Campaign: National Preparedness Report: Partnering in Disaster Response
Reduce duplicative efforts, combine the best of Citizen Corps
Why not create a hybrid model for the best of the Citizen Corps programs? Many jurisdictions have successfully integrated CERT and MRC. With less funding $$ available this might be a way to get more bang for your shrinking buck. Even Red Cross or Faith Based groups could be included, each with a special emphasis. Like a United Way for Disaster response.