Disaster Recovery
Individual and Community Recovery Resources
2019 Collaborative Coalition Conference Presentations
The 2019 Collaborative Coalition Conference, held April 17th and 18th in Albany, represented a diversity of topics, programming and attendance beyond the previous years. This year featured a Federal Partners panel discussion, a National VOAD keynote address, concurrent breakout sessions and presenters from across the State, region and country. The following presentations from the conference highlight the topics discussed (click on each video to play the presentation; click on the links below the videos to download the presentation slides):
Opening Remarks
Jamie Marcella, Ken Curtin, Anne Bink,
Bill Dugan
Federal Partners Panel
Iris Epsenhart, Dan Rickman,
Henry Comas,
Holly Chmil,
Glen Karpovich
Iris Epsenhart, FEMA
Henry Comas, HUD
Working with Native Peoples and Communities
Brenda Gausby, Pete Hill
NACS' "All Our Relations" Project
Social Vulnerabilities in Disaster Recovery
David Kow, LaKeysha I. Fields, Tyrone D. Ford
Social Vulnerabilities in Disasters
Disaster Social Vulnerability Assessment
Group Discussion
See the videos of the presentations from the 2018 Conference, including “Working Together with Emergency Management,” “Setting Up a Multi-Agency Resource Center” and “FEMA Individual Assistance.”
Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) and Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD)
Local VOAD Entities
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Adirondack VOAD
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Albany County Disaster Response and Recovery Committee
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Broome County COAD
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Duchess County - Recovery and Resiliency Coalition of Duchess County
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Herkimer Oneida Organizations Active in Disaster
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Rochester Regional VOAD
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St. Lawrence County COAD
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Western NY VOAD
Other assistance may be available in your community. Search the 2-1-1 data bases of services or call 2-1-1.
For more info: IAinfo@dhses.ny.gov