Florida Disaster Housing Strategy Module 2: Stakeholder Engagement

1. Florida Disaster Housing Strategy Module 2: Stakeholder Engagement Building your Local Disaster Housing Taskforce

2. Module Objectives • Identifying a Disaster Housing Coordinator • Executive leadership support • Taskforce member identification • Taskforce roles and responsibilities • Methods and challenges in the stakeholder engagement process

3. Designate a Disaster Housing Coordinator • Leader who understands local jurisdictional geography, facilities, characteristics • Strong relationship with partner agencies • Understand federal disaster housing programs, local housing and building codes • Strong communication and coordination skills in non disaster and disaster situations • Exclusivepost disaster assignment

4. Discussion Question: Disaster Housing Coordinator • Identify positions within your jurisdiction who could serve as the Disaster Housing Coordinator. • Provide the advantages and disadvantages of selecting this individual as your Disaster Housing Coordinator.

5. Identifying Community Stakeholders • Which organizations and agencies can: • Identify displaced residents • Service persons requiring special assistance • Provide housing resources • Identify residential properties, lands and/or facilities within the community • Support the disaster housing mission with additional services such as utilities, public safety, transportation

7. Exercise Which organizations should be represented on YOUR Disaster Housing Taskforce?

8. EXTERNAL Non-Profit Housing Organizations Chamber of Commerce Crisis Counseling Services Faith-Based Organizations Habitat for Humanity Humane Society American Red Cross Salvation Army Realtors Association Financial Institutions Etc….. Local Disaster Housing Taskforce • INTERNAL City/County Manager Elected Officials Police/Fire/EMS Public Works Utility Building/Zoning/Fire Code Health & Human Services School District Transportation Parks & Recreation Etc…..

9. State Partners

10. Federal Government Partners

11. Non Profit and Faithbased Community

12. PODs • Staging Areas • JFO • Recovery Center • County / State EOC Coordination with Incident Facilities • Local Taskforce

13. Taskforce Responsibilities • Provide technical assistance, local knowledge of community and resources • Liaison with partners organizations • Provide internal documents, resource inventories, regulatory guidance, and maps • Ensure consistency with internal documents (e. g Comprehensive Plan, Land Use Code, zoning ordinances, CEMP, etc)

14. Executive Leadership • Executive approval by the leadership • Promote effective communication early • Encourage involvement • Demand agency accountability

15. Building an Effective Team • Stress criticality of community needs and long-term sustainability • Identify skills sets and delegate responsibilities when appropriate • Highlight member experience and historical knowledge • Set clear expectations, timelines, and meet them • Meet regularly pre disaster and post disaster

16. Stakeholder Engagement Obstacles • Insufficient funds / budget • Insufficient personnel and time • Insufficient technical expertise • Unclear lines of authority and responsibility • Conflicting community goals • Denial of the threats and vulnerabilities

17. Module Summary • At the end of this module students should be able to: • Identify a local disaster housing taskforce • Ensure success through executive leadership support and stakeholder engagement • Overcome challenges and create opportunities