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Lowndes County updates long-term recovery strategy; official to collect roughly $4.7 million in storm reimbursements
Summary
County staff outlined efforts to organize a Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD), coordinate long-term recovery case management, partner with local nonprofits and training by FEMA/GEMA, and dispatch an official to pick up nearly $4.7 million in reimbursement checks for storm response costs.
Ashley Tai and county staff updated the Lowndes County Commission on long-term recovery efforts after multiple storms, describing a coordinated local approach that combines Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) work with disaster case management to direct donated and grant resources to residents with remaining unmet needs.
"Long term recovery...the COADs goal is to bring all of the agencies within Lowndes County that have resources together as a group so that when things…
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