caa a22 4500 378926845 CHVBK 20180305123619.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20041026xx s 000 0 eng 10.2202/1547-7355.1061 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.2202/1547-7355.1061 Volunteerism, Disasters and Homeland Security: The AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) and Community Preparedness [Elektronische Daten] [David M. Simpson, William Strang] Homeland security has become a national priority, with programs at the national, state, and local levels being pursued to increase the safety and security of U.S. communities. This article describes issues of volunteerism and mechanisms for involvement, using the case example of the AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) program. Based on research carried out by Westat on the behalf of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the study suggested that avenues for harnessing volunteers effectively may exist, and that programs such as the AmeriCorps*NCCC are well positioned to leverage existing community efforts. Further, these programs can make significant contributions to homeland security activities in American communities. Most notably, AmeriCorps*NCCC appears to have the ability to help communities “jump-start” disaster preparedness efforts and begin to make them safer and better prepared for both natural and human-induced disasters. Further research, however, is needed to assess the longer term efficacy of these preparedness efforts. ©2011 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston disasters nationallicence community preparedness nationallicence emergency management nationallicence volunteerism nationallicence Americorps nationallicence Simpson David M. University of Louisville aut Strang William Westat, Inc. aut Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management De Gruyter 1/4(2004-10-26) 1:4 2004 1 jhsem https://doi.org/10.2202/1547-7355.1061 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2202/1547-7355.1061 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Simpson David M. University of Louisville aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strang William Westat, Inc aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management De Gruyter 1/4(2004-10-26) 1:4 2004 1 jhsem CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter