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 …
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 …
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 …
Building Disaster Resilient Communities
January 29, 2025In this 60 to 90-minute training, participants learn about the many interlocking layers of forward looking activities needed to build more resilient communities and develop an understanding of what solutions can be transferred or adapted to address particular challenges in communities as local leaders seek to build greater resilience across the disaster cycle.
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 …
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 …