Help Children Impacted by Crisis
Together, we can ensure no child is left behind in an emergency, reaching the most vulnerable whenever and wherever they need us. With help from supporters like you, Save the Children will be there to help families and communities recover from Hurricane Milton, Hurricane Helene and other emergencies in the U.S.
Through our Children’s Emergency Fund we can prepare better, respond faster, and protect longer, so that we’re there to help children when they need it most. Your donation today supports this life-saving work.