Social service and health care providers, voluntary organizations active in disaster and community-based organizations have unique knowledge, skills and experiences which can inform planning, improve response, and help insure that special needs populations have access to emergency facilities, communication and programs. These groups will be considered key stakeholders in the emergency planning process and assets to disaster management programs.

Business Continuity Planning
In the Spring of 2011, the NJOEM will be offering a “Disaster Business Continuity Planning Template” and training to support the template for providers of services to functional needs populations, free of charge. To receive information when the template is available, please email Mary Goepfert at lppgoepm@gw.njsp.org.

Disaster Case Management
The NJOEM is working with the NJ Department of Human Services, FEMA, the NJ State VOAD and the Governor’s Office of Victim’s Assistance to develop a State Disaster Case Management Plan. Details on this project will be available soon.

• Volunteer Florida Emergency Management Publications for Community Based Organizations - planning tools, continuity of operations, checklists, etc.
• LA Association of Non-Profit Organizations/Allstate/Urban Institute - Post-Katrina research focusing on the roles and functions that nonprofits played during the hurricanes
• Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters
• Prepare Now - alliance of seven community collaborative groups in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Ensuring Bay Area Nonprofits Can Serve During Disaster
• Weathering the Storm: the Role of Local Non-Profits in the Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort
• Disaster Preparedness Manual for the Aging Network
• SAMHSA Mental Health All-Hazards Disaster Planning Guidance
• John MacCormak School for Policy Studies - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: A MANUAL FOR HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS
• United Way of New York State Emergency Planning Guide
• Hurricane Katrina - Rebuilding a Community An Employer's Guide to Assisting Employees - Weyerhaeuser Corporation
• United Cerebral Palsy - When Disaster Strikes: An Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Providers of Services and Supports for People With Disabilities
• U.S. Administration on Aging Emergency Assistance and Response Page
• Urban Institute – Providing Long-Term Services After Major Disasters

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