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This guide highlights the critical tasks and coordination challenges that state, tribal, territorial or local governments most commonly address when managing a recovery process. It describes the processes, considerations and interdependencies of the key elements depicted in Recovery Management to enhance recovery coordination; those include leading, organizing, assessing, informing, engaging and implementing.

Mississippi Hurricane Katrina 2005: Governor establishes Recovery Commission and Recovery Office

(Keynote Speaker Ashley Edwards led the Mississippi Recovery Office featured on page 40 of the FEMA report) 

Within two weeks of the disaster, Governor Barbour established the Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal, a privately funded, nonprofit organization, with over 40 local officials and business leaders serving as chairs and committee leaders for the Commission. 

Montana Disaster Recovery Resource Directory

The Montana Disaster Recovery Resource Directory is a resource guide provided to support public and private sector entities and individuals involved in the long-term recovery operations associated with natural disaster DR-4655-MT.


All information and resources are identified for general informational purposes and are compiled or provided with publicly obtainable information. This is not a complete roster of all available programs.

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