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news release (11 Aug 2011)
IAEM-USA is releasing "Preparedness: A Principled Approach to Return on Investment," which presents a principle-based process to developing measures of return on investment for preparedness grant programs and also suggests a cohesive framework of outcomes that can be used to develop meaningful measures. "This proactively developed principled approach can inform the development of a measurement system for preparedness and return on investment for one of the grant programs valued most by local emergency management — the Emergency Management Performance Grant Program," stated IAEM-USA President H.E. "Eddie" Hicks, CEM.
While previous efforts to measure preparedness have centered around the counting of things purchased and activities undertaken with preparedness funding, IAEM-USA makes the case that preparedness should be measured based on what is relevant. To be relevant, the measurement process and measures ought to be grounded in the Principles of Emergency Management (2007). IAEM-USA suggests that it is possible to do what has not been done previously — rely on principles of the field which, when applied and measured, indicate the relationship of investments to overall preparedness. IAEM-USA believes this is particularly important for EMPG.
Download "Preparedness: A Principled Approach
to Return on Investment" (Version 1.0) (11 Aug 2011)
This document has been shared with leaders on Capitol Hill, federal government partners and other association partners. IAEM-USA's intent with offering this document is to contribute to the on-going dialogue on assessment. IAEM-USA looks forward to participating in the development of future solutions.
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