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Community Assisting Recovery, Inc.

“Survivors Helping Survivors” • 888-216-8264 • carehelp.org

 

Index:

Upcoming Meeting Schedule: See Below

Insurance/Recovery Tip: ...Requesting a copy of your policy

CARe Update: ...................Upcoming meetings in San Diego

Disaster Recovery: ............Fire Victim Family Tries to Forge Ahead       

Insurance Industry: ...........Insurance Commissioner having Fair Plan meeting in LA and Santa Barbara

Disaster Prepared: ............Quality of response is focus of study

Disaster News: ……............Hot Suspect in Old Fire

Quote of the week: .......….by Walt Disney

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Upcoming Meeting Schedule:

Date

Time

Topic

Location

Jun 24

6:30pm

Next Steps

Ramona Recovery Center - 1710 Montecito Rd, Ramona CA 92065

Jun 27

10:00am

Next Steps

Fallbrook Community Baptist Church - 731 S Stagecoach Ln, Fallbrook CA

Jun 22-26

multi

“How to Document Your Loss" small workshops

San Diego area. Small Groups will be scheduled throughout this period. Please call 818-216-0123 for an appointment.

 

Insurance/Recovery Tip:

Requesting a copy of your policy

If you have not yet received a copy of your policy, it’s time to ask for one in writing. Here is a sample letter to get you started.

http://carehelp.org/downloads/handouts/Handout01-PolicyRequestLetter.pdf

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CARe Update:

"How To Document Your Loss for a Lawsuit" Workshops coming in June

CARe will be holding a series of small workshops in San Diego addressing the task of documenting your loss for a lawsuit. To maximize the effectiveness, these workshops will be with small groups and will be by appointment only. Please call 818-216-0123 to make an appointment.

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Disaster Recovery News:                   

Fire Victim Family Tries to Forge Ahead
Insurance Providers, News Crews Leave a Bitter Taste for the Keltners

June 5, 2009

It’s been almost a month since their home was incinerated in the Jesusita Fire and the Keltners are still just beginning to piece their lives back together. While the family realizes that their situation is not unique — they have been in contact with others who similarly lost their homes in Santa Barbara’s recent blazes — they cannot help but express their frustration with the biggest roadblocks they’ve experience thus far in their own reconstruction efforts.

http://www.independent.com/news/2009/jun/05/fire-victim-family-tries-forge-ahead/

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Insurance Industry News:                  

Insurance Commissioner having Fair Plan meeting in LA and Santa Barbara

Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Hearings to Examine Availability of Homeowners Insurance and Fair Plan Concerns in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles

http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/0080-2009/release083-09.cfm

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Disaster Prepared:

Quality of response is focus of study
June 10, 2009

A recent case study examining how well the increased needs for shelter, food and clothing in a disaster situation were met by disaster response organizations found much work remains to be done.

http://www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=3906

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Disaster News:

Hot Suspect in Old Fire

Jun 12, 2009

A suspect in the catastrophic Old Fire has been behind bars on unrelated felonies almost as long as the flames have been out.

http://www.pe.com/reports/wildfires/stories/PE_News_Local_S_fire13.42f289f.html#slcgm_comments_anchor

 

More info:

http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_12587241

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Quote of the Week:                   

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

  -Walt Disney

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