PROGRAM COMPARISON CATEGORIES Table 3. Reports Addressing Outreach ISSUES IDENTIFYING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
TITLE Creating a Safe Harbor after Hurricane Katrina: A Case Study of the Bayou La Batre Alternative Housing Pilot Program
X
Developing a More Viable Disaster Housing Unit: A Case Study of Mississippi Alternative Housing Pilot Program
X
BEST PRACTICES USEOFCOMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Disaster Case Management Program Guidance
LONG-TERM OUTREACH PROCESS
INTERORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION
X
X
X
Emergency Housing Program Research and Recommendations
X
X
Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Strategy
X
X
National Disaster Housing Strategy
X
Natural Disaster Housing Reconstruction Plan
X
X X
X X
NVOAD Long-Term Recovery Manual
X
Rapid Housing Recovery Program Research Summary
X
Rebuilding or Recovering? Considering Sustainability in the Context of Disaster Rehousing
X
Returning to a New Normal- Texas Disaster Case Management Pilot Project
X
RAND Study- Navigating the Road to Recovery
X
X X
X
X X
Federal Immediate Disaster Case Management-Concept of Operations
X
Digging Deeper: Participation and Non-Participation in Post-Disaster Community Recovery
X
Handbook of Disaster Research
X TOTAL PERCENT
X
8
6
5
10
53.3%
40.0%
33.3%
66.7%
4.4 CASE MANAGEMENT Prior to Hurricane Katrina there were few guidelines on how disaster case management should be performed. Navigating through the complex bureaucracy of obtaining funding assistance for housing is a challenge for individuals and families. The role of the case manager is to walk disaster victims through an eligibility process to determine and funnel funding assistance and resources to victims based on disaster-related unmet needs (FEMA, 2013). Case managers often provide a direct connection between the disaster victim and the services they require. They hold an important position in the recovery process by having unique knowledge of individual needs and the resources available to serve them. Disaster survivors who do not have effective case managers to guide them through the process can fall through the cracks in the system and may never receive the resources they require for long-term recovery. They are PROGRAM COMPARISON
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