Indiana COAD Development Steve Cain Disaster Communication Specialist EDEN Homeland Security Project

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IndianaCOAD DevelopmentSteve Cain Disaster
Communication SpecialistEDEN Homeland Security
Project DirectorChair Indiana VOAD
Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal
Access institution.
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Goals of Collaboration Groups

• Enhance
• Communication, Cooperation, Coordination and
  Collaboration
• Enhance
• preparation,
• response, recovery
• and mitigation

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Goals of Collaboration Groups

• Alleviate the suffering
• Coordinate human services
• Develop plans, train, and exercise for
• disaster operations

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COAD Guiding Principles

• Essential functions
• Volunteer coordination, case management,
  donations management, education, advocacy,
  spiritual care, mass care, mental health,
  information and referral, funding, and organizing
  the structure of the recovery group.

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COAD Guiding Principles

• Adjoining jurisdictions assist
• Recovery efforts accommodate
• diverse cultures, lifestyles, and
• special needs.
• Recovery is a dynamic process that continually
  evolves

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Collaboration Groups

• NVOAD National Voluntary Organizations Active In
  Disaster
• VOAD State Voluntary Organizations Active In
  Disaster
• COAD Community Organizations Active In Disaster
• Citizen Corps Council
• LTRC Long Term Recovery Committee

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Types of Services

• Mass Care, feeding, sheltering, and clothing of
  disaster victims
• Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Care
• Debris Removal
• Repair, Rebuild
• Volunteer Coordination
• Financial Assistance
• Donation Management
• including Warehouse space, Coordination,
  Distribution
• Long Term Recovery Assistance

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Collaboration Groups

• Community Organizations
• Faith-based Groups
• Voluntary Organizations
• Civic Clubs
• Social Service Agencies
• Local Businesses
• Emergency Management

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Organizing a COAD

• Community resources are the foundation
• ALL Emergency Phases
• Local All-Hazards Planning is Essential
• Vulnerability assessment
• Demographics

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Organizing a COAD
Operational Organization Organizing in
preparedness and mitigation phase
(non-disaster) Organizing in response and
recovery phase (disaster/event) Identify and
liaison with existing collaborative efforts such
as Citizen Corps, ministerial alliances, etc. Key
Agencies and Their Roles NVOAD, VOAD,
Faith-based, other voluntary and civic
organizations, Emergency Management, and Citizen
Corps
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Types of Disaster Operations

• Single family emergency
• Community
• Multi-county
• State
• Federal agency declared
• Declared or non-declared disasters
• National
• International

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Essential Interagency Coordination

• Coordinated donations management
• Coordinated volunteer management
• Single information/referral
• Single client access, etc.
• Mass care
• Spiritual care
• Debris clearance
• Special Needs population
• Other

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Steve Cain cain_at_purdue.edu 765-494-8410