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How to Get Your Corps Involved in Disaster Relief

How to Get Your Corps Involved in Disaster Relief. Agenda. Introduction of Speakers Understanding the 4 Major Phases of Disaster Relief What’s the Experience Like for Corpsmembers ? What kind of trainings are helpful for them to receive?

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How to Get Your Corps Involved in Disaster Relief

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  1. How to Get Your Corps Involved in Disaster Relief

  2. Agenda • Introduction of Speakers • Understanding the 4 Major Phases of Disaster Relief • What’s the Experience Like for Corpsmembers? What kind of trainings are helpful for them to receive? • The FEMA – CNCS- Corps Disaster Services Partnership • Doing Work Locally or In Your State • How Do I Know if My Corps has the Capacity to Get Involved? • Wrap-Up and Questions

  3. Speakers • Chris Sheffield, Program Director, Texas Conservation Corps (American YouthWorks) • Kate Stephens, Assistant Director, Utah Conservation Corps • Will Chrysanthos, Partnerships and Field Operations Officer, Disaster Services, Corporation for National & Community Service • Teresa "Terry" Wood, Voluntary Agency Liason, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  4. Understanding the 4 Major Phases of Disaster Relief • Preparation • Mitigation • Response • Recovery • The number of Corps participating in disaster relief efforts has increased.

  5. The Corpsmember Experience and Training “Coming out here, I didn’t even know how a house was constructed or even really where the wires were. But after a week out here, I was leading crews, making sure all the crewmembers were safe, managing the emotions of the devastated homeowners and keeping their trust to know that I would not ruin their home.” -- Tara Sloane, Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa

  6. The FEMA – CNCS- Corps Disaster Services Partnership

  7. Doing Work Locally or In Your State

  8. How Do I Know if My Corps has the Capacity to Get Involved?

  9. Wrap-Up and Questions

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