Six Months After Helene and Milton: How SBP is Helping Communities Rebuild
April 14, 2025Six months ago, Hurricane Helene made landfall as the largest hurricane on record to hit the Big Bend area of Florida. The storm and resulting flooding caused more than $78 billion in damage across the Southeastern United States, damaging over 115,000 homes. Thirteen days later, Hurricane Milton struck coastal communities in Florida that were still …
Reclaiming Homes with Dignity: How the Kānaka Anti-Displacement Fund is Rebuilding Native Hawaiian Lives After the Lahaina Fires
March 31, 2025When the devastating fires tore through Lahaina, Hawaii, in August 2023, they left 102 Native Hawaiian families in a challenging situation. While their homes remained standing, they were severely impacted by toxic ash and smoke. Yet, proving the extent of the damage and securing the necessary resources for repairs became a complex process. The cost …
SBP, Kresge, and Credit Human Launch Social Impact Partnership to Help Disaster-Affected Communities Rebuild Faster
March 4, 2025View Post NEW ORLEANS (March 5, 2025)—SBP, the national disaster resilience and recovery nonprofit, announced the launch of an innovative new social impact partnership with The Kresge Foundation and Credit Human, a federal credit union, to accelerate recovery among underinsured and uninsured homeowners affected by federally declared disasters. This partnership constitutes an $8 million transformative …
SBP and AARP Join Forces to Make Communities More Resilient
January 29, 2025SBP and AARP have a rich history of collaboration, beginning in 2016 when the AARP Foundation supported SBP in developing disaster recovery materials tailored to the needs of older adults recovering from catastrophic floods in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Over the years, the AARP and AARP Foundation have provided more than $1.7 million in funding to …
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Awards SBP Vital Funding to Strengthen Community Disaster Recovery
January 24, 2025SBP is proud to be one of the 34 organizations recently awarded funding under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) $73 million Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program. This funding will significantly advance SBP’s efforts to strengthen the capacity of state and local officials to help their communities to recover …
Hope, Light, and Safe Housing: Meet SBP Fellow Elizabeth Daigle
December 23, 2024SBP created its Resilience Fellows Program to strengthen the capacity of small- to medium-sized communities on the front lines of disasters to secure appropriate federal disaster assistance. Our locally based Fellows collaborate with community leaders and networks to secure the recovery assistance they need when disasters strike. They also empower communities to mitigate risks and …