Disaster response and preparedness
resources for Missouri

Resources

Transformation: our newest publication
latest issues
Jul. 2012: Planning for disaster and recovery post-disaster, with examples from Joplin one year after the tornado.

Publications and information to help prepare your business for disaster and recover post-disaster.

• Disaster Resource Guide for Small Businesses (from MO SBTDC)
• What you need to know: Getting disaster help from SBA
• IRS Disaster Losses Kit
• Recovery After Disaster: Family Financial Toolkit (Univ. of MN)
• Making Money Count: Record Keeping and Taxes (from MU Extension)
• A Consumer's Guide to Recovering from Disasters (from Missouri Attorney General's office; includes fraud and scam information)
• Tip sheets: Open for business - Information to help you recover and rebuild after a disaster series (from MO SBTDC)
  1. Getting started
  2. Avoiding scams
  3. Effective employee communication in times of crisis
  4. Helping your employees through a crisis
  5. Take first steps toward making a plan to survive a business disaster

Contacts

• MSSU SBTDC Center (staffed M-Th from 8-5 and Friday 8-12)
  3950 E Newman Rd.
  Joplin, MO 64801-1595
  417-625-3128
  Director: Lisa Robinson (robinson-l@mssu.edu)
  
  
• Business Recovery Center (BRC)
  Joseph Newman Innovation Center (adjacent to the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce)
  320 East 4th Street (get directions)
  Joplin, MO 64801
  417-624-4150