Table 3.

Key collaborators and activities.

Partner Organization(s)	Activities
Emergency management	response planning, including shelter plan drills; response implementation, including coordinating mass vaccination clinic; communicating with the public; creating long-term recovery group
Other local government agencies (e.g., law enforcement, mosquito control, Roads and Bridges, county mental health agencies, environmental health, flood agencies, social services, purchasing)	response planning, including developing and sharing list of individuals with functional and access needs and evacuation planning; response implementation, including triaging patients; hotwashes and after-action reviews; recovery planning; recovery implementation, including vector control, providing mental health support to community members, disseminating mental health-related messages, providing data to inform public health recovery purchasing, identifying community needs; resource allocation
Local decision-makers (e.g., judge, Commissioner’s Court, elected officials)	providing resources; response planning; response implementation; recovery planning and decision-making, including around vector control; recovery implementation; identifying community needs
State and federal partners	response implementation, including evacuation; resource allocation; discussing recovery-related challenges; conducting hotwashes and after-action workshops; sharing information
Schools and academic institutions	response planning, including identifying individuals with functional and access needs; response implementation, including mass vaccination clinics; assessment, including assisting with cot-to-cot surveys in shelters
Community Recovery Group (comprised of private sector, local nonprofits, governmental entities, faith-based organizations, schools, and other entities)	identifying community needs; recovery planning, including attempts to minimize recovery activity duplication; sharing information and resources; hosting community meetings; recovery implementation, including mental health counseling; assessment, including home assessments
Foundations, nonprofits, community-based organizations, and non-governmental organizations (e.g., American Red Cross, United Way, Medical Reserve Corps, legal aid organizations, workforce development programs)	response implementation, including shelter operations; serving as fiduciary agent for recovery group; providing recovery funding; recovery planning, including coordinating recovery collaborative group; recovery implementation, including mold remediation, mold education and outreach, alerting the community of contractor fraud, hosting a pop-up shop for basic needs, case management, providing mental health services, providing home cleanout kits and improvement tools; conducting Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER)
Healthcare partners (e.g., nursing homes, dialysis centers, hospitals; healthcare coalitions)	response planning, including assessing healthcare system readiness and ensuring healthcare facilities remain open during the disaster; response implementation, including evacuation; providing funding for health-related supplies and equipment