1. Designing and Communicating Disaster Recovery Plans
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Designing and Communicating Disaster Recovery Plans

2. White Sulphur Springs June 23, 2016
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White Sulphur Springs June 23, 2016
I want to show a video that really encapsulated the event for us.

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The Fund has been helping families recover from natural disasters for decades, starting the early 1970s.
History about our response. It’s been mostly flood and highwater events. The topography keeps tornados to a minimum, we don’t have earthquakes or serious fires but sometimes hurricanes from the Gulf cause the flooding.

4. Flood Wall, Williamson WV
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Flood Wall, Williamson WV
One example – the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers installed this floodwall in the town of Williamson in the late 1980s. This city had been effected by high water an estimated 37 times over the last century. Our role was to help with flood mitigation – we developed subdivisions out of the flood plain and elevated houses above recorded flooding levels. Every other time the state has experienced flooding, we’ve been called on to help.

5. Some areas were hit with as much as 10 inches of rain in 12 hours.
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June 23, 2016
Some areas were hit with as much as 10 inches of rain in 12 hours.
According to the National Weather Service, this was 1000-year event for Fayette, Greenbrier, Nicholas and Summers counties.
23 confirmed fatalities.
Billions in damages to homes, buildings and schools
That takes us to June …

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“Many people lost everything and some people lost their lives. We’re going to need some real help. This is our Katrina.”
Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper.

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Rainelle

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Richwood

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Developed Rebuild West Virginia July 2016 as a direct response to this weather event. Rather than deploy a response team, we worked with volunteers and case workers already on the ground. (V.O.A.D) They directed those in need to the Fund.
Shortly after, we developed Rebuild West Virginia. From a loan-orgination standpoint infrastructure in place to get off the ground pretty quickly. VOAD, Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, being the lead agency, working with FEMA and the National Guard, to assist victims directly. VOAD has been around since 1970, is in most states.
Some of the more active for us were Catholic Charities, Mennonite Disaster Services and United Way.
They did initial intake and then sent us victims whose needs were a fit for our resources.

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What is Rebuild West Virginia? “We want to be the program of last resort.” - Erica Boggess, Executive Director, WVHDF
After you’ve gone through FEMA, The SBA and whomever else there is, then you come to us.

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Disaster recovery assistance targeted to individuals and families at or below 80 % of area median income for their county of residence and have exhausted all avenues of federal assistance.
What is it?

12. $15,000 per household for repairs. $40,000 for full replacement.
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Limited to:
$15,000 per household for repairs.
$40,000 for full replacement.
except for the lowest of incomes, below 30% AMI, our loans were repayable as we needed to ensure that our fund balance for future disasters was replenished.

13. Loans repair or replacement of septic systems.
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Loans repair or replacement of septic systems. 
Created in conjunction with the state dept. of environmental protection. The program helps Install a new septic system or pay for them to tie into an existing public treatment system. Operates within non-emergency programs. long-standing program offered in cooperation with DEP. A rare program that has no income limits since it’s not our dollars.

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For those who decide to relocate out of a designated flood zone, relocation assistance of up to $5,000 may be provided.
Can be used for moving expenses, utility hookups, site prep for new manufactured home.

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Through 2016 and 2017, we have had five relocations and two placements and one repair.
Pics of Roane Co. stuff

16. Rebuild West Virginia Before: 5/10/2013
Most visible sign of success are in the town of Amma in Roane County, about 35 minutes from Charleston, the State Capitol. The new home were all constructed in the same general area, but the foundations were raise out of the flood zone.

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Rebuild West Virginia
After:
Pics of Roane Co. stuff

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Rebuild West Virginia
Before:
Pics of Roane Co. stuff

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Rebuild West Virginia
After:
Pics of Roane Co. stuff

20. “We built our plan around the Housing Development Fund,”
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“We built our plan around the Housing Development Fund,”
Joe Ross, Chairman of the Roane County Long-term Recovery Team.
A Note from Joe Ross