Dates June 16-19, 2014

Course Length This course is 4 full days.

Course Description This four-day State Individual Assistance (IA) Operations course is intended to enable participants to coordinate State response and recovery operations for individuals and families.

Course Objectives Upon completion of this training, the participant should be able to:

• Define IA operations during response to and recovery from Presidential-declared emergencies and disasters.
• Differentiate between short and long-term disaster assistance.
• Describe IA programs and administration requirements.
• Demonstrate program authority and eligibility.
• Demonstrate the sequence of service delivery.
• Highlight partnerships and information-sharing.

Course Prerequisites IS-403 Introduction to Individual Assistance

IS-405 Overview of Mass Care/EmergencyAssistance

IS-100.b*, Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)

IS-200.b*, Incident Command System (ICS) for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

IS-700.a*,National Incident Management System (NIMS), an Introduction

IS-800.b*, National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction

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