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National Disaster Recovery FrameworkSTATE GOVERNMENT PRE-DISASTER PLANNING ACTIVITIES.To carry out their essential role in recovery, State governments are encouraged to:• Establish, organize and coordinate goals, objectives and timelines for recovery.• Plan and train for State Disaster Recovery Coordinator (SDRC) and Recovery SupportFunction (RSF) roles, structures and funding among State agencies and departments.• Create a post-disaster recovery authority for catastrophic-level incidents that operateimmediately after a disaster and feature the legal and fiscal tools needed to ensure recovery.• Maintain a system to manage and monitor implementation of the recovery effort, enforceaccountability, ensure accessibility and track resources.• Identify and encourage the use of specific standards and building codes to be used duringreconstruction.• Ensure State laws and regulations do not inhibit effective recovery efforts.• Emphasize the importance of pre-disaster recovery planning at the local, State and Triballevels.• Work with local governments to solidify collaborations between governments and tointegrate pre-disaster recovery planning, such as response, land use and hazard mitigationplanning, with capital improvement and other appropriate community planning for localgovernments.• Determine which organizations within the State and region have preestablished methodsin place to reach their stakeholders.• Support local government efforts to identify organizations at the local level andcoordinate information sharing with these organizations regarding planning activities andmeetings.• Encourage local governments to establish an accessible and inclusive process foraddressing recovery challenges pre- and post-disaster.Table 46.APPENDICESPage 104