Helping Victims of Mass Violence: Recovery Checklist
From the Office for Victims of Crime - The term “recovery” is used to describe a phase that victims experience in the aftermath of an incident of mass violence or terrorism. (Although injured victims may see themselves as working on recovery, families of deceased victims may not describe their transition/adjustment to life without their loved ones as recovery.) For the purposes of the toolkit, the recovery phase encompasses the transitional phase to early recovery, and beyond, and may continue for months or years as survivors reach a “new normal.” The goal in the recovery phase is for the primary agencies to assist victims, first responders, and communities affected by an incident to recover effectively. The protocols they follow include Committee Meeting, Criminal Justice System: Victim Support, Community Resiliency, Volunteer Management, Donation Management, and Emergency Funding Assistance. An initial needs assessment of the overall impact of the event on the community, victims, survivors, and family members is necessary to identify the needs of the community as a whole and may be critical to the development of local, state, national, and federal emergency funding assistance applications. The initial needs assessment should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis to track ongoing, emerging, and unanticipated needs of the community. The Recovery Checklist can be downloaded and tailored to fit the needs of your community.