Community Planning & Capacity Building Recovery Support Function

Presented By:Michelle DiamondCommunity Planning & Capacity Building CoordinatorFEMA Region III

CPCB RSF Coordinating Agency: DHS/FEMA• Facilitate and provide coordination and oversight for the CPCB RSF• Ensure effective communication and collaboration among CPCB RSF primary

and support agencies and other partners and stakeholders

CPCB RSF Primary Agency:• Department of Homeland Security/ FEMA

Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF Who is the CPCB RSF?

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Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF Who is the CPCB RSF?

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Department of Agriculture (USDA) Department of Commerce (DOC),

including NOAA and EDA Department of Education (ED) Department of Interior (DOI)

Department of Health and Human Services (HSS)Department of Justice (DOJ) Department of Transportation (DOT) Department of the Treasury (TREAS) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) General Services Administration (GSA) Small Business Administration (SBA)

CPCB RSF Non-Governmental Agencies:

CPCB RSF Supporting Agencies

American Planning AssociationInternational City County Management AssociationAmerican Institute of Architects, Urban Land Institute

Council on Foundations

Extension Disaster Education NetworkNational VOAD, Red CrossAnd any others that want to participate….

Community Planning & Capacity Building RSF Mission of CPCB

The mission of the CPCB RSF is to:Support and build recovery capacities and community planning resources of local, state, territorial and tribal governments needed to effectively plan for, manage and implement disaster recovery activities in large, unique or catastrophic incidents.

It achieves this mission through the coordination of CPCB partner resources and expertise to build recovery capacities and inclusive community planning efforts.

Coordinating body to:• Provide leadership to build partnership among CPCB

Partner agencies and organizations• Involve non-governmental, private sector and professional

associations in leveraging resources and capabilitiesAiding communities and states in:

• Community organizing and planning• Leadership development and recovery management• Capacity building after disasters

Community Planning & Capacity Building RSFPurpose and Goals of the RSF

The CPCB RSF provides expertise to ensure:• Enhanced interagency coordination of resources, requirements and

support for building community capacity and community recovery planning.

• Integration of socio-economic, demographic, risk assessment, vulnerable populations and other important information into recovery planning and decision making activities

• Increased community wide support and understanding of sustainability and resiliency principles applicable to the opportunities presented during disaster recovery.

Community Planning & Capacity Building RSFImportant Relationships and Strategies for CPCB RSF

Community Planning & Capacity Building RSFPrinciples of CPCB

Tribal and local governments ownership Act quickly Actively Plan Integrated, holistic, accessible and simplified recovery

management and planning process Hazard mitigation and sustainability Partners, partners, partners! ! !

Community Planning & Capacity Building RSFWhy a focus on these areas?

Community Planning Support coordination of planning efforts Recovery Planning

Address damages Support community vision for recovery

Capacity Building Strengthen skills, resources and abilities Adapt, lead and manage recovery

• Does not control partner activities• Does not prepare FEMA or FDRC recovery “plans”. Support is technical

assistance to community led efforts• Does not manage, control or direct other RSFs• Does not manage or prepare the MSA or RSS – contribute CPCB elements

to those documents• Does not staff the entire FDRC’s org – staffs the Community Recovery

Assistance Group• Work with Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL) to link with local government

with VOADs and/or Long Term Recovery Group• Not carrying out Voluntary Agency Liaison role

Community Planning & Capacity Building RSFWhat CPCB is Not

CPCB In Sum…..

1. Share disaster wide community information and launch partners for evaluation and exchange

2. Convene partners to identify and resolve programmatic/strategic issues, leverage resources, aid all communities with TA

3. Provide FEMA technical assistance, based on FEMA Needs Assessment, to the few communities that warrant this support.

Questions?

Michelle DiamondCommunity Planning &

Capacity Building CoordinatorRegion III

Michelle.Diamond@fema.dhs.gov215-931-5568