Disaster Program Management – Designing, Implementing, and Managing

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Even when working through the current impact of COVID-19, agencies still must be prepared to respond rapidly and serve survivors should another disaster strike.

How does my organization develop plans to prepare for a disaster and mitigate loss? How will my agency deliver existing services, add disaster-related resources and engage with the community after a disaster strikes? How do we build partnerships with other community stakeholders before, during and after a disaster?

These questions, among many others, will be addressed in this disaster response training. We will assist housing counseling agencies in developing plans to mitigate loss, be a trusted community resource and assist individuals impacted by disaster. This training will also provide a step-by-step guide on how to create disaster response action plans that are responsive to your location and unique needs of your community.

 You will learn: 

•  Discuss the activities that a HUD approved housing counseling agency can deliver under a Housing Counseling Agency Disaster Program.
•  Identify potential barriers that occur post disaster and create processes to overcome them.
•  Learn how to deliver one-on-one counseling, group education, foreclosure prevention and other customized services, in the event your agency has suffered negative disaster impact.
•  Create a system to access local, state or federal disaster funding.
•   Learn the delivery model for CDBG-DR funds.
•  Review and explain all of HUD’s Housing Counseling Disaster Recovery toolkits.
•  Learn insurance claims processing and the connection between consumer insurance reimbursement and access to disaster funding.