Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)

Useful Links

• Starting and Maintaining a CERT Program - Resource Center
• FEMA's CERT Home Page - contains downloable course materials, latest funding information, job aids, discussion papers on various issues and much, much, more. Information also available in Spanish.
• Citizen Corps Guide for Local Officials
• Downloadable CERT Course Materials In English and Spanish
• USA Citizen Corps Home Page
• USA Freedom Corps Home Page
• Electronic newsletter - The "Connection" - for CERT programs around the country
• Los Angeles CERT Team - Look for the link called "regional, states, and international" within the "Take Me To:" box. The site also contains other useful information like training materials and forms and is worth a look.
• NJ Governor's Office on Volunteerism
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Points of Light Foundation
• Energize Inc.
• Independent Sector
• America's Promise
• Volunteerism & Service Learning
• Free Management Library
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Independent Study Course: "Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management"
• Federal Emergency Management Agency Independent Study Course: "Developing and Managing Volunteers"
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
• Volunteer Today - Volunteer Today is an e-newsletter for those who manage the work of volunteers in nonprofit, government or corporate programs.