Facilitating effective service to people and communities affected by disasters.

We appreciate your attendance and interest.
We would like to hear from you.
In the next 2 minutes, please use the index card provided to write down a question you have about VOAD and/or Interfaith Disaster
Response.
We will collect these and address your questions as we move through the slides.

We would like you to have…
• More information than when you came in.
• A better understanding of NCVOAD,
NCIDR
• An increased awareness to recognize potential partnerships in YOUR county

1. COOPERATION
2. COMMUNICATION
3. COORDINATION
4. COLLABORATION
Through quarterly meetings, frequent emails and training opportunities, VOAD organizations strive to adhere to these values .

OFFICE of THE GOVERNOR
A representative from the Office of the
Governor serves on the NCVOAD Board.
NC DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Management representatives of NCEM attend
NCVOAD meetings. NCVOAD is represented at the State Emergency Operations Center.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
A FEMA Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL) attends
NCVOAD meetings.

NCVOAD doesn’t provide direct services to individuals or communities. NCVOAD is not “hands on” in the field.
However, NCVOAD member organizations and agencies DO provide direct services.

• Organizations that are statewide in scope and purpose.
• Annual dues of $100 are voluntary.
• Organizations that have voluntary memberships and constituencies.
• Organizations that have a not-for-profit structure.
• Organizations that are active in disaster
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Must have a statewide disaster response program and policy for commitment of resources to meet the needs of people affected by disaster, without discrimination.

American Red Cross
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Episcopal Church
Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC
Harvest Connection (Original Freewill Baptist)
NC Baptist Men (Baptist State Convention of NC)
NC Interfaith Disaster Response
Presbyterian Church
Samaritan’s Purse
Seventh Day Adventists (Carolina Conference)
The Salvation Army
United Methodist Church
United Way of NC

May include some, similar or different partners:
• NCVOAD agencies/organizations resident in the county
• County Government
• LEPC
• Citizen Corps
• County Unmet Needs Committee
• Long Term Recovery Group

Examples of Services Provided by NCVOAD
Member Organizations and Agencies
Bulk Distribution
Case Management
Child Care
Clean-Up and Rebuilding
Client Advocacy
Community Disaster Education
Community Outreach
Counseling
Damage Assessment
Debris Removal
Donations Management
Elder Care
Emergency Repairs
Emergency Assistance
Financial Assistance
Financial Planning
Funeral Services
Health Care
Health & Welfare Inquiries
Long Term Recovery Group Development
Massage Therapy
Mass Care (Food, Shelter, etc.)
Mental Health Services
Mitigation Planning
Mobile Feeding
Pastoral Care
Pet Care
Radio Communication Services
Relocation Services
Resource Coordination
Sanitation Services
Special Needs
Technical Assistance
Training
Translation Services
Transportation Services
Volunteer Coordination
Warehouse Management

The goal is to identify and develop a streamlined response and recovery model that is relevant, replicable and sustainable.
What’s the difference between an UNMET
Needs Committee and a Long Term
Recovery Group?

• Response phase coordination
• Can be initiated and/or led by a local government or a voluntary organization
• Agencies/organizations communicate…
…what they are doing
…what they need
…how they can help
• Potential initial RECOVERY organization

• Focuses on crisis response and community planning
• Relevant topics to VOAD agencies & organization.
• Often the LEPC already includes representatives from voluntary agencies or faith-based organizations that are part of NCVOAD

• May already include voluntary agencies or faith-based organizations part of
NCVOAD
• Focused on preparedness training & skills
• May relate directly to the LEPC

• Long Term Recovery Committee
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Minimum organization
Relies on other agencies to do the work
• Interfaith (Disaster) or Long Term
Recovery Organization
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More structured (incorporation, bylaws)
Handles all of the LTR functions
• Casework, advocacy, volunteer coordination, repairs/rebuilding, fundraising
• Community Coalition for Recovery
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Inter-organizational collaborative effort

• Two Interfaith (Disaster) Organizations existed in April 2011
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Greene County Volunteers
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Wake Interfaith Disaster Team
• Quick response
• Quick casework
• Enhanced recovery

• Build sustainable recovery organizations that work with County Emergency Management
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Greene, Sampson, Cumberland, Bertie and Wake
Counties.
• Reinvigorate North Carolina Interfaith Disaster
Response (NCIDR)

• County EOC volunteer and donations management
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Establish coordination center for spontaneous volunteers
Establish distribution center for donated goods
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Coordinate with VOAD groups
• Participate in exercises and training

George Strunk
President – NCVOAD ncvoad.pres@gmail.com
Mike Patterson
President – NCIDR mike.patterson@uss.salvationarmy.org