G0288: Local Volunteer and Donations Management

POC: Steffany Coker Steffany.Coker@ServeAlabama.gov 334-242-1276

Registration: https://www.servealabama.gov/disaster-preparedness-trainings

The Governor’s Office of Volunteer Services will host G288: Local Volunteer and Donations Management Training. The G288: Local Volunteer and Donations Management Course is a 1 ½ day training designed to strengthen the abilities of local jurisdictions to successfully prepare for and handle volunteer and donations management issues that arise.

Course Goal:

To provide local emergency management personnel and voluntary agency representatives with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop and execute an effective volunteer and donations management program as well as develop a volunteer and donations management support annex

Course Objectives:

• Identify key organizations and individuals who have a role in managing unaffiliated volunteers, unsolicited goods, and undesignated cash donations in disasters.

• Identify specific agencies and organizations and how they collaborate to form a Volunteer and Donations Coordination Team (VDCT).

• Develop an effective public education and information structure to support the successful management of unaffiliated volunteers, unsolicited goods, and undesignated cash donations.

• Identify how to effectively manage the surge of unsolicited goods.

• Gather information from organizations, agencies, volunteers, media, and others for donations intelligence purposes.

• Facilitate the matching of unaffiliated volunteers with appropriate organizations or agencies during program implementation.

• List the planning considerations for cash donations.

• Incorporate technology needed to successfully manage information on unaffiliated volunteers and unsolicited goods.

• Relate volunteer and donations management program responsibilities to the planning components of the annex.

Target Audience:

• County Emergency Management Agency personnel

• Local government officials

• Local volunteer and donations management coordinators

• Key VOAD members who play a role in volunteer and donations management