Support for Houses of Worship and Donated Resources
Enhance your understanding of FEMA support regarding houses of worship and donated resources. Explore eligibility updates, operational issues, and best practices to aid disaster-impacted communities.
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FEMA Support: Houses of Worship and Donated Resources
Objectives Provide updates on House of Worship eligibility for Private Non- Profits Provide updates on voluntary organization use of the Donated Resources Policy Identify operational issues and limiting factors related to the policies Share best practices in leveraging these policies to support disaster impacted communities
Major Changes Inclusion of permanent work as an acceptable donated resource Emphasize public parks and recreational facilities Expand eligible emergency protective measure activities under COVID Improved reporting on outcomes for houses of worship and donated resources
Why We Do It It matters to the disaster impacted community Key to helping a community own its own recovery Helps you negotiate with state/local emergency management. Conforms with best practices for volunteer and donations management. Helps you apply for grants. Demonstrates the impacts of voluntary organizations.
Recommended Best Practices Document, document, document Get to know your state/tribe/territory Memorandums of Agreement are a wonderful thing Value of Volunteer Time Independent Sector for documenting volunteer hours Reach out to emerging organizations- (Occupy Sandy, Serve Moore, etc.)
Questions for Partners What are your experiences applying your donated resources on a disaster operation? What are your experiences securing assistance for houses of worship? Are there areas where FEMA can better support these priorities? What are your experiences working through states to utilize PA support? What kind of guidance or training can we provide to improve clarity?
References https://share.dhs.gov/volmatch Public Assistance Guidance Page Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide Public Assistance Fact Sheets, Job Aids, and FAQs | FEMA.gov
We Look Forward To Your Questions/Comments in the Chat Phil Shaw, FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison Philip.shaw@fema.dhs.gov 202-212-2797
