An Orientation to the National Mass Care Strategy A Whole of Community Approach to Mass Care

1. An Orientation to the National Mass Care Strategy A Whole of Community Approach to Mass Care

2. How did we get here? In October 2010, the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency signed a Memorandum of Agreement which set the framework for the American Red Cross, an ESF-6 Support Agency, to serve as co-lead for the mass care component of ESF-6. Additionally, the MOA calls for FEMA and ARC to develop and promulgate a National Mass Care Strategy with National VOAD organizations and other mass care support agencies. To fulfill this mission, a National Mass Care Council was formed to develop a framework for mass care.

3. Why develop a NMCS?

4. The Mass Care Council is advancing the Whole Community concept through promulgation of a Mass Care Strategy. Co-Leaders Nine Permanent Seats Individuals Renewed Bi-Annually Mass Care Partner Private Sector Faith Community Children’s Community Academia Nine Rotating Seats Organizations Renewed Bi-Annually Health & Mental Health Functional Needs Support Populations Household Pets Technology “The Council’s purpose is not to advise or make policy recommendations . . . Rather, the Council is established . . . to articulate a strategy and provide a planning resource to the nation.”1

5. The national mass care strategy will help the whole community move from current state to “ideal” levels of capacity and capability.     Qualitative assessment that defines standards, language, and roles ESF-6 Mass Care & FEMA Whole Community Emergency Assistance Capabilities Current State1 Ideal State Current State Ideal State2 Sheltering 405,000 people ? ? ? Mass Care Council & Strategy Implementation Process Overview Feeding Operations 3,150,000 meals/day ? ? ? Establish Mass Care Council Adopt Mass Care Charter Establish Working Groups • Primary Goals of the Mass Care Council • Provide a framework to enhance coordination, pool expertise and strengthen response capacity of mass care throughout the nation. • • Establish common goals, foster collaborative planning and identifies resource needs to build national mass care capability. • • Provide educational tools and resources. • • Establish common technology, terminology and standards Define Current State of Mass Care Determine Ideal Delivery of Mass Care Services Develop tools to achieve ideal state Distribution of Emergency Supplies Unknown ? ? ? Family Reunification Unknown ? ? ? Access & Fnctl Needs Support Svcs Unknown ? ? ? Services for Children in Disasters Unknown ? ? ? Household Pets & Service Animals Unknown ? ? ? Evacuation Support Unknown ? ? ? Voluntary Agency Coordination Unknown ? ? ?

6. The National Mass Care Strategy will help the Whole Community move from current state to “ideal” levels of capacity and capability. ESF-6 Mass Care & Emergency Assistance Capabilities Scalable mass care services, outlined in PPD-8, are founded on whole community engagement. Sheltering • Preliminary Targets for Mass Care Services • Move and deliver resources and capabilities to meet the needs of disaster survivors, including individuals with access and functional needs and others who may be considered to be at-risk. • Establish, staff, and equip emergency shelters and other temporary housing options (including accessible housing) for the affected population. • Move from congregate care to non-congregate care alternatives, and provide relocation assistance or interim housing solutions for families unable to return to their pre-disaster homes. Feeding Operations Distribution of Emergency Supplies Family Reunification Access & Functional Needs Support Services Mass Care Operational Coordination Planning Housing Infrastructure Systems Economic Recovery Health and Social Services Natural and Cultural Resources Public Information and Warning Long Term Vulnerability Reduction Services for Children in Disasters Household Pets & Service Animals Evacuation Support Voluntary Agency Coordination Local Events Community Events Regional Events State-wide Events Multi-state Events Catastrophic Events

7. The national mass care strategy will help the whole community move from current state to “ideal” levels of capacity and capability. • Consider and assess the “maximum of maximums” planning factors, and the National Preparedness Goal and how the Mass Care Strategy will align. • Clarify how future assessments of mass care and emergency assistance capabilities and capacities, at FEMA and across the whole community, will be coordinated with other national level planning factors. ESF-6 Mass Care & FEMA Whole Community Emergency Assistance Capabilities Current State1 Ideal State Current State Ideal State Sheltering 405,000 people 1.5 million people ? ? • Primary Goals of the Mass Care Council • Provide a framework to enhance coordination, pool expertise and strengthen response capacity of mass care throughout the nation. • • Establish common goals, foster collaborative planning and identifies resource needs to build national mass care capability. • • Provide educational tools and resources. • • Establish common technology, terminology and standards Feeding Operations 3,150,000 meals/day 1.5 million people ? ? Distribution of Emergency Supplies Unknown ? ? ? Family Reunification Unknown ? ? ? Access & Fnctl Needs Support Svcs Unknown ? ? ? Services for Children in Disasters Unknown ? ? ? Household Pets & Service Animals Unknown ? ? ? Evacuation Support Unknown ? ? ? Voluntary Agency Coordination Unknown ? ? ?

8. The Mass Care Council has prioritized five major goals and is exploring actions designed to maximize whole community engagement. • Build scalability into delivery of services • Improve coordination and participation • Incentivize whole community engagement • Establish standards of practice • Strengthen and unify legal & policy foundations How is the Mass Care Council & Strategy helping the whole community move toward an ideal state?

9. Guiding Principles • Whole Community Approach • Integrated Response • Holistic Approach to Survivor Support • Create Sustainable Mass Care Capacity • Broaden and Strengthen National Mass Care Resource Capabilities and Make them Scalable for all Levels of Disasters