TN VOAD MISSION:
Tennessee VOAD is a consortium of recognized state voluntary organizations, governmental agencies, and others with an interest in, and / or who are active in disaster relief. Its mission is to foster through cooperation in mitigation and response, more effective service to people affected (imperiled or impacted) by disasters.
TN VOAD PURPOSE:
To bring together voluntary organizations, government agencies and others, to foster more efficient service to people affected by disaster in the State of Tennessee through: COOPERATION, COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, and MITIGATION, at all community levels.
NVOAD coordinates planning efforts by many voluntary organizations responding to disaster. Member organizations provide more effective and less duplication in service by getting together before disasters strike. Once disasters occur, NVOAD or an affiliated state VOAD encourages members and other voluntary agencies to convene on site. This cooperative effort has proven to be the most effective way for a wide variety of volunteers and organizations to work together in a crisis.
TN VOAD CITIZEN to CITIZEN FUND
Through the use of public contributions, the Tennessee Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (Tennessee VOAD) has established an account it has named the “Citizen to Citizen Fund”. Tennessee VOAD has further taken steps to register the Citizen to Citizen Fund with the Tennessee Secretary of State and the Internal Revenue Service as a charitable fund, contributions to which are tax deductible as covered in Section 501 (c) (3) of the United States Tax Code.
PURPOSE of the CITIZEN to CITIZEN FUND
The fund has been established to provide means for two activities:
A. To provide “start-up” grants to county, area, and regional Long Term Recovery Committees, to assist these groups in their organizational and initial fund raising efforts, and
B. To provide limited grants through established Long Term Recovery Committees to individuals and families who have suffered serious losses due to disaster; and for whom all other sources of assistance have been exhausted; and for whom se-rious unmet needs still exist.