Disaster Chaplaincy Services (NYVOAD Member)

From the NYVOAD Member Directory:

Disaster Program

Disaster Chaplaincy Services (DCS) is a 501 (c) (3) non profit, nonsectarian organization whose purpose is to assure skilled and appropriate interdisciplinary spiritual care for all people affected by disasters in the New York tri-state area. We do this by recruiting, screening, orienting, training, educating, deploying and supervising chaplains on behalf of the religious communities of the tri-state region.

Since 2001, DCS’s disaster response program has deployed hundreds of chaplains who have volunteered 63,000 hours helping people in their time of greatest need—after major accidents, fires, and other disasters. DCS maintains its relationships with other nonprofit response organizations and government agencies that are involved in disaster response and emergency management, such as the American Red Cross and NYC’s Office of Emergency Management. Whenever DCS chaplains respond to disaster, it is following an official request for its services.

• A voluntary organization, our Chaplaincy extends to all major religious communities.
• Currently DCS has over 180 chaplains from 31 faith traditions speaking 28 different languages.
• DCS works to create collaborative relationships with traditional first-responding agencies and others who provide services to survivors during disaster relief and recovery.
• DCS has developed a thorough screening, training and evaluation program for all its volunteers to ensure the most effective chaplaincy services are provided.

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