Tag: community resilience

Recovery and Resilience: 2025 SBP Impact Report

January 2, 2026

Reviewing our biggest victories of 2025 and our goals for building a more resilient future. LETTER FROM THE CEO In 2025, SBP made tremendous progress helping communities shorten the time between disaster and recovery. As we look ahead, we see even greater opportunities to deepen our impact, strengthening readiness and resilience before disasters strike, and …

Building Resilience in Texas: How SBP Fellow Will McCrory is Helping Protect Gulf Coast Communities

November 4, 2025

Along the Texas Gulf Coast, communities live with the constant threat of hurricanes, flooding, and other extreme weather events. For low-capacity communities, these risks are even greater. Aging infrastructure, limited staff capacity, and tight budgets often mean critical upgrades are delayed.  When infrastructure systems fail during disaster, like wastewater systems, the consequences can be devastating: …

One Year After Hurricanes Helene and Milton: The Road to Recovery

October 9, 2025

One year ago, Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic flooding and massive destruction across Florida and the Southeastern United States. Just 13 days later, Hurricane Milton hit Florida communities still reeling from Helene’s impact. Together, the storms damaged more than 100,000 homes and displaced countless families in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Since then, SBP has been …

SBP and the Louisiana Just Recovery Network Collaborate to Build Back Better

September 29, 2025

When 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 …

Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later: Stories of Transformation

August 28, 2025

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina changed everything, these stories highlight what recovery really means through the eyes of people who lived it. A survivor reclaiming his home. A volunteer who never stopped showing up. A supporter who knows what it’s like to lose everything. Welcoming Families Home

SBP and AARP Team Up to Help Older Adults in Rural Communities Prepare for Disasters

June 27, 2025

Older 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 …

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