The purpose of a Long Term Recovery Committee is to help affected families develop a plan and receive adequate assistance for their recovery. The Long Term Recovery Committee is a working group with decision-making authority, in which all participating organizations are equal partners. A Long Term Recovery Committee is composed of representatives from disaster response agencies. The mission is to strengthen area-wide disaster coordination by sharing information, simplifying client access, and jointly resolving cases with unmet needs. When multiple organizations will provide services for recovery, Long Term Recovery Committees need to be organized as soon as possible after disaster strikes and unmet needs have been identified.
Survivors have access to the agencies simultaneously.
Survivors have the benefit of the collective creative problem-solving skills of many experienced case managers. Survivors benefit from quick decision-making and commitments from agencies providing services and resources. Any agency serving disaster clients may sit on the committee. Agency representatives must have decision-making authority for their organizations. The local coordinator will convene and facilitate weekly meetings of the committee.