• NeighborWorks Gulf Coast Rebuilding Efforts
• Symposium: "The Critical Role of Community Development Organizations in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery"
• Planning Worksheets
• Original Presentations

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Symposium: "The Critical Role of Community Development Organizations in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery"

• Symposium Participant Packet [PDf, 775 KB] - Includes symposium agenda and presenters' biographies
• Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Community Development Organizations - A Manual [PDF, 227 KB] - Susan Ude

Planning Worksheets

• Crisis/Emergency Communication Plan Worksheets [PDF,107 KB]
• Questions the Media and the Public May Ask in an Influenza Outbreak [PDF, 77 KB]
• The PPBI Incident Management Model [PDF, 36 KB]
• Individual and Family Disaster Planning Checklist [PDF, 13 KB]
• Assembling a Disaster Supply Kit [PDF, 11 KB]
• Responsibility Matrix [PDF, 9 KB]
• Valuable Documents [PDF, 9 KB]
• Disaster Related Bylaws [PDF, 9 KB]

Original Presentations

Preparation and Planning

• Critical Preparation for Crisis Communication [PDF, 768 KB]
  - Julia Hunter Galdo, American Institutes for Research
• Harris County (Texas) Citizen Corps: Uniting Communities. Preparing the Nation [PDF, 4.5 MB] - Mark Sloan
• City of Dallas: Emergency Management Program [PDF, 4,077KB]
  - Kenny Shaw, Office of Emergency Management, City of Dallas
• Stay in Business: Organizational Continuity Planning [PDF, 1,221 KB]
  - Dr. Thomas D. Phelan, Strategic Teaching Associates, Inc.

Response and Recovery

• KATRINA: NHS New Orleans Responds to the Storm [PDF, 1,194 KB]
  - Lauren Anderson, New Orleans Neighborhood Housing Services
• Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTS) [PDF,1,142 KB]
  - Rachel Jacky, Community Emergency Response Team
• Hurricane Katrina: Helping Families in Crisis and Beyond [PDF, 2,141 KB] - Walter Moreau, Foundation Communities, Texas
• Disaster Recovery Planning [PDF, 415 KB] - The Recovery Group

Additional Resources

• Los Angeles Moments: Northridge Earthquake and Civil Unrest [PDF, 980 KB] - Lori Gay, Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services
• Rebuild East Grand Forks (Minnesota) Better and Apply Lessons Learned [PDF, 2.6 MB] - Todd Rhoades, Cermak Rhoades Architects
• Prepare. Collaboration. Community Response [PDF, 236 KB]
  - Mary Hennessey, Citizens Housing Corporation, San Francisco

 

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