Regional Long-Term Recovery
DEMHS Region 4 Recovery Steering Committee
Meeting Information
The DEMHS Region 4 Recovery Steering Committee is organized under Regional Emergency Support Function 14, Long-Term Recovery and Mitigation, and follows the State’s Disaster Recovery Framework. “Region 4” refers to Region 4 of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP), Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS). DEMHS Region 4 includes every SCCOG-member municipality, as well as both affiliate Tribal Nations, and 22 other municipalities in eastern Connecticut.
Membership
The DEMHS Region 4 Recovery Steering Committee is comprised of local officials, the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments (NECCOG), and non-profit organizations (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOADs)).
Regional Resilience Baseline Assessment
The State of Connecticut contracted with the Global Resilience Institute (GRI), out of Northeastern University, to produce baseline assessments of the initial and on-going impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in each of Connecticut’s five DEMHS regions.
The baseline assessment provides a firm knowledge base to the Recovery Steering Committee. The report can be used to identify fundable initiatives moving forward, and served to demonstrate need for such funding. The final report for DEMHS Region 4 was completed in late February 2021.
American Rescue Plan Act
SCCOG member municipalities began receiving funding under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in summer 2021. The DEMHS Region 4 Recovery Steering Committee sent a formal request to Region 4 municipalities that 30% of the “municipal” portion of ARPA funding be appropriated in ways that address housing, mental health, and early childhood education.
All meetings will take place electronically, on Zoom, until further notice. Participation information is attached to each meeting agenda. Recordings of each meeting held over Zoom will be posted here along with meeting minutes.
DEMHS Region 4 Recovery Steering Committee
2020
November 19
Minutes | Audio | Video
July 28
Minutes | Recording Part 1, Part 2
July 8
Minutes | Recording | Video
June 24
Minutes | Recording | Video
2021
January 21
Minutes | Audio | Video
February 25
Minutes | Audio | Video
March 25
Minutes | Audio | Video
April 29
Minutes | Audio | Video
June 24
Minutes | Audio | Video
Health and Social Service/Housing Working Group
Economic/Natural and Cultural Resources Working Group
Community Planning and Capacity Building/Infrastructure Working Group