Post Evacuation

Foreign Service employees and family members are encouraged to read the following materials to familiarize themselves with contingency planning and evacuation resources.  For more information, please contact the Family Liaison Office at 202-647-1076 or 1-800-440-0397 or send an email to FLOAskEvacuations@state.gov.

Attention evacuees: To receive information pertinent to your post's evacuation status,  please provide the Family Liaison Office with your contact information, including email address and phone number.  The Family Liaison Office is responsible for maintaining contact with evacuees.

Contingency Planning

Evacuation Plan: Don't Leave Home Without It - checklist for before, during and after an evacuation
Contingency Planning for Single Parents & Tandem Couples with Children
Pets: Contingency Planning for Your Pet
Choosing Your Safehaven: Factors to Consider
Choosing a Safehaven: Considerations for Parents of School Age Children
Evacuation Considerations for Families with School Age Children
A List of Papers and Computer Disks to Hand Carry

Evacuation Resources

Evacuation Questions and Answers
Coping Strategies for Evacuees
Welcome Back Evacuation Packet - includes evacuation regulations, evacuation contact list, evacuation allowance (SEA) information and application forms.
Hotels and Lodging Information for Evacuees
Long Distance Relationships and Separated Tours: When Couples Live Apart
Employment Options for Evacuees
Unemployment Compensation for Family Members on Evacuation Status
Training Opportunities for Foreign Service Family Members
Child Care Options
Education Checklist for Returning to the Washington, DC Area
Recent Education Initiatives in the Department of State (includes Virtual Schooling and TSMA information)

Evacuation Allowances

Subsistence Expense Allowance (SEA) - Subsistence Expense Allowance (SEA) is the allowance given to official evacuees.  For evacuees returning to the continental United States, the allowance is based on the locality per diem rate of your safehaven location. Domestic Per Diem Rates If the evacuee's safehaven location is not listed under domestic per diem rates, then the standard CONUS per diem rate applies. For evacuees at a foreign safehaven, the Subsistence Expense Allowance is based on the lower of the following: the locality per diem rate to which he/she is evacuated or the standard CONUS rate. (Please note that an evacuee's request for foreign safehaven must be approved by the Department of State.)

Subsistence Expense Allowance information and application forms can be found in the publication Welcome Back: Evacuation Packet on pages 12 - 31. The publication includes information from the Department of State (DOS), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department of Defense (DOD), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS/USDA), United States Customs Service, and the Voice of America/International Broadcasting Bureau (VOA/IBB). DSSR 600 - EPW - Evacuation Payment Worksheet

PLEASE NOTE: Evacuees should wait until they are in the U.S. or at their foreign safehaven location to submit the Subsistence Expense Allowance forms. Used airline tickets and lodging receipts are necessary for completing the application and applications are not processed without them. Forms may be faxed.

Allowances Immediately Following An Evacuation

Transitional Separate Maintenance Allowance (TSMA) - TSMA is to assist employees with additional costs they incur when their family members are required to occupy temporary commercial housing while establishing permanent housing in the U.S. following an evacuation and the conversion of the post to an unaccompanied status.  TSMA regulations can be found in DSSR 266.4 Transitional SMA  and 267.1 Determination of Rates (b).

Additional Web Resources

Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets
Crisis Awareness and Preparedness

Information provided by the Family Liaison Office
Contact the Family Liaison Office