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Texas Interfaith Disaster Response

 

LONG-TERM DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORTS

Texas Interfaith Disaster Response (Austin, TX)

Who They Serve: Victims of disaster

What They Do: Community development, casework, communication center, relief coordination, referrals to social service agencies

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Texas Interfaith Disaster Response seeks to coordinate emergency and long-term recovery efforts among a variety of faith-based organizations, government agencies, and private businesses.  The group meets weekly and involves numerous agencies from across the city, facilitating communication, information exchange, and helping to avoid duplication of services.  Their Communication Center serves as a vital link between evacuees and community agencies working to assist them.  In addition, the Communication Center has trained and mobilized 250 volunteer chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care to evacuee families.

 
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Party in the Park

Submitted by an UrbanMinistry Blogger on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 14:45

About a year ago, in the little known city of Bryan, TX, a radical outreach to the impoverished was started by a group of college students, Christians, social workers, and community members.  This outreach was not organized by a church or a denomination.  It was not the brain child of a global organization attempting to stamp out poverty and social injustice.  It was born from a group of people coming together to do something good for the poor.

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Party in the Park

Submitted by an UrbanMinistry Blogger on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 14:45

About a year ago, in the little known city of Bryan, TX, a radical outreach to the impoverished was started by a group of college students, Christians, social workers, and community members.  This outreach was not organized by a church or a denomination.  It was not the brain child of a global organization attempting to stamp out poverty and social injustice.  It was born from a group of people coming together to do something good for the poor.

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Texas Interfaith Disaster Response

 

LONG-TERM DISASTER RECOVERY EFFORTS

Texas Interfaith Disaster Response (Austin, TX)

Who They Serve: Victims of disaster

What They Do: Community development, casework, communication center, relief coordination, referrals to social service agencies

Brief Description: 

Texas Interfaith Disaster Response seeks to coordinate emergency and long-term recovery efforts among a variety of faith-based organizations, government agencies, and private businesses.  The group meets weekly and involves numerous agencies from across the city, facilitating communication, information exchange, and helping to avoid duplication of services.  Their Communication Center serves as a vital link between evacuees and community agencies working to assist them.  In addition, the Communication Center has trained and mobilized 250 volunteer chaplains to provide emotional and spiritual care to evacuee families.

 
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