Performing Department
EXTENSION CFE
Non Technical Summary
The proposed project will address two program work areas: It will enhance national, regional, multi-state, and state networks, and it will improve national, regional, multi-state, and state stakeholder partnerships.Each state has a State Mitigation Plan that local and multi-jurisdictional plans need to comply with, and while initial development will occur based on the current HMP Extension activities in Illinois, modifying the process into a formal curriculum that also addresses Michigan's Mitigation Plan will help the project team understand modifications that may need to be made for other states. To achieve this, the project team will assemble a team of Extension Professionals from Land Grant Universities in each of the FEMA regions to review and provide feedback on the curriculum and tool. While the curriculum and tool at the end of the project period will likely not address the uniqueness of every state, it will include guidance on how Extension professionals can modify for use in their state.
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Goals / Objectives
Objective 1: Develop curriculum and tools that support Extension Professionals' ability to help communities develop Hazard Mitigation Plans.Objective 2: Provide training that supports Extension Professionals' ability to customize the curriculum and tool so it can be used by communities in their state.Objective 3: Increase the number of Hazard Mitigation Plans created or updated in Michigan and nationally.
Project Methods
Methods to address Objective 1:• Review and document Illinois Extension's process for assisting communities with multi-jurisdictional HMPs in Cass and Hancock Counties.• Collect and compile HMPs to review and compare language.• Continue identifying HMP best practices in the literature (for plan quality) and documents and materials from FEMA that outline HMP plan components.• Develop draft curriculum and tool for HMPs; share with Extension Professionals and State and Federal Agency personnel for review/feedback.• Pilot curriculum and tool in community.• Evaluate and refine curriculum and tool.Methods to address Objective 2:• Upon completion of pilot and revision, host webinar advertising the curriculum and tool broadly.• Host virtual train-the-trainer workshop for Extension Professionals to learn how to use the tool and customize it to address their state's unique needs.Methods to address Objective 3:• Continue to support the curriculum, tools, and Extension Professionals that use them via the Extension Disaster Education Network website and other training opportunities• Follow-up with participants of the train-the-trainer one year later to measure the number of HMPs that each participant helped develop over the past year.