 Representatives from the CNCS Iowa and Nebraska State Offices traveled to DeWitt,
Nebraska on March 16 to deliver another training session in the "Disaster
Preparedness and Response - Volunteer Reception Center" series of
trainings.
In
2016, the Nebraska State Office led the effort to train more than 150 participants from national
service programs, local emergency management
partners, nonprofit organizations, and local
emergency services. The "Management of Spontaneous Volunteers"
trainings have been made possible through partnerships with the Nebraska
Emergency Management Agency, Nebraska Citizen Corps & Medical Reserve Corps,
Nebraska
Extension Service and ServeNebraska.
This
partnership has resulted in 4 training events in Sioux City, Chadron,
Scottsbluff, and Grand Island. The majority
of the participants said they had a much better understanding of the challenges
of spontaneous volunteers and now had the
tools to manage them more effectively. Participants believe that national service
programs, like AmeriCorps and Senior Corps,
can help their communities better respond to disasters. Additional planning is
underway to bring community members and national
service programs together for disaster
response.
Disaster Highlights
Visit the new DSU Disaster Highlights section at nationalservice.gov. Here you can find a summary of the major CNCS disaster deployments from 2011 through present.
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