MGT-487: Mass Care: Shelter and Relocation Coordination

Courtesy of the Will County Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Preparedness & Response at the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University.

• Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2024
• Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CT)

How to obtain a certificate:

1. Sign up for the course on this page.
2. Take the pre-test.
3. Attend the training on September 17th. 
4. Take the post-test and evaluation.

Please wait up to 48 hours for your certificate to appear in your account. 

Course Overview:

This instructor-led, management-level training will provide an overview of the disaster sheltering, evacuation, and relocation processes. This course looks at the roles and responsibilities of preparedness and response partners in carrying out sheltering, evacuation, and relocation operations. Recent disasters have highlighted the need for extensive sheltering and evacuation planning. What happens when a disaster lasts for an extended period, and disaster survivors need to be relocated or need disaster housing? This course will review these areas and provide information on how to plan for operations within your community.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of federal, state, local, tribal, territorial governments in relation to evacuation, sheltering, and relocation.
2. Analyze the ways in which Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) are established and administered at shelters for mass care activities with partners.
3. Appraise how shelter support services, such as social case workers and human services, can help disaster survivors relocate to an interim housing solution.

Hosted by Tim Muzzey from the Will County Emergency Management Agency and Cynthia Schierl-Spreen, Training and Exercise Section Chief in the Office of Preparedness & Response at the Illinois Department of Public Health.