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Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) – An Overview and Perspective. What is a Disaster and Why Does it Matter to Me?. Community needs surpass capacity May be natural , human-caused , technological , and/or economic Could be a civil emergency or a public health emergency. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
(VOAD) – An Overview and Perspective
What makes an incident an emergency/disaster?
Need EmComm support in many of these
What is a Disaster and Why Does it Matter to Me?
Community needs surpass capacity
May be natural, human-caused, technological, and/or economic
Could be a civil emergency or a public health emergency
Public Service and Emergency Communications Management for Radio Amateurs (EC-016) Course• Topic 8e: Working with Served Agencies:
NVOAD
Speaks mostly of ARRL interface with NVOAD, little with state or local organizations
ARES/ARRL Interface with theVOAD Community
VOAD History & Background
NVOAD Member Organizations
110 NVOAD members
• Catholic Charities• Churches of Scientology• Church World Service• Convoy of Hope• Habitat for Humanity• Humane Society• Islamic Relief USA• The Jewish Federation• Lutheran Disaster Response• Salvation Army• United Way 2-1-1
NVOAD Communications Committee
Missouri Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (Missouri VOAD)
Governor’s Faith-based and Community Service Partnership for Disaster Recovery (The Partnership)
Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organization (MIDRO)
State-Level Organizations
Started during floods of 1993
Struggled to get organizational traction for a number of years while The Partnership and MIDRO gained foothold
Now firmly established in parallel with others with its own cooperative but distinct mission
Members:Full – NGOs (Red Cross, UW 2-1-1, ARRL) and
faith-based (churches)Associate – (mostly governmental – DHSS, DSS,
SEMA, etc.)
Missouri VOAD
In existence since 1993 (Gov. Carnahan)
Full Name: Governor’s Faith-Based and Community Service Partnership for Disaster Recovery (a.k.a. “The Partnership”)
Members: Governmental and private agency representatives
Coordinates thru SEMA, including parallel work with Missouri VOAD, MIDRO, etc.
Assures the responsiveness of public and private sector resources to all citizens, including those with functional needs
Functions as a State Citizen Council, with support to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, on post-disaster human service issues
Works with Governor's office on plans to fund recovery for undeclared events
The Partnership History & Background
MIDRO History & Background
In existence since 1993
Members: Faith-based organizations (churches)
Strategically a statewide organization with connectivity to national faith-based partner funding
Tactically functions regionally working temporarily with local churches
The primary mode of assistance is to provide funding for needs which would otherwise go unmet – e.g. case management, LTRGs
Cursory look – many of the same agencies in two or all three organizations
Some overlap in missions
Who does what is more a function of place in the disaster time cycle than of overlap or redundancy
Why Three Organizations??
Selected Emergency Support Functions (ESFs):ESF 2 – CommunicationsESF 6 – Mass Care, Emergency Assistance,
Housing, and Human ServicesESF 8 – Public Health and Medical ServicesESF 11 – Agricultural and Natural Resources (incl.
safety and wellbeing of household pets)ESF 14 – Long-term Community RecoveryESF 17 – Animal Services
Emergency Human Services & VOAD/Partnership/MIDRO
Integration with Comprehensive Emergency Management
Disast
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Where are they located?Regional/major metro area:Kansas City Regional VOADGreen County COADSt. Louis Area Regional COAD (SLARC)
Smaller geographies:Most counties have, at least on paper, a
COAD and/or an LTRC
Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COADs)
www.movoad.org