This report is a culmination of the discussions and ideas shared at the SCDRP Emergency Management Roundtable held on March 6, 2026, in Charleston, South Carolina. 

 

This report is intended as a resource for the Southeast and Caribbean region and beyond, illustrating how to strengthen local emergency management capacity, particularly in under-resourced jurisdictions, by leveraging collaborative partnerships, creative funding strategies, and collective mobilization. 

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While emergency managers are the primary audience, this report is also relevant to organizations working alongside them in disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation; funding organizations; multi-sector practitioners and researchers in the resilience field; and non-traditional partners such as faith-based organizations, academic institutions, retail partners, credit unions, and others.