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Center for Resiliency

Center for Resiliency Cardinal Compass

VISION

 

“To support a stronger, safer, and more connected Southeast Texas - where business,government, and community organizations collaborate, support each other through challenges, and build a more resilient region together for the good of the community.

MISSION

 

CfR establishes and supports a networking center and data collaborative for multi-disaster community resilience through service, outreach, education, and community based research.

 

 

 

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PRIORITIES 

 

Support and maintain a network hub of local government, business, health care, industry, social, and environment stakeholders.
Support community based research to the Southeast Texas Region to solve practical problems that exist in the capacity of resilience to all perils, human or nature induced, that befall our communities.
Support programs that enrich and serve our communities and encourage collaboration to solve the challenges we face in confronting multi-disaster events.
Provide a model that gathers information and data from numerous community stakeholders and then compiles, analyzes, and funnels that knowledge locally, regionally, statewide, and beyond.

GOALS

 

  • Community Engagement             
  • Community Resilience Needs                   
  • Community Education       
  • Knowledge Transfer
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VALUES

 

  • Community Resilience
  • Service
  • Education
  • Research & Data Integrity
  • Gulf Community Needs
  • Outreach

METRICS

 

  • Increased CfR presence in Southeast Texas Increased relationships between Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana.
  • Growing evidence of Â鶹AV as a central presence in the SETX Community Resilience Network.
  • Ongoing community resilience needs assessment activity in SETX.
  • Use of external advisory members to verify the applicability of research to the SETX community.
  • Evidence of research based upon the community resilience needs assessment for all five community subsystems.
  • Increased use of an internship program to connect students and the community.
  • Increased program support that connects community organizations for shared resources when disaster strikes our community.
  • Growing presence across the Gulf Coast.
  • Increased use of knowledge transfer methods for academic rigor and practical application
  • Increased use of newsletter and white paper for community awareness.
  • Engaging with academic journals to publish special editions for Community Resilience