SBP and AARP Team Up to Help Older Adults in Rural Communities Prepare for Disasters
June 27, 2025Older adults in rural areas often face the highest risks and the fewest resources during disasters. That is why SBP partnered with AARP to help older residents and those who support them get better prepared. With support from AARP’s Livable Communities Technical Assistance Program (LC-TAP), this collaboration brings preparedness education to those who need it …
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 …
Building Safer Communities in Florida: Meet SBP Resilience Fellow Kurt Williams
June 2, 2025Floodwaters can rise quickly when heavy rain falls in Charlotte County, Florida, closing streets, damaging homes, and stranding residents. When hurricanes hit, the surge can be devastating, overwhelming neighborhoods and leaving emergency responders scrambling to assess where help is needed most. But what if the county had real-time data showing exactly where floodwaters were rising, …
Before the Storm: How SBP’s Preparedness Coordinators are Changing the Way Communities Think About Disaster
May 14, 2025Meet SBP’s AmeriCorps Preparedness Coordinators, our boots-on-the-ground educators and advocates working hard to build trust in communities and give people the tools to protect their assets before disasters strike. From New Orleans to Puerto Rico, our Preparedness Coordinators have reached over 1,300 households and community partners within the program’s first year. Grassroots Outreach: Taking Disaster …
Hurricane Preparedness Week: Building Household Literacy on Disaster Finance
May 7, 2025This article first appeared on Insurance for Good’s blog and is reposted with permission. By Helen WileyDisaster Preparedness Program Director In the wake of Hurricane Helene, thousands of families, particularly in inland areas that were impacted, were devastated to learn that homeowner’s insurance does not cover flood damage. Many had never realized their homes were …
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 …