See the information sources posted on my other blog, RecoveryDiva.com
Nice example of faith-based groups at work: Amish and Mennonites Help with H. Harvey Rebuilding.
The Government Gets Into the Church-Rebuilding Business. A provision tucked into the budget bill requires FEMA to treat religious institutions like other nonprofits.
The webinar provides faith-based and non-profit leaders – as well as state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers – with an overview of FEMA’s Public Assistance Program and Policy Guidance changes; the Small Business Administration disaster assistance options for non-profits and houses of worship; and recommendations to ensure applicant organizations retain current insurance policies on their properties. Additionally, this webinar will offer practical preparedness steps you can take now to mitigate future loss or damage.
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Time: 2:00 – 3:30p.m. (ET)
Here is a dissenting point of view: Five Reasons FEMA Should Not Rebuild Churches.
| From FEMA: FEMA today (1/218) announced that private nonprofit houses of worship are eligible for disaster assistance as community centers without regard to their secular or religious nature. These changes are effective for disasters declared on or after August 23, 2017 and for applications for assistance that were pending with FEMA as of August 23, 2017, including applications on first- or second-level appeal, that as of today have not yet been resolved by FEMA.
Under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), FEMA provides financial assistance, through its Public Assistance Program, to certain private nonprofit (PNP) organizations for the repair or replacement of facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster. FEMA’s changes now make houses of worship owned or operated by PNP organizations eligible applicants for this financial assistance (1) if their facilities suffered damage from an event declared a major disaster on or after August 23, 2017, or (2) if they had applications pending with FEMA as of August 23, 2017 that, as of today, have not yet been resolved by FEMA. This change will be reflected in the third edition of the Public Assistance Program Policy Guide, which will be available online at www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/111781. From Politico: some of the pros and cons of this change. From WashPost, 1/4, More on the pros and cons.
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i participated in a webinar today (Dec. 15) featuring a presentation by Lt. Mark Landahl of the Frederick County (MD) Sheriff’s office. Here is the the link to the Safeguarding Houses of Worship presentation. It cites an app that is available for houses of worship. Continue reading
Tip sheet with advice, including details about using your facility as a warming center. See: http://www.n-din.org/ndin_resources/tipsheets_v1208/19_NDIN_TS_ColdWeatherHazards.pdf
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