Natural disasters are a significant cause of fatalities and economic loss in the United States, with recovery as the most expensive and time-consuming phase of disaster management. To improve disaster response, communities need access to new technologies that streamline and optimize disaster recovery operations and assistance programs. At the same time, state and local governments need to reduce the time necessary to restore critical functions, enable community lifelines, and most importantly, help survivors get back to their daily lives.
The Disaster Recovery project seeks to improve management and mitigation of the negative effects of natural disasters. Efforts will include accelerating the time it takes to receive recovery aid and streamlining individual and household assistance programs to affected communities by expediting delivery of assistance directly to disaster survivors in critical need. In addition, tracking and monitoring rebuild and restoration functions through improved damage assessments and faster decision making will help to speed and simplify recovery efforts.
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