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Causes: Disaster Aid, Disaster Preparedness & Relief Services
Mission: To reduce the loss of life, injury, property damage,environmental impact, and economic loss due resulting from disasters through communication, cooperation, collaberation, and coordination between private, public, and non-profit organizations active in one or more phases of emergency management.
Programs: Heritage oaks mobile home park - providing mitigated manufactured housing for low income residents, supported by wrap around services, including case management, financial literacy training, youth character building services and recreation.
preparedness & mitigation - enhancing resilience through a community based disaster coalition, with emphasis on emergency preparedness & public safety education, financial literacy and stability through training, drills and exercises for children, youth, teens and adults and the coordination of citizen corps and community emergency response team (cert), making the community safer, stronger and better prepared for emergencies of all kinds, enhance economic stability and serve as a force multiplier for emergency management.
response & deepwater horizon - coordination of human services for individuals and families impacted by emergencies or disaster through a community based disaster coalition responsible for volunteers and donations that includes providing childcare for first responders, provision of emergency services for persons with disabilities, the homebound and others with functional needs like language barriers and coordinate volunteers and donations during major emergencies.
recovery - working with other organizations to facilitate or provide activation of a long-term recovery committee, human services referrals and sources,volunteer management, donations management, advocacy for survivors, and ongoing review and updating of case management practices and services. Faith-based - working with the faith-based ministry in emergency management to arrange meals, limited donations management, distributions of water, etc.