Extreme Heat Events Pose A Serious Public Safety Threat This Summer
June 16, 2025Niagara Cares and SBP Launch Public Safety Campaigns to Reduce Risks and Help Vulnerable Communities Prepare for Extreme Heat FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW ORLEANS (June 16, 2025) — As record-breaking temperatures become the new normal across the U.S., Niagara Cares, the charitable division of Niagara Bottling, LLC, the family-run beverage company that has hydrated America …
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 …
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, 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 …
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 …