SBP
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Mission Statement
SBP's mission is to shrink time between disaster and recovery. Since its founding in 2006 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, SBP has rebuilt homes for more than 2,000 families with the help of 130,000 volunteers in 16 communities across multiple states, Puerto Rico and Caribbean. SBP's model for rebuilding homes after disaster is enhanced by AmeriCorps. Annually, 240 AmeriCorps members serve as SBP’s “boots on-the-ground” to manage worksites and clients, and train the organization's volunteers. SBP shrinks time between disaster and recovery via five interventions which focus on systems change: 1) Build innovatively 2) Share SBP's model with other organizations 3) Train home and business owners in resilience 4) Advise local and state government officials 5) Advocate for policy reform
About This Cause
SBP seeks to achieve its mission via five interventions: Rebuild homes quickly after disasters by mobilizing private sector innovations and assigning a single point of contact to make the home rebuilding process faster and more predictable. Share rebuilding innovations with other rebuilding organizations to allow for efficient, predictable recovery on a national scale. Prepare home and business owners prior to and following disaster with specific steps to mitigate risk and improve resilience. Advise policy makers immediately after a disaster so they can deploy federal dollars sooner, and in a way that empowers an efficient recovery. Advocate for the reform of disaster recovery strategies in the U.S. to improve the predictability and speed of recovery. SBP’s model is greatly enhanced by AmeriCorps members from all over the country who serve as client case managers, volunteer coordinators and construction site supervisors, overseeing the labor of more than 30,000 volunteers annually at SBP operations around the U.S. With its construction system enhanced and optimized through an ongoing partnership with Toyota, which helped implement lean manufacturing processes, SBP rebuilds homes far below market rate, and carries out construction projects with much lower subsidies than traditional affordable housing models. Since 2006, SBP has directly rebuilt homes for more than 2,140 families with the help of more than 130,000 volunteers in New Orleans, LA; Joplin, MO; Staten Island, NY; Rockaway, NY; Monmouth/Ocean Counties, NJ; San Marcos, TX; Columbia, SC; Baton Rouge, LA; Houston, TX; Brazoria County, TX; Puerto Rico; the Florida Panhandle; and the Bahamas.