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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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Long Term Recovery Planning self-help checklist

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

A short guide with checklists for a post-disaster community recovery planning template. Applicable to any event type for communities beginning their recovery planning process.

Disaster Recovery: A Local Government Responsibility

International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Article from International Capital Market Association which addresses municipal government's role in disaster recovery, covering each step in the four-step emergency management cycle.

6 Perspectives on How Communities Can Recover After a Disaster

International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Blog post in which Local Recovery Managers give their opinions on what makes for effective, long-term recovery.

Leadership in Times of Crisis: A Toolkit for Recovery & Resiliency

International Economic Development Council (IEDC)

EDOs must build the capacity to serve their communities by leading resiliency and economic recovery efforts before and after disasters. This Toolkit, and the accompanying Workbook, are intended to support this effort.

International Economic Development Council - RestoreYourEconomy.org

International Economic Development Council (IEDC) with support from Economic Development Administration

Restore Your Economy is a resource for information related to Disasters including COVID-19 and their economic impacts. It is managed by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) with support from EDA.

2016 Louisiana Recovery and Resiliency Symposium

Louisiana Recovery and Resiliency Symposium

Video highlights from the2016 Louisiana Recovery and Resiliency Symposium including local officials' perspectives on recovery.

Planning for People with Disabilities and Others with Access and Functional Needs Toolkit

Maryland Department of Disabilities

​This toolkit outlines inclusive planning strategies and considerations and emphasizes the importance of planning for people with access and functional needs and how they are affected by different preparedness, response, and recovery activities.

Maryland Emergency Management Agency Local Recovery Planning Toolkit

Maryland Emergency Management Agency

​This Local Recovery Planning Toolkit includes materials to support locally-managed short-term and intermediate recovery efforts, as well as materials to assist with the transition to long-term recovery, managed by a Long Term Recovery Committee (LTRC).

Flood Plain Management

Municipality of Waterbury, Vermont

Website providing a wide array of information on flooding, preparedness, flood damage reduction, and mapping.

Health Impact Assessment: Quick Guide

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Introductory guide to Health Impact Assessment (HIA), a method often used to evaluate publish health impacts of existing or planned land use, community design, and transportation policies, projects, or programs.

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