How Prepared Are You? Take the Preparedness Assessment

1. Do you have consistent spiritual practices, such as prayer, Scripture study, worship, or fellowship, that help keep you grounded during uncertainty?

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2. Do you have a trusted faith community, church, ministry, or spiritual support system you can turn to during difficult times?

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3. Do you feel spiritually prepared to remain anchored in faith and help strengthen your family during a crisis or prolonged period of uncertainty?

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4. Does your household have essential first-aid supplies, regularly needed medications, and basic health necessities readily available?

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5. Do you have a plan for obtaining necessary medical care, medications, or health support if your usual healthcare access is temporarily disrupted?

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6. Do you have enough knowledge and basic resources to manage common minor health needs until professional medical care is available?

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7. Do you have healthy strategies for managing stress, fear, uncertainty, and unexpected change?

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8. Do you feel able to remain calm, think clearly, and make practical decisions when circumstances become stressful?

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9. Do you have trusted people, practices, or resources you can turn to for emotional support during difficult periods?

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10. Does your household keep enough food on hand to manage a temporary disruption in normal grocery access?

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11. Do you have knowledge or experience with at least one food-resilience skill, such as gardening, growing food, food preservation, farming, raising animals, or long-term food storage?

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12. Do you have a realistic plan for increasing your household's long-term food security or self-sufficiency?

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13. Do you have accessible emergency savings or financial reserves for unexpected expenses?

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14. Could your household continue paying essential expenses if your primary income were temporarily interrupted?

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15. Do you have a financial plan that addresses spending, debt, savings, emergency reserves, and long-term financial stability?

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16. Does your household have a clear plan for emergencies such as severe weather, fire, evacuation, extended outages, or other unexpected disruptions?

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17. Do members of your household know where important documents, emergency contacts, essential supplies, and evacuation items are located?

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18. Have you taken practical measures to improve the safety and security of your home, property, and household?

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19. Does your household have an alternative source of income—or a realistic plan for generating one—if your primary income is disrupted?

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20. Do you have useful skills, a business, profession, trade, or other abilities that could help you generate income if circumstances change?

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21. Are you actively developing opportunities, skills, investments, or income streams that could strengthen your future financial independence?

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22. Does your household have an emergency supply of safe drinking water or a reliable alternative source of water?

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23. Do you have a method for filtering, purifying, collecting, or otherwise obtaining safe water if your normal supply is interrupted?

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24. Could your household maintain essential functions during an extended power or utility outage using backup lighting, charging, cooking, heating/cooling, power, or other alternatives?

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25. Does your family have a preparedness or emergency plan that household members understand?

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26. Have you discussed how your family would communicate, where you would meet, and what you would do if family members became separated during an emergency?

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27. Does your preparedness plan account for the specific needs of children, older adults, pets, people with disabilities, or anyone else who depends on you?

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28. Do you have trusted people nearby—family, neighbors, friends, church members, or others—whom you could rely on during a significant disruption?

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29. Are you connected to a community, church, neighborhood, organization, or network that could work together to provide support during difficult circumstances?

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30. Do you have skills, knowledge, supplies, or other resources that you could use to help others and strengthen your community during a crisis?

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HOW PREPARED ARE YOU?

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