Community Planning & Capacity Building
Recovery Support Function
Presented By:
Michelle Diamond
Community Planning & Capacity Building Coordinator
FEMA Region III
Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
Who is the CPCB RSF?
CPCB RSF Coordinating Agency: DHS/FEMA
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Facilitate and provide coordination and oversight for the CPCB RSF
Ensure effective communication and collaboration among CPCB RSF primary
and support agencies and other partners and stakeholders
CPCB RSF Primary Agency:
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Department of Homeland Security/ FEMA
Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
Who is the CPCB RSF?
CPCB RSF Supporting Agencies
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD)
Corporation for National and Community Service
(CNCS)
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce (DOC),
including NOAA and EDA
Department of Education (ED)
Department of Interior (DOI)
Department of Health and Human Services (HSS)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Department of the Treasury (TREAS)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
General Services Administration (GSA)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
CPCB RSF Non-Governmental Agencies:
American Planning Association
International City County Management
Association
American Institute of Architects,
Urban Land Institute
Council on Foundations
Extension Disaster Education Network
National VOAD, Red Cross
And any others that want to participate….
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Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
Mission of CPCB
The mission of the CPCB RSF is to:
Support and build recovery capacities and community planning
resources of local, state, territorial and tribal governments
needed to effectively plan for, manage and implement disaster
recovery activities in large, unique or catastrophic incidents.
It achieves this mission through the coordination of CPCB partner
resources and expertise to build recovery capacities and inclusive
community planning efforts.
Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
Purpose and Goals of the RSF
Coordinating body to:
• Provide leadership to build partnership among CPCB
Partner agencies and organizations
• Involve non-governmental, private sector and
professional associations in leveraging resources and
capabilities
Aiding communities and states in:
• Community organizing and planning
• Leadership development and recovery management
• Capacity building after disasters
Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
Important Relationships and Strategies for CPCB RSF
The CPCB RSF provides expertise to ensure:
• Enhanced interagency coordination of resources, requirements and
support for building community capacity and community recovery
planning.
• Integration of socio-economic, demographic, risk assessment,
vulnerable populations and other important information into recovery
planning and decision making activities
• Increased community wide support and understanding of sustainability
and resiliency principles applicable to the opportunities presented
during disaster recovery.
Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
Principles of CPCB
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Tribal and local governments ownership
Act quickly
Actively Plan
Integrated, holistic, accessible and simplified recovery
management and planning process
 Hazard mitigation and sustainability
 Partners, partners, partners! ! !
Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
Why a focus on these areas?
 Community Planning
 Support coordination of planning efforts
 Recovery Planning
 Address damages
 Support community vision for recovery
 Capacity Building
 Strengthen skills, resources and abilities
 Adapt, lead and manage recovery
Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF
What CPCB is Not
• Does not control partner activities
• Does not prepare FEMA or FDRC recovery “plans”. Support is technical
assistance to community led efforts
• Does not manage, control or direct other RSFs
• Does not manage or prepare the MSA or RSS – contribute CPCB elements
to those documents
• Does not staff the entire FDRC’s org – staffs the Community Recovery
Assistance Group
• Work with Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL) to link with local government
with VOADs and/or Long Term Recovery Group
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Not carrying out Voluntary Agency Liaison role
CPCB In Sum…..
1. Share disaster wide community information and launch
partners for evaluation and exchange
2. Convene partners to identify and resolve
programmatic/strategic issues, leverage resources, aid all
communities with TA
3. Provide FEMA technical assistance, based on FEMA Needs
Assessment, to the few communities that warrant this
support.
Questions?
Michelle Diamond
Community Planning &
Capacity Building Coordinator
Region III
Michelle.Diamond@fema.dhs.gov
215-931-5568