As outlined in the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF), the mission of the Community Planning Capacity Building (CPCB) Recovery Support Function (RSF) is to support and build the recovery capacities and community planning resources of local, State and Tribal governments that are needed to effectively plan for, manage, and implement disaster recovery activities in large, unique or catastrophic incidents.

The CPCB RSF builds capability of partner agencies and organizations, and develops resources and tools to support the preparedness efforts of states and communities for disaster recovery before a disaster, as well as tools and resources for planning, managing and implementing recovery post-disaster. These post-disaster tools build upon the work of ESF #14 Long Term Community Recovery, which is superseded by the CPCB RSF.

The CPCB RSF Annex to the Interagency Operations Plan (IOP) is currently under development and will be available on this site when it is published at the end of the summer. It will supplement the IOP by providing information relevant to the CPCB RSF’s leadership, participating departments & agencies, potential partners, other RSFs, and the Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator on supporting disaster-impacted communities. 

The CPCB RSF is led by FEMA, with support of the following organizations:

American Red Cross

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Rural Housing Service (RHS)
• Rural Utility Service (RUS)
• Farm Service Agency (FSA)

U.S. Department of Commerce

• Economic Development Administration (EDA)
• Economic and Statistics Administration (ESA)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

U.S. Department of Defense

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Energy

• Office of Critical Infrastructure

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Community Planning and Development

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Border and Transportation Security Directorate, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
• Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate (IAIP)
• Private-Sector Liaison

U.S. Department of Interior

• U.S Geological Survey (USGS)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

U.S. Department of Labor

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of the Treasury

• Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy

Environmental Protection Agency

• FEMA and EPA Memorandum of Understanding for Smart Growth Program and Long Term Recovery and Hazard Mitigation Planning (PDF 1.1MB, TXT 41KB)

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Small Business Administration

Tennessee Valley Authority