Summary: The Evolution Of The Federal Role In Supporting Community Recovery

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The Evolution of the Federal Role in Supporting Community Recovery After U.S. Disasters
PAD3874: COMMUNITY RELATIONS THEORY/PR 180 (23322)
Isabel Felipe
Florida Southwestern State College
Professor Matt Visaggio
1/29/2017
Summary:
This article is about the different types of organizations that the government developed to help communities recover after a disaster. The main one to be mentioned is FEMA which was created in 1979 this included may other agencies that were joined together to help after disasters. The government offered temporary housing assistance up to a year. (Olshansky, R.B., & Johnson, L.A. (2014)) Funds were provided to buyout the properties that were prone to flooding and after the property remained vacant since it

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