Minnesota Disaster Recovery Assistance Framework

The Minnesota Disaster Recovery Assistance Framework is a resource document that provides assistance program information from state, federal, local, and voluntary agency resources following a disaster. This guide is intended to be of assistance to government officials and community leaders involved in managing, organizing, or leading disaster recovery efforts. It provides a comprehensive overview of the roles, responsibilities, and assistance programs that may be available. The guide briefly presents overview information, accompanied by contacts, Web sites, and other references, so that the user may seek out more details.

By providing recovery assistance information in many areas, as well as the contact information for those responsible for providing assistance, this guide serves to develop a network of leaders and service providers, facilitating a better exchange of information between different organizations and levels of government. This sharing will facilitate a stronger and speedier recovery.

The Framework describes and highlights assistance that is oftentimes provided after disasters. Many disaster programs are not permanent programs, and therefore require a special provision of funds and/or other actions to make them available. Although this guide highlights programs generally available for disasters, assistance described in this guide is not guaranteed to be available for any given future event.