How to Help
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State and US Territory VOADs are essential to the National VOAD Movement.
State/Territory VOADs are associations of organizations that lead response efforts, communicate urgent needs to the wider National VOAD network, and provide assistance to communities affected by disaster. By adhering to the 4 Cs (Communication, Cooperation, Coordination, and Collaboration), State/Territory VOADs effectively provide relief.
- Communication State/Territory VOADs communicate needs to responding non-profits and agencies
- Cooperation Work within the VOAD Movement to share resources and ensure community needs are met.
- Coordination Once on the ground, State/Territory VOADs coordinate response efforts to ensure the delivery of those goods and services to communities affected by disaster.
- Collaboration Continue to work together across all levels, from Local VOADs/COADs to Federal agencies, to ensure that communities are made whole following disasters.
How to Help
Help CommunitiesAffected by Disaster
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Resources
Please find below a library of important and useful resources to help prepare yourself, and your community for an emergency.
FEMA: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101
Available now. Download it here.
Allied Against Hate
A toolkit for faith communities. President Biden previously hosted the United We Stand Summit at the White House to counter the corrosive effects of hate-fueled violence on our democracy…
Annual Conference Resources
To view resources from the 2023 Annual Conference, please click the links below: Phillip Huber PresentationTania Serrano Gonzalez & Julia Pedrosa PresentationJono Anzalone PresentationJono PowerPoint PresentationTania Serrano-Gonzalez and Julia Pedrosa…
Acronym “Cheat Sheet”
Many “new” people to disaster response find all the acronyms we use to be confusing, intimidating and rather daunting. We have created an Acronym Cheat Sheet to help us…
Starting an LTRC? See our SCLTRC Legacy Project.
When the Somerset County Long Term Recovery Committee finished the response in 2015, the staff put together a library of resources that they had developed in creating the LTRC,…
Maryland VOAD IRS 501(c)3 Determination Letter
Maryland VOAD has been officially designated as a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization by the Internal Revenue Service. This designation means that all contributions, gifts, transfers and bequests given to Maryland…
