Emotional and Spiritual Care Committee
Mission Statement

FLVOAD Emotional and Spiritual Care Committee’s mission is to foster emotional and spiritual care to people affected by disaster in cooperation with national, state and local response organizations and VOADs.

The FLVOAD ESCC accomplishes its mission in several ways:

• Embrace the unique contribution of various behavioral health disciplines and faith based groups.
• Identify specific issues of emotional and spiritual needs as a significant component of disaster response.
• Educate state and local VOADs and non-affiliated partners about emotional and spiritual needs in disasters.
• Promote best practices, standards, models and programs to provide effective emotional and spiritual care.

Read the FL VOAD Emotional and Spiritual Care Resolution.

Meeting Minutes

• August 31, 2005
• May 19, 2005
  
• March 21, 2005

Emotional Spiritual Care Resources

"Prepared to Care, Natural Caused Disaters" (PDF) a resource booklet for pastors after disaster, is free and available from Augsburg Fortress. This resource was reviewed and approved by both the ELCA and LCMS for use. 1-800-328-4648. ISBN# 6001-74470

"Too Much, Too Ugy, Too Fast" (PDF), br Dr. Carol Hacker, is a 25-page resource that details how faith communities can respond in crisis and disasters.

Emotional and Spiritual Care: An introduction to basic concepts (PDF) seeks to define, in broad terms, emotional care in disaster response and recovery.