elevating national service disaster engagement in your state
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2014 AmeriCorpsState and National Symposium
Elevating National Service Disaster Engagement in Your State
Welcome!
All Disasters are…
• Local• Unique• Personal • Inevitable
The Challenge
• Trying to establish relationships during a disaster– Understanding national service
– Trust
• Knowing who the players are • Missed opportunities • Inefficiency
Why National Service?
• Force multiplier• Programs/projects
already in communities• Doing what we do best!
Why this joint partnership with EMA?
• Corporation State Offices…– CNCS lead in the state
– Federal partner connections
• State Service Commissions…– State Agency
– State partner connections
• And together!– Can represent full portfolio of national service
– Build on existing community partnerships
– Expand national service
National Service Disaster Scale (NSDS)
• Tiered system• Consistent framework with goals• Provide best practices and resources
Blue Level
Blue
• Identify the existing level of disaster engagement
• Introductory meeting with State Program Director, Commission ED, and State VAL
• Outreach meeting with State VOAD• Review DSU resources
Attain
• Meet quarterly to discuss any disaster engagement
• State VOAD contact list• Meet with the State EMA
twice a year to maintain relationship
Maintain
Yellow Level
Yellow
Blue
• State specific national service assets sheet• State VOAD Meetings• Request to meet with other state representatives
related to work that national service could support, to include: mass care, donations, case management
• Staff complete disaster trainings
Attain
• Attend State VOAD meetings regularly • Distribute state specific national service
assets sheets at all outreach meetings• Continue conversations with state
emergency management divisions on partnerships during blue sky and response
• Share training resources with programs
Maintain
Red Level
Red
Yellow
Blue
• Meet regularly with State EMA• Have a formal partnership with the State EMA (an MOU,
part of state plan, etc)• Designate staff member committed to be the primary
disaster response contact• Engage in State EMA events• Encourage all programs to have one disaster related training• Connect with the FEMA Regional VAL
Attain
• Revisit formal agreement with State EMA annually
• Deliver disaster related trainings to programs and community
• Mentor other states to help raise their level on the NSDS
Maintain
State Spotlight: Florida
Successes and Challenges
• What are some other successes and best practices?
• Challenges?• How to overcome these challenges?
Let’s get started!
• Address some common challenges:– What national service resources are available in times
of disaster?
– I don’t know who to talk to at the State EMA!
National Service Assets
• At a Glance-National Service Assets in Times of Disaster (see handout)
• Brief overview of each program and respective capacity
• Examples of common Response and Recovery activity and correlating National Service Asset
• AmeriCorps Disaster Response Teams (A-DRT)
State EMAs 101
• Every state has one• Common agency names• Finding the right person• Setting up introductory meeting
What’s next?
• Springboard for more discussion• Commissions: Survey to come soon• Everyone: DSU and State Calls
Questions?
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