The Nonprofit Roundtable and the U.S. Deloitte firms are partnering to develop a strategic plan that defines the National Capital Region (NCR) nonprofit sector's role in emergency response and recovery. This plan will be designed to work in concert with, and address concerns in, the NCR’s Homeland Security Strategic Plan.

The development of the Nonprofit Roadmap to Preparedness for the National Capital Region will consist of the following four phases:

Phase I – Stakeholder Engagement
(January 2007- November 2007)
Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness Task Force

Impact Day 2007 / COOP Training
(June 2007)

Pandemic Flu Tabletop Exercise
(November 2007)

Phase II – Gaps/Needs Assessment
(September 2007 - January 2008)
Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness Survey
(September - November 2007)

Emergency Manager Interviews
(November 2007 - January 2008)

Phase III – Draft Documents
(January 2008 - September 2008)
Ready or Not?  Key findings report
(1st draft completed January 2007)

Roadmap to Preparedness Strategic Plan
(1st draft of Strategic Plan map February 2007)

Presentations to Steering Committee, Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness Taskforce, and Nonprofit Community

Phase IV – Document Launch and Subsequent Implementation
(September 2008 - )