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Important Message about this Week's Community Preparedness Webinar
Featuring FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate This Citizen Corps News Digest is provided by FEMA's Individual & Community Preparedness Division to highlight community preparedness, resilience resources and activities recently announced by federal agencies and Citizen Corps partners.
Today's Citizen Corps News update includes:
- Tools to Help Emergency Managers Meet the Needs of Latino Communities Webinar Postponed
- Community Preparedness Funding Webinar Featuring Craig Fugate
Tools to Help Emergency Managers Meet the Needs of Latino Communities: Webinar
* LATINO COMMUNITY WEBINAR POSTPONED*
The Tools to Help Emergency Managers Meet the Needs of Latino Communities Webinar scheduled for today at 2:00 p.m . ( 1:00 CT/Noon MT/11:00 PT) has been postponed . We will announce a reschedule date as soon as one becomes available.
In the meantime, please make sure to visit the National Council of La Raza to view the recently-released emergency management toolkit and accompanying CD-ROM materials designed to improve responsiveness to Latinos in disaster planning, relief, and recovery efforts. This toolkit was developed by the National Council of La Raza in collaboration with the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Mosaica: The Center for Nonprofit Development and Pluralism, and the National Immigration Law Center.
If you have any questions regarding the webinar, please contact citizencorps@dhs.gov .
Community Preparedness Funding Webinar Featuring Craig Fugate
* REMINDER*
Citizen Corps Program Grant and Effective Funding Practices Webinar
Thursday, March 1
3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 CT/1:00 MT/Noon PT)
Register/Log in
Register HERE is this is your first time joining us for a webinar in the Community Preparedness Webinar Series.
Log in HERE if you have already registered for this webinar, have registered for a previous webinar, or if you're a HSIN.gov user.
Overview
This Thursday, FEMA's Individual and Community Preparedness Division will host a FREE Citizen Corps Program Grant and Effective Funding Practices Webinar, featuring FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate , to highlight strategies for meeting community preparedness funding needs and provide an update on the 2012 grants. If you're interested in learning more about this subject please plan to join us at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Featured speakers for this 90-minute discussion include:
If you have questions regarding this event, please contact citizencorps@dhs.gov
FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
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FEMA Major Disaster Declarations Update
Oregon Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides
Major Disaster Declaration number 4055 declared on Mar 02, 2012 |
