FEMA Course MGT-472: Planning for Transitional and Long-Term Housing After A Major Disaster

Description

This instructor-led course will provide learners with information on the importance of pre-planning for housing recovery to accelerate recovery after a disaster occurs. The course will provide lessons on the basics of disaster housing planning and best practices of housing planning. The course will improve knowledge and understanding of FEMA’s direct temporary housing and permanent housing construction programs, including strategies to rapidly and efficiently initiate direct temporary housing and permanent housing construction programs, including the implications for code enforcement, permitting, and utility restoration. The course will also demonstrate the process of coordinating agreements and processes regarding the collection, sharing and handling of sensitive, personally identifiable information from federal and non-federal sources. The course will also provide guidance on implementing FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance, Disaster Case Management programs, and HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery program. Finally, the course will describe best practices for establishing and sustaining active disaster housing task forces that coordinate the delivery of temporary housing, case management services, and long-term housing recovery assistance from federal, state, local, and non-profit sector partners. Disaster housing task forces include potential members of the task force and the roles and responsibilities of a task force.