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Episode 5: From Recovery to Resilience - Best Practices for Utilizing Disaster Recovery Funds


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When it comes to disaster recovery, getting money into the hands of those that need it is more important now than ever before. In addition to the pandemic, natural disasters add stress to our communities and the need to disburse critical funding essential to recovery and rebuilding.  In this episode, our guest speaker, Jennifer Butler, Director of Disaster Management & Recovery for Postlethwaite & Netterville, shares key insights and strategies on how government and non-profit organizations can effectively manage and disburse disaster recovery funds to drive targeted outcomes in their communities.

Discussion topics include:

* Disaster Recovery program pitfalls and how to navigate them.

*The unique challenges governments face when helping communities recover from disasters

*Best practices for aligning DR organizational and operational resilience, and regulations in-between

*Emerging trends among governments now that we are slowly coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic

*Key lessons learned regarding risk mitigation when deploying large-scale disaster recovery programs

*Roadblocks regarding progress reporting and compliance for large, diverse recovery programs and how to address them

For more information about Jennifer Butler and P&N, visit Postlethwaite & Netterville (P&N ) | Louisiana - Mississippi - Texas CPA (pncpa.com).

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