Preparing for Recovery Following Disaster

The recovery process is a long road which extends all the way through repairing or rebuilding and ultimately to achieving recovery goals and finding a "new normal." Los Angeles Region Community Recovery Organization (LARCRO) is the official Los Angeles Region Long Term Recovery Group and is here to support those community members who are struggling with their recovery from disaster. LARCRO follows National VOAD (NVOAD) standards for regional long-term recovery groups. NVOAD's Long-Term Recovery Guide and Long-Term Recovery Quick Reference Guide are two key resources to access as you prepare for long-term recovery following disaster.

• Long-Term Recovery Guide
• Long-Term Recovery Quick Reference Guide 

Listed below are additional links to important and useful resources from NVOAD to help you prepare for Recovery after an emergency or disaster. For more information, visit their website.

• Long-Term Recovery Points of Consensus
• Clean Up Definitions and Practices
• Clean Up, Repair and Rebuild Points of Consensus
• Repair and Rebuild Points of Consensus (Spanish)

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) also provides a self-help guide, "Long-Term Community Recovery Planning Process." To access this guide, click here.

Please find below links to important and useful resources from the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NVOAD) to help you with Case Management following an emergency. For more information, visit their website.

• Disaster Case Management Points of Consensus
• Case Management Points of Consensus (Spanish)
• Case Transfer Tool
• Disaster Case Management Guidelines

Below are some NVOAD resources to assist with providing emotional and spiritual care to people affected by disaster.

• Disaster Emotional Care - Points of Consensus 
• Disaster Emotional Care – Points of Consensus (Spanish) 
• Disaster Spiritual Care – Points of Consensus 
• Disaster Spiritual Care – Points of Consensus (Spanish) 
• Disaster Emotional Care Guidelines
• Quick Reference Guide: Disaster Emotional Care 
• Disaster Spiritual Care Guidelines 
• Quick Reference Guide: Disaster Spiritual Care 
• Light Our Way: A Guide to Spiritual Care in Times of Disaster 2nd Edition (2018)
• Light Our Way: A Guide to Spiritual Care in Times of Disaster (Spanish) 
• Disaster Emotional Care & Disaster Spiritual Care Webinar Series:  Introducing the Guidelines 
• Benefits of Including Emotional & Spiritual Care During the Phases of Disaster