How to Get Your Corps Involved in Disaster Relief

1. How to Get Your Corps Involved in Disaster Relief

2. Agenda • Introduction of Speakers • Understanding the 4 Major Phases of Disaster Relief • What’s the Experience Like for Corpsmembers? What kind of trainings are helpful for them to receive? • The FEMA – CNCS- Corps Disaster Services Partnership • Doing Work Locally or In Your State • How Do I Know if My Corps has the Capacity to Get Involved? • Wrap-Up and Questions

3. Speakers • Chris Sheffield, Program Director, Texas Conservation Corps (American YouthWorks) • Kate Stephens, Assistant Director, Utah Conservation Corps • Will Chrysanthos, Partnerships and Field Operations Officer, Disaster Services, Corporation for National & Community Service • Teresa "Terry" Wood, Voluntary Agency Liason, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

4. Understanding the 4 Major Phases of Disaster Relief • Preparation • Mitigation • Response • Recovery • The number of Corps participating in disaster relief efforts has increased.

5. The Corpsmember Experience and Training “Coming out here, I didn’t even know how a house was constructed or even really where the wires were. But after a week out here, I was leading crews, making sure all the crewmembers were safe, managing the emotions of the devastated homeowners and keeping their trust to know that I would not ruin their home.” -- Tara Sloane, Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa

6. The FEMA – CNCS- Corps Disaster Services Partnership

7. Doing Work Locally or In Your State

8. How Do I Know if My Corps has the Capacity to Get Involved?

9. Wrap-Up and Questions