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National Disaster Recovery FrameworkNONPROFIT SECTOR PRE-DISASTER PLANNING ACTIVITIES.Nonprofits play a valuable role in communities and their preparedness efforts. Nonprofitsare encouraged to:• Define and understand areas of risk.• Develop, test and implement business continuity and restoration plans.• Build relationships with community emergency managers to ensure an active voice in therecovery process.• Facilitate and encourage the participation of leaders and representatives from traditionallyunderserved populations in local long-term recovery committees and recovery planningworkgroups.• Participate in community pre-disaster planning.• Incorporate hazard mitigation in the design and construction of places of employmentand promote hazard mitigation to employees.• Identify resources to provide services in as equitable a manner as possible.• Determine pre-disaster planning and training opportunities related to post-disasteractivities implemented by the organization.• Assist the local government with planning for the needs of individuals with disabilitiesand others with access and functional needs, individuals with limited English proficiency,children, seniors and other constituencies served by the nonprofit sector.• Help the local government with communicating disaster risks and vulnerabilities toindividuals and families in an accessible and effective manner.Table 42.NONPROFIT SECTOR POST-DISASTER PLANNING ACTIVITIES.As important community partners, nonprofits are encouraged to:• Facilitate stakeholder workshops in various accessible locations in the community todetermine priority issues for recovery that are informed by affected neighborhoods.• Implement business continuity and restoration plans.• Participate in local recovery planning.• Facilitate participation of leaders and representatives from traditionally underservedpopulations in local, State, Tribal and Federal recovery organizations.• Provide pre-disaster planning and training related to post-disaster activities implementedby the organization.Table 43.APPENDICESPage 101