Community Recovery Management Toolkit

Disaster recovery is a time of tremendous pressure and work at the community level. Local officials are faced with pressure to rebuild quickly, communicate with stakeholders, resolve conflicts, seek funding from a variety of different agencies, and respond to new grant, contract, and financial requirements. However, disaster recovery is also a time of significant opportunity for communities to rebuild in a thoughtful, equitable, and resilient way.

The resources in this toolkit are geared toward helping community leaders through the long-term disaster recovery process and are intended to be useful at any phase of recovery.

Key Post-Disaster Recovery Resource Topics

Browse our "key resources," which are curated collections to help you get started, or search the full library.

Organize and Lead

Are you trying to determine how to organize or lead your community through disaster recovery?

Manage Grants & Finances

Are you concerned about grant management, community finances, or rules about disaster funding?

Assess, Plan & Decide

Do you want to know how to make informed and strategic decisions for your recovery?

Identify Funding Programs

Do you want to know more about disaster recovery funding and assistance programs?

Search the Full Recovery Management Toolkit

Search through the filterable library of recovery management information to quickly find tools, resources, examples and trainings that most fit your community’s needs. Click the resource's title to see all the information.

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Resources provided are for informational purposes only and are compiled with publicly available information. Please directly consult the provider of a potential resource for current program information and to verify the applicability and requirements of a particular program. When you go to another website you are subject to its privacy policies. FEMA does not endorse any non-government websites, companies, or applications.

Top 10 Procurement Under Grant Mistakes Leading to Audits and Potential Loss of FEMA Public Assistance Funding

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Short list of common mistakes made by recipients and subrecipients during FEMA grant procurement.

List of Recovery Resources

Federal Emergency Management Agency

A FEMA portal for households, governments, and non-profits seeking post-disaster assistance.

Achieving Equitable Recovery: Post Disaster Guide for Local Officials & Leaders

Federal Emergency Management Agency

In this guide, local officials will find tools to help them identify needs, establish critical partnerships, leverage new opportunities, conduct strategic public engagement, and pursue recovery in an equitable manner.

FEMA Geoplatform

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Database for geospatial data and analytics products in support of emergency management, related to winter storms, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes.

Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery Briefing Paper - Flood Insurance and Design Requirements

Federal Emergency Management Agency

?Report outlining strategies for integrating whole community recovery (equitable recovery) into the recovery process to create more resilient and equitable communities.

Effective Coordination of Recovery Resources for State, Tribal, Territorial & Local Incidents

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Guide highlighting critical tasks and coordination challenges for state, tribal, territorial or local governments when managing recovery.

Local Mitigation Planning Handbook

Federal Emergency Management Agency - Hazard Mitigation Program

FEMA guidance on requirements and best practices for local governments to use in developing or updating a local hazard mitigation plan.

Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants

Federal Emergency Management Agency - Hazard Mitigation Program

Guidance and resources on FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Programs.

Integrating Hazard Mitigation into Local Planning: Case Studies & Tools for Community Officials

Federal Emergency Management Agency - Hazard Mitigation Program

Guide discussing strategies and benefits of incorporating risk reduction strategies into existing local plans, policies, codes, and programs that guide community development or redevelopment patterns.

Mitigation Ideas: A Resource for Reducing Risk to Natural Hazards

Federal Emergency Management Agency - Hazard Mitigation Program

Communities can use this resource to identify and evaluate a range of potential mitigation actions for reducing risk to natural hazards and disasters.

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