CRJ Module 6 Overview Recovery Recovery often begins in the initial hours and days following a disaster event and can continue for months or years.  Recovery involves decisions and actions relative to rebuilding homes; replacing property; resuming employment; restoring businesses; and permanently repairing and rebuilding infrastructure.  In this module, you will learn the role that the federal government plays in disaster recovery operations.  You will list and explain the recovery programs that are administered by FEMA to fuel individual and community recovery operations.  This module will also explain how federal agencies other than FEMA contribute to disaster recovery.  The recovery role of national voluntary relief organizations will be discussed.  The various tools that are available for community recovery planning will be identified. Learning Objectives Upon completion of this module, you should be able to: 7G Explain how federal agencies other than FEMA contribute to disaster recovery. 7H Discuss the recovery role of national voluntary relief organizations. 7I Identify various tools that are available for community recovery planning. 7J Summarize how a Community Long-Term Recovery Plan is developed, and why it is important. 8D Characterize the role of the federal government in disaster recovery operations. 8E List and explain the recovery programs administered by FEMA to fuel individual and community recovery operations. Module 6 Reading Assignment Haddow, G., Bullock, J., & Coppola, D. (2011). Introduction to emergency management. Burlington: Elsevier. Chapter 7. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery Recovery often begins in the initial hours and days following a disaster event and can continue for months or years.  Recovery involves decisions and actions relative to rebuilding homes; replacing property; resuming employment; restoring businesses; and permanently repairing and rebuilding infrastructure.  Because the recovery function has such long lasting impacts and usually high costs, the participants in the process are numerous, and include all levels of government, the business community, political leadership, community activists and individuals.  An effective recovery brings all players together to plan, finance and implement a recovery strategy that will rebuild the disaster-impacted area safer and more secure as quickly as possible. Recovery activities begin immediately after a Presidential declaration as the agencies of the Federal Government collaborate with the State in the impacted area in coordinating the implementation of recovery programs and the delivery of recovery services.  The Federal government plays the largest role in providing the technical and financial support for recovery, with FEMA obligating an annual average of $2.88 billion on public assistance projects for major disaster declarations (with an average of $58 million per major disaster declaration) and $153 million in individual assistance.

1. CRJ Module 6 Overview
Recovery
Recovery often begins in the initial hours and days following a
disaster event and can continue for months or years. Recovery
involves decisions and actions relative to rebuilding homes;
replacing property; resuming employment; restoring businesses;
and permanently repairing and rebuilding infrastructure. In this
module, you will learn the role that the federal government
plays in disaster recovery operations. You will list and explain
the recovery programs that are administered by FEMA to fuel
individual and community recovery operations. This module
will also explain how federal agencies other than FEMA
contribute to disaster recovery. The recovery role of national
voluntary relief organizations will be discussed. The various
tools that are available for community recovery planning will be
identified.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
7G
Explain how federal agencies other than FEMA contribute to
disaster recovery.
7H
Discuss the recovery role of national voluntary relief
organizations.
7I
Identify various tools that are available for community recovery
planning.
7J
Summarize how a Community Long-Term Recovery Plan is
developed, and why it is important.

2. 8D
Characterize the role of the federal government in disaster
recovery operations.
8E
List and explain the recovery programs administered by FEMA
to fuel individual and community recovery operations.
Module 6 Reading Assignment
Haddow, G., Bullock, J., & Coppola, D. (2011). Introduction to
emergency management. Burlington: Elsevier. Chapter 7.
The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery
Recovery often begins in the initial hours and days following a
disaster event and can continue for months or years. Recovery
involves decisions and actions relative to rebuilding homes;
replacing property; resuming employment; restoring businesses;
and permanently repairing and rebuilding infrastructure.
Because the recovery function has such long lasting impacts and
usually high costs, the participants in the process are numerous,
and include all levels of government, the business community,
political leadership, community activists and individuals. An
effective recovery brings all players together to plan, finance
and implement a recovery strategy that will rebuild the disaster-
impacted area safer and more secure as quickly as possible.
Recovery activities begin immediately after a Presidential
declaration as the agencies of the Federal Government
collaborate with the State in the impacted area in coordinating
the implementation of recovery programs and the delivery of
recovery services. The Federal government plays the largest
role in providing the technical and financial support for
recovery, with FEMA obligating an annual average of $2.88
billion on public assistance projects for major disaster
declarations (with an average of $58 million per major disaster
declaration) and $153 million in individual assistance for
emergency declarations (averaging nearly $11 million per
emergency declaration). However, local government

3. predominantly drives the decisions during recovery.
In January 2008, the National Response Framework (NRF) was
published to guide how responding parties coordinate in
responding to a major disaster. Beginning in August 2009,
FEMA initiated the process for developing a National Disaster
Recovery Framework (NDRF) to help coordinate recovery
functions among Federal, State and local governments, the
private sector, Tribal organizations and voluntary agencies.
FEMA is engaged in an effort to solicit input from all
stakeholders in the development of the NDRF.
When established in coordination with State and local
jurisdictions, a Disaster Recovery Center is a satellite
component of the Joint Field Office (JFO), providing a central
facility where disaster victims can obtain recovery assistance
information. The JFO is the coordination point for recovery
assistance delivery. The JFO Operations Section includes the
Human Services Branch, the Infrastructure Support Branch, and
the Community Recovery and Mitigation Branch.Human
Services Branch: coordinates assistance programs to help
individuals, families, and businesses meet basic needs and
return to self-sufficiency.
Infrastructure Support Branch: coordinates public assistance
programs.
Community Recovery and Mitigation Branch: assesses long-
term incident impacts, defines available resources, and
facilitates the development of a course of action to restore and
revitalize the community as well as reduce the impacts from
future disasters.
Emergency Support Function #14 (ESF #14 – Long-Term
Community Recovery and Mitigation) provides a framework for
Federal support to State, regional, local, and tribal
governments, NGOs, and the private sector to enable recovery.
Federal disaster assistance available under a major disaster falls
into three general categories: Individual Assistance, Public
Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation Assistance. Individual
Assistance is aid to individuals, families, and business owners.

4. Public Assistance is aid to public and certain private nonprofit
entities for emergency services and the repair or replacement of
disaster-damaged public facilities. Hazard Mitigation
Assistance is funding available for measures designed to reduce
future losses to public and private property.
Individual Assistance programs are oriented to individuals,
families, and small businesses, and the programs include
temporary housing assistance, individual and family grants,
disaster unemployment assistance, legal services, and crisis
counseling.The Disaster Housing Program assures that people
whose homes are damaged by disaster have a safe place to live
until repairs can be completed, and provides funds for expenses
often not covered by insurance. This includes Lodging
expenses reimbursement, Emergency minimal repair assistance,
Temporary rental assistance, and Mortgage and rental
assistance.
The Individual and Households Program provides funds for the
necessary expenses and serious needs of victims that cannot be
met through insurance or other forms of disaster assistance. IHP
provides assistance through 5 programs, including Temporary
Housing, Repair, Replacement, Permanent Housing
Construction, and Other Needs. FEMA pays 100% of the
Housing portion grants, and 75% of the Other Needs (states
pays the remaining 25%). The maximum assistant for each
family or individual in FY05 is $25,000. Most aid is provided
in the form of Small Business Administration (SBA) loans.
Disaster Unemployment Assistance provides unemployment
benefits and re-employment services to individuals who have
become unemployed because of major disasters.
Legal Services are provided free to low-income victims through
the Young Lawyer’s Division of the American Bar Association
for insurance claims; counseling on landlord/tenant problems;
assistance in consumer protection matters, remedies and
procedures; and replacement of wills and other important legal
documents destroyed.
Special Tax Considerations, in the form of federal income tax

5. deductions, are given to Taxpayers who have sustained a
casualty loss from a declared disaster. Businesses may file
claims with ATF taxes paid on appropriate lost alcohol,
tobacco, or firearms inventories.
Crisis Counseling is offered to affected people to help relieve
any grieving, stress or mental health problems caused or
aggravated by the disaster or its aftermath.
The Cora Brown Fund can be used for the relief of human
suffering caused by natural disasters to assist victims whose
needs will not be met by other programs.
The Public Assistance Grant Program provides federal
assistance to state and local governments and to certain private
nonprofit (PNP) organizations, to allow them to recover from
the impact of disasters and to implement mitigation measures.
Work that is eligible for supplemental Federal disaster grant
assistance is classified as either emergency work (includes
debris removal from public roads and rights-of-way as well as
from private property when determined to be in the public
interest) and permanent work (work that is required to restore
an eligible damaged facility to its pre-disaster design).
Other Federal Agencies have programs that contribute to social
and economic recovery, primarily triggered by a Presidential
Disaster Declaration, and include the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, the
Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce,
the Department of Labor, the National Voluntary Relief
Organizations, and The American Red Cross.
Recovery Planning Tools
Many communities are looking at ways to reduce their future
vulnerability, making the long-term investment in mitigation. A
partial list of available policy areas and tools includes the
following:Land use planning techniques
Zoning
Building codes including design controls

6. Financial incentives
Information and Oversight
Required Web Resources:
Recovery Doesn't Just Happen
Required Presentations:
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7. PART I
Directions: Research the recovery work of two of the following
organizations:
A Federal Government agency (e.g., Dept of Housing & Urban
Development)A private company (e.g., BP)A nongovernmental
organization (e.g., Habitat for Humanity)A civic organization
(e.g., Rotary International)A community organization (e.g.,
Woodbine Community Organization)A religious organization
(e.g., United Methodist Committee on Relief)
Then answer the following questions. Be sure to cite any
sources you use. Please visit the Academic Resource Center for
concise guidelines on APA format.
What are the names of the entities?
What is the disaster being addressed?
Describe in two paragraphs (one paragraph per entity) the
recovery work being conducted.
Provide the URL that provides more information about each
entity.
Compare and contrast the work of the two entities, citing
examples.
PART II
Directions: Based on your review of the article “Recovery
Doesn't Just Happen” (see link at the end of the Lecture Notes)
write a summary report on the points discussed about
disaster/emergency recovery. Please ensure that your report is
at least 1.5 pages in length, using 12-point font and double
spacing. Be sure to cite any sources you use. Please visit the
Academic Resource Center for concise guidelines on APA
format.