Resumen de FEMA MGT-464: Addressing Gaps in Housing Disaster Recovery 09/22/2021

FEMA MGT-464: Addressing Gaps in Housing Disaster Recovery 09/22/2021

This course will present information on how communities can plan for housing recovery after a disaster. The course will introduce lessons learned from recent disasters and will provide an overview of currently available resources and tools for disaster planning.

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Course Details

Course Description

This instructor-based training will present information on how communities can plan for housing recovery after a disaster. The course will introduce lessons learned from recent disasters and will provide an overview of currently available resources and tools for disaster planning.

The workshop will provide a training consisting of planning tools and resources for the community to conduct disaster housing planning and damage assessments. The curriculum will include opportunities to develop stronger partnerships between the public and private sectors, provide checklist based resources for use in a pre- and post-disaster environment, and best practices for enhancing community mitigation and disaster resilience. The course will be driven by a scenario-based curriculum designed to apply knowledge, skills, and abilities on housing recovery, with a focus on the whole community approach to emergency management.

Course Logistics

Date/Time	Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Format	Virtual Part one: Self-paced pre-work (online, 2 hours) Part two: Instructor-led live session (Zoom, September 22, 2021, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM)
Faculty	National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Target Audience and Certificate

Target Audience

This course is available to the whole community, particularly decision makers, planners and coordinators in the state and local housing and development sector. Zoning and code enforcement officials are also highly encouraged to attend.

Certificate

Certificates for completing this course are distributed by FEMA.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the Planning and Management level training, all learners will be able to fulfill the following learning objectives:

Given course text regarding the National Disaster Housing Strategy, the learner will identify ways to plan for disaster housing and recovery, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Given a case study, the learner will identify how pre-planning and disaster mitigation can contribute to housing recovery and community resilience, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Given a list, the learner will identify the capabilities, roles, and responsibilities of housing planning partners, including governmental, non-governmental, and private sector organizations, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Given a description of the Disaster Declaration Process, the Robert T. Stafford Act, and HUD's CDBG-DR program, the learner will identify housing recovery programs and grants available to individuals and households, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Given a case study, the learner will identify the importance of inclusive planning for the whole community in terms of disaster housing, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Given a list of toolkits from the course, the learner will identify disaster housing resources, tools, and checklists available for use in his / her own community, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Given a matrix of inter-correlations from the FEMA Damage Assessment Manual, the learner will identify and apply mitigation and rebuilding best practices to enhance community resilience, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Given a case study, the learner will identify recovery paths from lessons learned from past disasters that can used to engage the community in housing planning and recovery.
Using statistics and analyses from a past major disaster, the learner will identify the housing needs of vulnerable populations, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.
Using FEMA’s National Disaster Housing Strategy guidelines for reference, the learner will apply concepts from recent disaster case studies to use in his/her own community, with 80% or greater accuracy on the post-test.

Funding

This project is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number (Grant No. EMW-2017-CA-00043) administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Points of view or opinions expressed in this training are those of the authors/trainers and do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

This course consists of two parts:

Part one is self-paced pre-work required to attend the live session.

Part two is the instructor-led live session hosted on Zoom, September 22, 2021

Click below to register on the National Center for Disaster Preparedness website.

NOTE: Registration for this course is managed by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP). You will be required to create an account on the NCDP site to register. You also need to have a FEMA Student ID to register. Visit the FEMA website to obtain a free FEMA Student ID.