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Engagement Guidelines for Faith Communities

Source: National Disaster Interfaiths Network

Resource Type: Website or Webpage Article

Focus Population: BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), Immigrant and Migrant Populations, Peers, People who have experienced Trauma, People with Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

Topics: Behavioral Health Organizational Guidance Docs, Crisis Response System, Culturally Specific Strengths and Resilience, Mental Health Treatment, Religious or Spiritual Support, Trauma-informed

These tip sheets were developed for the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) through a collaborative training partnership between FEMA’s Center for Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships, DHS Science & Technology Resilient Systems Division, DHS’ National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) at the University of Southern California (USC), the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture (CCRC), and the National Disaster Interfaiths Network (NDIN). Funding was provided by the Department of Homeland Security.