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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eCon HUD Planning Suite, Citizen Participation and Consultation Toolkit

Department of Housing and Urban Development - Community Planning and Development

Planning and public engagement resources to help HUD grantees meet HUD citizen participation requirements by making community and economic development data more accessible to the grantee, its partners, and citizens.

Community Engagement Toolkit

e.Republic, Inc.

A series of tools for planning community engagement to be more purposeful, equitable, transparent, and strategic so that community members are true partners for achieving impact. Requires registration

3 Cities That Used Natural Disasters to Revitalize Their Futures

e.Republic, Inc.

A short article case study of city revitalization after earthquakes and tornadoes: Tuscaloosa AL, Greensburg KS, and San Francisco CA.

Land Use Leadership Alliance Training Program

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

​The Land Use Leadership Alliance Training educates local land use leaders on land use law and community decision-making.

Energy Resources for State, Local, and Tribal Governments

Environmental Protection Agency

Resources and planning tools to helps communities think about the baseline conditions and opportunities for renewable energy in their community.

EnviroAtlas Interactive Map

Environmental Protection Agency - Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment

This easy to use, interactive mapping application does not require any GIS skills to use and provides ready access to 500+ maps and multiple analysis tools.

Smart Location Database

Environmental Protection Agency - Smart Growth

GIS data resource includes over 90 variables characterizing the built environment, transit service, destination accessibility, employment, and demographics at the census block group scale.

Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont: Smart Growth Approaches for Disaster Resilient Communities

Environmental Protection Agency - Smart Growth

Document that details EPA's Smart Growth Resources.

Long-Term Community Recovery Toolbox: Decision Making Tool

Federal Emergency Management Agency

A ready.gov portal for information about Community Emergency Response Teams including how individuals can get involved.

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.

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