Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps - Sponsored by The Office of the United States Surgeon General

Resources for Risk Management


Liability and Risk Management for the MRC: Protecting You, Your Volunteers, and Those You Serve
From the 2007 National Leadership and Training Conference. Presentation on Volunteer's Liability Issues.
PDF (970 KB)

Liability and Risk Management for the MRC: Protecting You, Your Volunteers, and Those You Serve
From the 2007 National Leadership and Training Conference. Presentation on Risk Management and the MRC.
PDF (191 KB)

Liability Issues and the MRC
PDF (209 KB)

Medical Liability for MRC Volunteers
Presentation slides from the 2008 MRC National Leadership & Training Conference concurrent session "Risk Management and the MRC".
PDF (376 KB)

Nonprofit Risk Management Center
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center provides assistance and resources for community-serving nonprofit organizations. The center offers services (technical assistance, software, training, and consulting help) on a range of risk management topics (employment practices, insurance purchasing, internal controls, and preventing child abuse). It provides free technical assistance by telephone or e-mail to nonprofit staff and volunteers; produces affordable, easy-to-read publications (some free of charge); offers an interactive risk assessment software program on the Web; publishes a community risk management and insurance newsletter; designs and delivers workshops at events and conferences sponsored by nonprofit organizations, umbrella groups and associations, and insurance providers; sponsors regional conferences on risk management; and offers risk assessments.

Public Entity Risk Institute
The Public Entity Risk Institute serves the risk management needs of local governments, small businesses, and small nonprofit entities. Its Web site includes a clearinghouse that links to hundreds of resources in risk, disaster, and environmental liability management; a national database of public sector liability and workers’ compensation claims, judgments, and exposures; publications, tools, and resources; and news.

Risk Management and Liability Basics for MRC Units (from the MRC Technical Assistance Series)
PDF (775 KB)

Risk Management and the MRC: Re-framing the Liability Issue
Presentation slides from the 2008 MRC National Leadership & Training Conference concurrent session "Risk Management and the MRC".
PDF (421 KB)

Risk Perceptions: Why Our Fears Don't Match the Facts
PDF (560 KB)

Volunteer's Liability Issues
From the 2007 NLTC presentation on Liability and Risk Management for the Medical Reserve Corps: Protecting You, Your Volunteers, and Those You Serve.
PDF (207 KB)

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Last updated on: 2/26/2008

 

 
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