Local disaster response group stepping up

Written By Humboldt COAD

March 12, 2026 | Mad River Union | Read HERE

Written by: Daniel Mintz

Local disaster response group stepping up

HUMBOLDT – Loss of federal funding is affecting a variety of Humboldt County services, including disaster response, making the work of a local organization dedicated to it more relevant than ever.

In a March 4 online presentation, Nick Bown-Crawford of Humboldt Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) described the group’s work and how it’s striving to fill the gap left by alarmingly declining federal funding.

COAD is a non-profit group coordinating disaster prevention, response and recovery, and in his presentation to the Community Economic Resilience Consortium, Bown-Crawford detailed the growing gap between disaster expenses and federal funding…CONTINUE READING

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