St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund

3 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Current State: The New Normal .............................................................................................. 10 Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 12 Disaster Response Best Practice: What the Literature Says ..................................................... 13 Philanthropy .............................................................................................................................. 13 Community Based Organizations ........................................................................................... 14 Local Government ..................................................................................................................... 15 Funder Response Findings ............................................................................................................ 15 Survey Findings.......................................................................................................................... 16 Interview Findings ..................................................................................................................... 19 How Resources are Distributed ............................................................................................... 20 How an Equity Lens is Applied ................................................................................................. 20 Relief, Recovery, and Resilience .............................................................................................. 21 Lessons Learned and Next Steps ............................................................................................ 22 Community based Organization Response ................................................................................. 22 Funding Disaster Relief ............................................................................................................. 22 Mission and Services ................................................................................................................. 23 Equity and Evaluation .............................................................................................................. 25 Partnerships and Collaboration .............................................................................................. 25 Lessons Learned & Next Steps ................................................................................................ 27 A Tale of Two cities: Public sector - County Level Findings ........................................................ 28 Successes ................................................................................................................................... 28 Challenges .................................................................................................................................. 30 Evaluation ................................................................................................................................... 32 Equity .......................................................................................................................................... 32 Partnerships & Collaboration .................................................................................................. 32 Planning & Prevention .............................................................................................................. 34 Bridging to the Future............................................................................................................... 34 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 35 Appendices ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Appendix I – Advisory Committee ........................................................................................... 39 Appendix II – Funders Survey Respondents .......................................................................... 39 Appendix III – All Interviewees ................................................................................................. 30 Appendix IV – CBO Survey Invitees* ....................................................................................... 41 Appendix V – Secondary Sources ............................................................................................ 42 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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