Nongovernmental Resources to Support Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Acosta, Joie D.; Chandra, Anita; Ringel, Jeanne S.

doi:10.1017/dmp.2013.49

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“…Effective resource allocation requires recognition of the possibility that additional resources will be available following a catastrophic event, and clarification of what they are and any parameters for their use. For example, grants and in‐kind donations may be provided by corporations (Acosta, Chandra, & Ringel, ), or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may provide additional funding specifically to meet needs arising from the event. Once it has been determined how ICT financial assistance differs from standard CC financial assistance, any differences must be clearly communicated to all team members.…”

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confidence: 99%

Promoting Disaster Resilience Through Use of Interdisciplinary Teams: A Program Evaluation of the Integrated Care Team Approach

Adams¹

2016

World Med & Health Policy

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One approach humanitarian organizations may use to support community resilience following mass fatality disasters is by integrating services through formation and deployment of interdisciplinary teams. One such model is the Integrated Care Team (ICT) used by the American Red Cross. This paper describes a program evaluation conducted on the ICT, in which 120 ICT participants completed a survey. Although fewer than half of the respondents agreed that ICT members had sufficient ICT‐specific training, the majority of respondents understood their role and that of others in ICT. The majority agreed that the ICT effectively provided health services, mental health services, and spiritual care. The majority agreed that ICT effectively used community resources and provided financial support. Recommendations stemming from the evaluation include implementation of more consistent ICT‐specific training within the context of interdisciplinary collaboration, establishment of clear protocols for use of financial and other resources, and future research into effectiveness of the ICT approach.

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Promoting Disaster Resilience Through Use of Interdisciplinary Teams: A Program Evaluation of the Integrated Care Team Approach

Adams¹

2016

World Med & Health Policy

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“…The Sendai Framework (2015) outlines six DRG stages: prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation. These are further narrowed down to three distinct stages by Acosta et al (2013): pre-hazard preparedness, during-hazard response and post-hazard recovery. An environmental determinist approach in disaster research conceptualizes disaster as a product of physical casualties (Pelling, 2003).…”

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Disaster Risk Governance in Bangladesh: How Do NGOs Find Themselves in the Network?

Johnson

Swapan

Ashikuzzaman

2021

Environment and Urbanization ASIA

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The roles and responsibilities of state-led organizations have remained the primary focus of disaster risk governance (DRG) literature. While integration of NGOs into formal disaster risk reduction (DRR) has been persistently promoted by the recent United Nations’ DRG frameworks to support state interventions, the low uptake of embracing core principles of DRR by NGOs is noted. Tension within network governance of DRG, including state and non-governmental actors, is also reported by several scholars, particularly in developing countries, but has not been investigated empirically with greater details. To contribute to this research agenda, the study aims to explore how NGOs perceive and value their contributions to DRG. Based on a structured questionnaire survey with development activists (DAs) from NGOs in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh, the study found that reactive interventions (emergency response and post-disaster support) by them was perceived to be the most critical focus of DRG despite changing theoretical and global perspectives towards pre-disaster preparedness and mitigative measures. Vertical network governance was favoured within NGOs’ own networks outside the state’s direct supervision, identifying a critical role played by local NGOs. The capacity of leadership of NGOs was promoted by the respondents who worked in decision-making positions within their organizations, whilst professionals with lack of experience within the NGO sector tended to favour state actors. The findings could be critical in understanding local capacities and in co-creating hazard specific plans using various stakeholders.

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“…63 NGOs can bring a tremendous amount of value to disaster relief, from money, equipment, and service capacity to data, relationships, and expertise. 64 NGOs have several benefits compared with other actors. By being nested in the community, many NGOs can be uniquely positioned to contribute to community development and resilience building.…”

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Assessing the Cost of Disaster Recovery and Identifying Funding Sources in the HSOAC Puerto Rico Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan Project

Kennedy¹,

Metz²,

Dezenski³

et al. 2020

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On August 8, 2018, the government of Puerto Rico submitted to the U.S. Congress its economic and disaster recovery plan, as required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018; it was simultaneously published as Transformation and Innovation in the Wake of Devastation: An Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan for Puerto Rico. 1 Under contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) provided substantial support in developing the plan by soliciting and integrating inputs from a wide variety of stakeholders, contributing analysis where needed, and assisting with drafting the plan. The plan included an overview of damage and needs, courses of action to meet those needs, costs of the courses of action, and potential funding mechanisms for those costs.To support federal agencies evaluating and funding recovery actions, HSOAC is releasing this detailed volume on the work done on estimating the cost of the recovery actions included in the plan, as well as on identifying potential funding sources for the recovery actions. HSOAC plans to release another report describing the overall process and methodology employed in this work, an in-depth description of hurricane damage and recovery needs, and detailed volumes for the sectors engaged as part of recovery planning. These volumes will provide decisionmakers greater detail on the conditions in Puerto Rico prior to the 2017 hurricane season, damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, courses of action that were identified to help the various sectors (and, more broadly, Puerto Rico) recover in a resilient manner, potential funding mechanisms for the courses of action, and considerations for implementers as they move forward. This document will likely also be of interest to other stakeholders funding or implementing recovery activities in Puerto Rico, including commonwealth-and local-level governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector. Furthermore, this body of material contributes to the larger literature about disaster recovery and resilience, and may be of interest to other communities planning for or recovering from similar disasters.This research was sponsored by FEMA and conducted within the Strategy, Policy, and Operations Program of HSOAC, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). More information about HSOAC's contribution to planning for recovery in Puerto Rico, along with links to other reports being published as part of this series, can be found at www.rand.org/hsoac/puerto-rico-recovery.

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Nongovernmental Resources to Support Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Abstract: Our findings showed that the capacity of each sector to capture data on each asset type needs strengthening so that data can be merged for just-in-time analysis to indicate where additional relief is needed.

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Promoting Disaster Resilience Through Use of Interdisciplinary Teams: A Program Evaluation of the Integrated Care Team Approach

Promoting Disaster Resilience Through Use of Interdisciplinary Teams: A Program Evaluation of the Integrated Care Team Approach

Disaster Risk Governance in Bangladesh: How Do NGOs Find Themselves in the Network?

Assessing the Cost of Disaster Recovery and Identifying Funding Sources in the HSOAC Puerto Rico Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan Project

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