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Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) – An Overview and Perspective

Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) – An Overview and Perspective. What is a Disaster and Why Does it Matter to Me?. Community needs surpass capacity May be natural , human-caused , technological , and/or economic Could be a civil emergency or a public health emergency.

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Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) – An Overview and Perspective

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  1. Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) – An Overview and Perspective

  2. What is a Disaster and Why Does it Matter to Me? • Community needs surpass capacity • May be natural, human-caused, technological, and/or economic • Could be a civil emergency or a public health emergency • What makes an incident an emergency/disaster? • Need EmComm support in many of these

  3. ARES/ARRL Interface with theVOAD Community • Public Service and Emergency Communications Management for Radio Amateurs (EC-016) Course • Topic 8e: Working with Served Agencies: NVOAD Speaks mostly of ARRL interface with NVOAD, little with state or local organizations

  4. VOAD History & Background

  5. NVOAD Member Organizations • 110 NVOAD members • Catholic Charities • Churches of Scientology • Church World Service • Convoy of Hope • Habitat for Humanity • Humane Society • Islamic Relief USA • The Jewish Federation • Lutheran Disaster Response • Salvation Army • United Way 2-1-1

  6. NVOAD Communications Committee

  7. State-Level Organizations • Missouri Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (Missouri VOAD) • Governor’s Faith-based and Community Service Partnership for Disaster Recovery (The Partnership) • Missouri Interfaith Disaster Response Organization (MIDRO)

  8. Missouri VOAD • Started during floods of 1993 • Struggled to get organizational traction for a number of years while The Partnership and MIDRO gained foothold • Now firmly established in parallel with others with its own cooperative but distinct mission • Members: • Full – NGOs (Red Cross, UW 2-1-1, ARRL) and faith-based (churches) • Associate – (mostly governmental – DHSS, DSS, SEMA, etc.)

  9. The Partnership History & Background • In existence since 1993 (Gov. Carnahan) • Full Name: Governor’s Faith-Based and Community Service Partnership for Disaster Recovery (a.k.a. “The Partnership”) • Members: Governmental and private agency representatives • Coordinates thru SEMA, including parallel work with Missouri VOAD, MIDRO, etc. • Assures the responsiveness of public and private sector resources to all citizens, including those with functional needs • Functions as a State Citizen Council, with support to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, on post-disaster human service issues • Works with Governor's office on plans to fund recovery for undeclared events

  10. MIDRO History & Background • In existence since 1993 • Members: Faith-based organizations (churches) • Strategically a statewide organization with connectivity to national faith-based partner funding • Tactically functions regionally working temporarily with local churches • The primary mode of assistance is to provide funding for needs which would otherwise go unmet – e.g. case management, LTRGs

  11. Why Three Organizations?? • Cursory look – many of the same agencies in two or all three organizations • Some overlap in • missions • Who does what is • more a function of • place in the disaster • time cycle than of • overlap or redundancy

  12. Emergency Human Services & VOAD/Partnership/MIDRO Selected Emergency Support Functions (ESFs): • ESF 2 – Communications • ESF 6 – Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services • ESF 8 – Public Health and Medical Services • ESF 11 – Agricultural and Natural Resources (incl. safety and wellbeing of household pets) • ESF 14 – Long-term Community Recovery • ESF 17 – Animal Services

  13. Integration with Comprehensive Emergency Management Disaster

  14. Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COADs) Where are they located? Regional/major metro area: • Kansas City Regional VOAD • Green County COAD • St. Louis Area Regional COAD (SLARC) Smaller geographies: • Most counties have, at least on paper, a COAD and/or an LTRC

  15. www.movoad.org

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