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 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.

NOTICE
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.

FEMA is currently reviewing the resources of the roadmap to align with Executive Orders that occurred on or after January 20, 2025.

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Financial Planning for Disasters: A Workbook for Local Governments and Regions

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)

National Association of Development Organizations workbook designed to help local governments and regions understand, evaluate, and identify strategies related to financial vulnerabilities in natural disasters.

Building Resilience through Collaborations: The Regional Development Organization's Role in Disaster Preparedness

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)

A slide deck from the National Association of Development Organizations on regional development organizations' role in disaster preparedness.

Restoring Regional Economies in the Wake of a Disaster: A Special Report from the NADO Research Foundation on the Role of Regional Development Organizations in Post-Disaster Economic Recovery

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and NADO Research Foundation

Report by National Association of Development Organizations on the role of regional development organizations in the long-term post-disaster economic recovery process.

A Peer Learning Forum of the NADO Research Foundation: Innovative Approaches to Disaster Recovery and Economic Resilience

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and the NADO Research Foundation

Report that describes the results of a peer forum on approaches to disaster recovery and economic resiliency. It describes common challenges and recommends next steps to addressing those challenges.

Resilient Regions: Integrating Economic Development Strategies, Sustainability Principles and Hazard Mitigation Planning

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and the NADO Research Foundation

This report provides an in-depth look at the roles that regional planning and development organizations are taking to help local and regional economies rebuild after natural disasters.

The National Hazard Mitigation Association

National Hazard Mitigation Association

This website provides guidance to local communities and promotes natural hazard risk reduction and climate adaptation through planning and mitigation.

ARTICLE: "Unequal Recovery? Federal Resource Distribution after a Midwest Flood Disaster"

National Library of Medicine (Articles from International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health are provided here courtesy of Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)).

A guide to exploring equity issues in disaster recovery, focused on severe flooding in Iowa in 2008.

Tools for Coastal Climate Adaption Planning: A Guide for Selecting Tools to Assist with Ecosystem-Based Climate Planning

NatureServe

Guidance for coastal land managers and community planners to select appropriate tools and technology for their climate adaptation planning projects. It focuses on spatially explicit solutions for climate-related planning.

In Deep: Helping Sandy-Affected Communities Address Vulnerability & Confront Risk LDRM-Municipal Resolution of Engagement with a Nonprofit Partner

New Jersey Future

Case study highlighting municipal efforts to codify its agreement with a non-profit partner (NJ Future) to manage a Local Disaster Recovery Manager.

Local Disaster Recovery Manager Job Description used by New Jersey Future

New Jersey Future

A sample Recovery Planning Manager job announcement from New Jersey Future. The job responsibilities generally align with those of a Local Disaster Recovery Manager.

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