Sustain social and human services, public safety, and health services The County, working with private and nonprofit partners, will strive to provide and/or restore basic services needed to sustain the community. The Recovery Organization will coordinate unmet needs and other ongoing needs that remain from the response phase. These efforts include providing for continuity and/or restoration of basic services, providing physical safety and security, as well as a sense of stability necessary for recovery and resumption of normal or new normal levels of functioning. The County and its non-profit partners will recognize the importance of maintaining and providing mental health and spiritual support and counseling, both to response- and recovery personnel and to members of the community at large. Provide and/or ensure quality housing The County will strive to ensure that all residents are able to continue living in the County. Quality housing will be a goal during all phases of the housing continuum (sheltering, interim housing, and permanent housing) to ensure basic economic and emotional stability, and allow displaced individuals and households to engage in personal recovery. In turn, this will contribute to the County’s overall recovery by maintaining its workforce and tax base. Montgomery County will attempt to provide quality housing in this order: Helping citizens to make temporary repairs to their primary dwelling to allow the individual or household to stay in their home. Work with hotel/motel associations and realtor associations to identify vacant and rental properties to temporarily house displaced citizens. Work with the State of Maryland and FEMA to implement an interim housing plan to include group sites only after hotel and rental property is no longer accessible. Sustain lifelines and restore infrastructure and public facilities The County will work with Cooperating Organizations and the private sector to ensure continuity of lifeline utilities and services, and restore infrastructure. According to the standard federal definition, critical infrastructure refers to “those physical and cyber-based systems essential to the minimal operations of the economy and government”. These include, but are not be limited to: Food; Water; Hospitals;
Sustain social and human services, public safety, and health services The County, working with private and nonprofit partners, will strive to provide and/or restore basic services needed to sustain the community. The Recovery Organization will coordinate unmet needs and other ongoing needs that remain from the response phase. These efforts include providing for continuity and/or restoration of basic services, providing physical safety and security, as well as a sense of stability necessary for recovery and resumption of normal or new normal levels of functioning. The County and its non-profit partners will recognize the importance of maintaining and providing mental health and spiritual support and counseling, both to response- and recovery personnel and to members of the community at large. Provide and/or ensure quality housing The County will strive to ensure that all residents are able to continue living in the County. Quality housing will be a goal during all phases of the housing continuum (sheltering, interim housing, and permanent housing) to ensure basic economic and emotional stability, and allow displaced individuals and households to engage in personal recovery. In turn, this will contribute to the County’s overall recovery by maintaining its workforce and tax base. Montgomery County will attempt to provide quality housing in this order: Helping citizens to make temporary repairs to their primary dwelling to allow the individual or household to stay in their home. Work with hotel/motel associations and realtor associations to identify vacant and rental properties to temporarily house displaced citizens. Work with the State of Maryland and FEMA to implement an interim housing plan to include group sites only after hotel and rental property is no longer accessible. Sustain lifelines and restore infrastructure and public facilities The County will work with Cooperating Organizations and the private sector to ensure continuity of lifeline utilities and services, and restore infrastructure. According to the standard federal definition, critical infrastructure refers to “those physical and cyber-based systems essential to the minimal operations of the economy and government”. These include, but are not be limited to: Food; Water; Hospitals;