How the Los Angeles County VOAD's partnerships got it involved in a grassroots disaster resilience project.

1. creating a disaster resilient county
through community engagement

2. VOADs are collections
of relationships
between nonprofits,
government agencies,
and businesses
communities are collections of individuals
and families

3. Ensure longevity of relationships by
including the community
Los Angeles County Community Disaster
Resilience Project (www.laresilience.org)
Moving communities from preparedness to
resilience by taking the message from “me”
to “we”

4. Project partners: LA DPH, ENLA, UCLA,
RAND Corporation
Collaborations: Project partner steering
committee, workgroups, mini-grants
Work product: Partnerships survey to DPH
Departments and ENLA members, community
disaster resilience toolkit, mini-grant
projects
Future: Pilot communities

5. Strategies
Do Not Reinvent the Wheel.
1. Literature Review
(a) Materials should represent best practices
(b) Many types of materials ensure access
(c) Electronic delivery allows continuous
update and addition

6. Strategies
Community Members are Experts.
1. Community engagement approach
(a) Community leadership in workgroups
(b) Community-based organizations (CBOs)
conducting mini-grant projects
(c) Community engagement tools in toolkit

7. Strategies
Teachers Learn from Students.
1. Multi-year, cyclical process
(a) Build toolkit together
(b) Test toolkit in communities
(c) Improve based on actual experiences

8. Los Angeles County Community Disaster
Resilience Project (LACCDR)
www.laresilience.org
Alix Stayton, Program Manager
info@enla.org  213-739-6888