Long-Term Tornado Recovery

Long Term Recovery Disaster Case Management is a time-limited process by which a skilled Navigator/Case Manager partners with a disaster affected individual or family in order to plan for and achieve realistic goals of recovery following a disaster.

— National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD)

Help is Available!

If you were impacted by the Memorial Day tornadoes and are still in need of assistance, please call HelpLink and ask for a disaster recovery screening. Tornado assistance operators are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dial 2-1-1 or call (937) 225-3000.

Numerous area organizations are working together to provide long-term recovery services to those impacted by the Memorial Day tornadoes of 2019. The Federal Emergency Management Agency — FEMA — estimates that more than 850 area households may benefit from long-term case management services over a two to three year period.

Because of Catholic Social Services’ strength and competence in the area of case management, along with having an existing service area that mirrors the impacted counties, we were asked and agreed to coordinate the local Long Term Recovery (“LTR”) Case Management group.

Recovery will take time, but our LTR case navigators are here to help along the way. Navigators can assist with a variety of tornado-related challenges and needs, including:

Connecting to sources of financial assistance.
Identifying and securing short- and long-term housing solutions.
Accessing resources to repair and rebuild homes.

All initial calls for tornado-related assistance go through the United Way of Greater Dayton’s HelpLink 2-1-1, with their operators handling screening and assessments before routing clients to case management services. This allows our case navigators to spend their time working directly with clients who have already been through the screening process.

The Miami Valley Long Term Recovery Operations Group launched a website to provide a centralized online location where people can access recovery information. The website, MVStrong.org, is designed to be a one-stop source of information and resources to support those affected by the tornadoes and those who are interested in getting involved with recovery work.

Eligibility

If you were impacted by the Memorial Day tornadoes that struck the Greater Dayton area in 2019 and are seeking services, please call United Way’s 2-1-1 HelpLink service and ask for a disaster recovery screening. From there, your information will be forwarded to one of our case managers or recovery navigators, who will call you back as quickly as possible.

Contact

To access services, call United Way’s 2-1-1 HelpLink service and ask for a disaster recovery screening. You can dial 2-1-1 or call (937) 225-3000.

Tornado assistance operators are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location

Eckerle Administraton Center
922 W. Riverview Avenue
Dayton, Ohio 45402