Big Business – Small Business Disaster Mentorship Program
The Big Business-Small Business Emergency Management Mentorship Program is designed to motivate and encourage large businesses to provide mutually beneficial emergency preparedness, response, and recovery expertise to small businesses. The program was created to improve the resiliency of small businesses, and reduce recovery time after a disaster.
In true respect to the proactive "whole community" approach to emergency management, the Big Business - Small Business Emergency Management Mentorship Program results in a "win-win" for everyone!
Incentives for Big Business
- Strengthen the resiliency of customers within your supply chain and local communities
- Create positive branding and reputation for your business
- Share "lessons learned" within your industry
- Create networking opportunities
Incentives for Small Business
- Learn from leaders with a proven track record
- Grow as a business
- Develop the tools to recover from disasters
- Build beneficial relationships with big business partners
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The State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Community Development, Disaster Recovery Unit (OCD/DRU) provided funding for this pilot project from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to support 53 eligible parishes in the Gustav/Ike Planning Program.