Resources & Briefings · Reading Room

Readiness, mitigation, and cost share.

The following briefings describe the Disaster Corps readiness posture, the Courageous Horizons Program, and the documentation practices that support improved federal cost share. Materials are shared directly with institutional partners as part of structured dialogue.

Concept PaperOn Request

Disaster Corps — Veteran-Led Readiness & Program Integration

Foundational concept paper describing Disaster Corps as a readiness and program-integration organization and introducing the Courageous Horizons Program.

Audience · State Leadership / National Guard / VARequest →
Program BriefOn Request

The Courageous Horizons Program

Overview of the program's modules — readiness assessments, capability planning, workforce cadres, exercises, mitigation, and recovery integration.

Audience · Emergency Management & Resilience LeadersRequest →
Executive BriefingOn Request

Documenting Investments, Improving Cost Share

How readiness assessments, mitigation implementation, and outcome documentation support improved federal cost share for states and localities.

Audience · Executive & Agency ReadersRequest →
Executive BriefingOn Request

Build Readiness Before the Storm

The pre-disaster capability gap and the operational posture required to close it — from a veteran-led perspective.

Audience · State & Local Decision-MakersRequest →
Alignment BriefOn Request

OTA Pathways & Program Integration

How Other Transaction Authority and mission-specific team composition create a structured route to funding and formalization.

Audience · Federal & Inter-Agency PartnersRequest →
Pilot NoteOn Request

North Carolina Pilot · Western NC Demonstration

Working note on the North Carolina pilot and Western North Carolina demonstration footprint that will validate the model before multistate adaptation.

Audience · Pilot & Multistate PartnersRequest →

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