SBP and the Louisiana Just Recovery Network Collaborate to Build Back Better
September 29, 2025When disasters strike, it’s often the same communities—those with fewer resources and deeper histories of disinvestment—that are hit the hardest and recover the slowest. That is why SBP is proud to partner with the Louisiana Just Recovery Network (LJRN), a community-rooted organization working to ensure that disaster recovery in Southeast Louisiana is resilient—and just. Since …
City of Mobile, SBP Conduct Unified Emergency Exercise Ahead of Hurricane Season
June 3, 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MOBILE, Ala. (June 3, 2025) — In a proactive effort to strengthen local disaster preparedness, the City of Mobile, in partnership with SBP’s Resilience and Recovery Fellows Program, recently hosted a unified emergency tabletop exercise ahead of the 2025 hurricane season. Held May 28 at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf, the …
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 …
Train-the-Trainer: Disaster Mitigation Options for Households
January 29, 2025In this 60 to 90-minute train-the-trainer session, you will learn techniques for teaching community members about ways they can safeguard their homes against disasters. This course is designed to improve your knowledge of household mitigation options and equip you to lead local initiatives to improve household preparedness.
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 …
SBP and World Education Services Announce Grant Awards to Nine Nonprofit Partners to Bolster Disaster Recovery and Climate Resilience
December 16, 2024NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 16, 2024) – Today, SBP, the national disaster recovery and resilience nonprofit, and World Education Services (WES), the nonprofit social enterprise supporting the educational, economic, and social inclusion of immigrants, refugees, and international students, announced grant awards to nine nonprofit organizations to bolster locally-led disaster recovery efforts and climate resilience in under-resourced …