Role of Voluntary Organizations in Disaster Preparedness and Response

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Role of Voluntary Organizations in Disaster
Preparedness and Response July 18, 2008 Oak
Brook, IL Center for Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives
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State and Local Pandemic Influenza Planning
Checklist

• Community Leadership and Networking
• Surveillance
• Health System Partnerships
• Infection Control and Clinical Care
• Vaccine Distribution and Use
• Antiviral Drug Distribution and Use
• Community Disease Control and Prevention
• Communications
• Workforce Support

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Our Health Protection Preparedness SystemA
NETWORK of Shared Responsibility!

• Local - tribal - state - federal
• Domestic international
• Public private
• Multi-sector
• Non-partisan
• Animal human
• Health protection homeland security economic
  protection

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Complacency is the enemy of health protection!
www.pandemicflu.gov
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DHS Assets for pandemic planning and response
Primary DHS Assets
Customs Border Protection
Other DHS Assets Office of Health
Affairs Federal Emergency Management Agency
Private Sector Office U.S. Secret Service Center
for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
U.S. Coast Guard
Transportation Safety Administration
Office of InfrastructureProtection
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A pandemic is more than just a medical issue
all elements of our critical infrastructure may
be affected
17 Critical Infrastructure Sectors Key Assets
Water
Postal and Shipping
Agriculture and Food
Government Facilities
Dams
Banking and Finance
Public Health and Healthcare
Information Technology
DefenseIndustrial Base
National Monuments/Icons
Emergency Services
Telecommunications
Chemical
Nuclear Reactors, Materials, Waste
Commercial Facilities
Transportation
Energy
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Why Plan?

• Declared major disasters more than doubled in
  recent years
• Containing Pan Flu could literally put a city as
  large as Chicago on lockdown
• Widespread School Closings
• Quarantines of Infected Households
• Bans on Public Gatherings
• (Reuters, 05/11/08)
• Good News Proper planning and quick
  implementation of effective containment measures
  could reduce infections by as much as 80 percent.

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Why Plan?

• Who is at Risk?
• Small to medium-sized businesses (and their
  employees) are often most susceptible to the long
  term affects of an emergency
• Small businesses are a vital part of the U.S.
  economy
• 99 of all employers
• 75 of all net new jobs

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Planning Makes Sense

• An October 2005 survey by The Advertising
  Council found

• 92 of businesses say it is very or somewhat
  important take steps to prepare for an emergency
• 88 agreed having a emergency plan would makes
  sense
• 39 said they actually had a plan in place
• What about YOUR employer?

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What are the Costs?

• NO COST SOLUTIONS
• Create an emergency contact list.
• Create a list of critical business contractors
• Know what kinds of emergencies might affect your
  company

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What are the Costs?

• NO COST SOLUTIONS
• Decide what you will do if your home or building
  is unusable.
• Create a list of inventory and equipment
• Plan for utility service alternatives
• Promote family and individual preparedness in
  your faith-based community or congregation

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What are the Costs?

• Low Costs
• Buy a fire extinguisher and smoke alarm.
• Set up a telephone call tree, password-protected
  web page to communicate with family and friends
• Encourage your congregation to take first aid,
  CPR and emergency response (CERT) training

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Talk To Your People

• EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT
• Ready.gov recommends the following emergency
  supplies to be including in any emergency kit
• Water
• Food
• Battery-powered radio and extra batteries
• Flashlight and extra batteries
• First Aid kit
• Whistle to signal for help
• Dust or filter masks
• Moist towelettes for sanitation
• Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities
• Can opener for food (if kit contains canned food)
• Plastic sheeting and duct tape to "seal the room"
• Garbage bags and plastic ties for personal
  sanitation

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Have A Plan

• MAKE AN EVACUATION PLAN AND A SHELTER IN PLACE
  PLAN
• Collaboration with neighbors
• Know the evacuation routes for your neighborhood
  and community
• Exercise the plan, practice evacuation procedures
  several times a year, if not monthly

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Have a Plan

• CONSIDER MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
• How will you communicate with family and friends
  (text message, maybe)?
• Do you have a list of emergency numbers of all of
  your friends and family programmed into a cell
  phone and or home phone (what about electricity?)
• What about the elderly and people with
  disabilities who may depend on outside support in
  a crisis?

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Resources Available to Employees

• Ready America resources to encourage employees
  and their families to prepare for an emergency
• All Ready materials are available to download at
  www.ready.gov
• Selected Ready brochures are available to order
  by phone at 800-BE-READY

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Department of Homeland Security Center for
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
(CFBCI) John Kim Cook, Director December 22,
2009
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DHS CFBCI Mission

• To foster an environment within the Department of
  Homeland Security that welcomes the participation
  of faith-based and community organizations
  (FBCOs) in the Departments social and community
  service programs.

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Presidential Initiative

• President George W. Bush
• The paramount goal is compassionate results,
  and private and charitable groups, including
  religious ones, should have the fullest
  opportunity . . . to compete on a level playing
  field, so long as they achieve valid public
  purposes. The delivery of social services must
  be results-oriented and should value the bedrock
  principles of pluralism, nondiscrimination,
  evenhandedness, and neutrality (January 29,
  2001).
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• Faith-Based Initiative in Summary
• Empowering the grass roots Leveling the
  playing field
• Enhanced competition Effective, compassionate
  results

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DHS CFBCI Policy

• Executive Order 13397 DHS Responsibilities
  Relating to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
  (3/07/06)
• Audit of DHS programs to determine barriers faced
  by faith-based and community organizations
  (FBCOs) and propose initiatives to remove the
  barriers
• Coordinate comprehensive departmental effort to
  engage FBCOs
• Pilot projects to increase FBCO participation in
  Federal, State and local initiatives
• Develop and coordinate DHS outreach efforts to
  FBCOs
• Executive Order 13279 Equal Protection for FBCOs
  (12/12/02), as Amended by Executive Order 13403
  (5/16/06)
• Requires equal treatment for FBCOs, within
  constitutional guidelines
• Amend departmental policies that are inconsistent
  with equal treatment requirements
• DHS Non-Discrimination/Equal Treatment Final
  Rule
• Published in January 14, 2008 Federal Register
  Comment Period closed February 13 with
  Final Rule expected by Summer 2008
• The rule will enable State and locally-administere
  d programs to implement equal treatment
  principles using proven models for partnering
  with FBCOs

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DHS CFBCI Priorities

• Secretary Chertoffs Priorities Relevant to CFBCI
• National Culture of Preparedness
• Nimble, Effective Emergency Response System
• Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned Report
• Often, faith-based organizations and other
  non-governmental organizations are the quickest
  means of providing local relief, but perhaps most
  importantly, they provide a compassionate, human
  face to relief efforts.
• The government lacks coordination with these
  organizations, and faith-based and community
  groups should be more effectively integrated into
  disaster response plans as valued and necessary
  partners.
• DHS should revise the NRP National Response
  Plan to designate responsibility for
  coordinating non-governmental assistance,
  including faith-based organizations, during
  emergencies.

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DHS CFBCI Strategies

• National Strategy for Homeland Security
• The private and non-profit sectorsmust be full
  partners in homeland security. The non-profit
  sector, including volunteer and relief groups and
  faith-based organizations, provides important
  support services for the Nation, including meals
  and shelter, counseling, and compassion and
  comfort to Americans, particularly in the
  aftermath of an incident.
• The NRF and accompanying plans must be closely
  guided by, and have at their core, the citizens,
  private sector, and faith-based and community
  organizations that are most severely and directly
  affected. After all, individual citizens and the
  private and non-profit sectors are our societys
  wells of creativity, innovation, and
  resourcefulness, and they have the greatest stake
  in, and urgency for, revitalizing their
  community.
• We also will continue to encourage the
  preparedness of other homeland security
  stakeholders, including private sector and
  non-profit groups such as non-governmental
  organizations and faith-based groups and,
  whenever appropriate, incorporate them as full
  partners into our national preparedness efforts
  across all homeland security disciplines.

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Homeland Security Institute (HSI) Findings
Heralding Unheard Voices The Value of
Faith-Based and Non-Governmental Organizations
During Disaster

• Why are FBOs and NGOs so effective?
• Organization Staff, ministry, volunteers
• Standing Capabilities
• Excess capacity
• Community Standing capabilities
• Motivation Relevant services/ministries
• Small scale Physical assets
• Independence Directory
• Location Fast-acting
• Location Beachhead
• Networks and National Organizations

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HSI Study What Services are Performed by FBOs
and NGOs?

• Shelter 79
• Food 85
• Medical 62
• Personal Hygiene 88
• Mental Health/Spiritual Services 87
• Physical Reconstruction Services 54
• Logistics Management/Services 80
  Access/credentialing
• Transportation Mgt./Services 61
  Access/credentialing
• Childrens Services 50
• Case Management Services 92

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HSI Study Recommendations

• Encourage FBO and NGO best practices
• Address overlooked services such as routine
  transportation, childrens services, and pop-up
  shelters in response and recovery planning
• Investigate including FBOs and NGOs, particularly
  local ones, in planning, coordination,
  integration, training and exercises
• Resolve challenges with
• Access and credentialing
• Long-term services
• Waste management and sanitation
• Follow-up analysis needed with focus on recovery
  and rebuilding
• Heralding Unheard Voices, Dec. 2006
  www.homelandsecurity.org/hsireports/Herald_Unheard
  _Voices.pdf

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CFBCI Strategies Partnerships in Emergency
Preparedness Programs and Exercises

• National State and Local Citizen Corps and CERT
  Training
• Integration with Emergency Management Institute
  (EMI) Training Modules
• Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness
  Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Workshops
  for FBCOs, emergency managers and other federal,
  state and local government officials (10
  throughout the nation in 2008) FREE Workshop
  registration required at www.dhs.gov/fbci
• Next Workshop Chicago, July 29, 2008,
  800am-1230pm
• More effectively integrate CFBCI and incorporate
  the involvement of FBCOs
• National Level Preparedness Exercises and
  Tabletops
• NRF, National Incident Management System (NIMS),
  Target Capabilities List (TCL), National
  Preparedness Goal (NPG)
• Preparedness Brochures, in partnership with
  Ready.gov, for FBCOs

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CFBCI Strategies Partnerships in Disaster
Response and Recovery Operations

• Enhance CFBCIs Coordination with and Integration
  into the following entities
• National Operations Center (NOC), National
  Integration Center (NIC), National Response
  Coordination Center (NRCC), Joint Field Offices
  (JFOs) and Area Field Offices (AFOs) during major
  disasters
• FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaisons (VALs)
• FEMA Community Relations
• Chaplains Military and First Responders
• Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters
  (VOADs) at the national, state and local levels
• Local Long-term Recovery Committees

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CFBCI Strategies FBCO Funding

• Ensure that grant guidance, review procedures and
  solicitations encourage FBCO applications where
  appropriate
• Introduce or expand innovative grant strategies
  such as intermediaries, mini-grants and vouchers
  to facilitate participation of FBCOs in services
  funded by grant programs
• More effectively integrate FBCOs, particularly
  grass roots organizations, into service delivery
  systems through technical assistance initiatives
  in formula and block grant programs

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DHS Center for Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives Contact

• John Kim Cook, Ph.D.
• Director
• Greg DiNapoli
• Deputy Director
• 202-646-3487
• InfoFBCI_at_dhs.gov
• www.dhs.gov/fbci

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Department of Homeland Security Center for
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
(CFBCI) John Kim Cook, Director December 22,
2009
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