Partnering for Strength: MOUs Getting Your Relationship in Print

Keywords / Description:

Whether you call it a Memorandum, Letter or Statement of Understanding, they all refer to a written agreement between two or more parties that articulates a specific relationship. For ease, we will refer to them as MOUs in the rest of this document.

In disaster or emergency response planning, an MOU can be a valuable tool. An MOU can serve to provide additional or alternative resources for your organization, or it can be used to clearly establish the protocols, roles and responsibilities of organization that are coordinating their efforts in response to disaster. An MOU can also be important piece of your public relations and marketing efforts.

Toolkit:

PPHR Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Aging, Disability, Vulnerable Populations

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters

Submitted:

03/23/2011

Modified:

08/17/2012

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