Benefits of Membership

Access to Resources, Training, and Learning Opportunities

State VOAD’s offer members a wide array of resources and educational opportunities for organizations and volunteers.

Committees / Task Forces

Members and partners gather around topical issues and programmatic activities to improve the delivery of services throughout the disaster cycle, and to further create a climate for cooperation.

Incident Response and Recovery Coordination

In support of responding to a disaster and helping a community recover, we help coordinate and facilitate communications and actions among member organizations and actions among member organizations, emergency management agencies and other organizations.

Peer to Peer Networking

State VOADs offer their members numerous opportunities to share and discuss best practices and partner on common issues with COADs and regional VOADs.

Annual Spring Conference

Ohio VOAD holds an annual one-day conference with speakers, panel discussions, and exhibits.

Coordination Calls

Ohio VOAD arranges coordination calls for VOAD members when a disaster hits Ohio.