Communities that take a deliberate approach to managing recovery efforts and resources after a disaster can improve their outcomes. Recovery planning puts community decisions in the context of the disaster’s impacts and effects, and can form a foundation for allocating resources. The planning process can aid in establishing benchmarks or measures for a successful recovery process.

Some Post-disaster planning considerations include:

• Working with all groups of people affected by the disaster to promote inclusive and accessible outreach to their communities and address issues relevant to them
• Building partnerships among local agencies, jurisdictions, and state, tribal, and Federal governments

Using a community-driven and locally managed process to promote local decision making and ownership of the recovery planning and implementation effort.