For up-to-date information on current disaster relief efforts across Colorado and how YOU can help, please visit the “I Need Help” Tab and select the current disaster events from the drop down list to view the latest details from the event.
How to Help
Click Here for More Information on How to Donate and Volunteer.
What is a VOAD – Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
State/Territory VOADs are essential to the #VOADMovement.
Colorado VOAD along with many VOADs in regions and states across the nation are associations of organizations that lead response efforts, communicate urgent needs to the wider National VOAD network, and provide assistance to communities affected by disaster. By adhering to the 4 Cs (Communication, Cooperation, Coordination, and Collaboration), State/Territory VOADs effectively provide relief.
- Communication Colorado VOAD communicates needs to responding non-profits and agencies in order to better align supports and streamline efforts.
- Cooperation Work within the VOAD Movement to share resources and ensure community needs are met.
- Coordination Once on the ground, Colrado VOAD and all of our members coordinate response efforts together to ensure the delivery of those goods and services to communities affected by disaster.
- Collaboration Continue to work together across all levels, from Local VOADs/COADs to Federal agencies, to ensure that communities are made whole following disasters through all efforts and resources available from the ground up.
How to Help
Help CommunitiesAffected by Disaster
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Resources
Please find a library of important and useful resources to help prepare yourself,
and your community for an emergency through the Colorado VOAD Directory and additional resources!
Colorado Emergency Management Live Updates
Colorado VOAD Directory
Colorado VOAD Membership Directory 2023 Available Here! Learn about the COVOAD infrastructure, each member and partners’ capabilities, activation processes, emergency management training opportunities and more. Better understand how we…
Feed the Children COVID Best Practices
Public resource from Feed the Children outlining best practices for individual and organizational COVID response.
National Mass Care Strategy – Sheltering in COVID Affected Areas
These guidelines for operating shelters in a COVID-19 environment are provided as a public service and are still under development, review and subject to change based on changing CDC…
Tools for State VOADs to Prepare for DCM
Resources for State VOADs to prepare to manage their own DCM programs. Intended for internal use only.
VOAD LEAD One Pager
Overview of the State VOAD LEAD program. Intended for internal use only.
VOAD Capabilities Matrix
Spreadsheet intended to indicate the capabilities of each State VOAD. This resource is intended for internal use only.
