Addressing the Needs of People with Disabilities in COVID-19 Local Preparedness Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery Efforts Project
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in 2021 by the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) for multi-year technical assistance consultant work for the “Addressing the Needs of People with Disabilities in COVID-19 Local Preparedness Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery Efforts Project.” CCS and NACCHO completed two consecutive project years which ran…
La Paz County Continuity of Operations Plan & Business Impact Analysis
SITUATION & NEED Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in May 2024 by La Paz County to develop this La Paz County Continuity of Operations Plan (LPC COOP Plan) & Business Impact Analysis and to conduct a tabletop exercise testing key plan components. The scope of the project was to develop a COOP Plan that…
Coconino County Health and Human Services Continuity of Operations Plan & Business Impact Analysis
SITUATION & NEED: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in April 2024 by CCHHS to develop this Coconino County Health and Human Services Continuity of Operations Plan & Business Impact Analysis. The scope of the project was to develop a COOP Plan that serves as an operational guide should an incident or emergency event disrupt…
Quad-County Public Health Preparedness Jurisdictional Risk Assessment Case Study
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in late 2023 by Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) to conduct the Quad-County Public Health Preparedness (PHP) Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA). Quad-County PHP serves Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, and Storey counties and focuses on planning, practicing, and quickly responding to public health threats. Quad-County PHP supports…
Santa Cruz County Health Services Whole Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Training & Tabletop Exercise
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired by Santa Cruz County Health Services (SCCHS) in 2024 to conduct a two-day, Whole Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Training and Tabletop Exercise. The focus of this event was to bring partners together to discuss roles and responsibilities of SCCHS and other community and healthcare system partners during…
Development of the Metro Regional Solid Waste Disaster Preparedness Framework Planning, Training and Facilitation Support
SITUATION and NEED Metro and the Solid Waste Disaster Preparedness (SWDP) Workgroup were tasked with implementing Action 17.1 of the 2030 Regional Waste Plan, which calls for developing a regional solid waste emergency response and recovery framework in partnership with local governments, private-sector partners and community organizations. A key need was ensuring the framework addressed…
HOMES FOR GOOD HOUSING AGENCY 2024 CASE STUDY
TITLE: Homes for Good’s Comprehensive Emergency Preparedness Program SITUATION & NEED Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired by Homes for Good hired to develop a continuity of operations plan (COOP) and high consequence infection disease (HCID) annex during the beginning months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Homes for Good was working hard to navigate the changing…
Columbia County, Oregon Mass Care and Sheltering Plan and Virtual Tabletop Exercise Case Study
SITUATION & NEED Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in 2024 by Columbia County, Oregon, to develop a Mass Care and Sheltering Emergency Support Function (ESF-6) Plan. The goals of the project were to work closely with Columbia County agencies and other organizations’ subject matter experts involved in ESF-6 response activities, such as Columbia County…
Clackamas County Emergency Support Function 6 (ESF 6) Mass Care Plan and Tabletop Exercise
SITUATION & NEED Coordinated Consulting Services was hired by Clackamas County Disaster Management to develop a Mass Care Plan to effectively guide response actions during disasters that require provision of essential, life-sustaining services including shelter, food, water, medical aid, and supplies to large numbers of people who are displaced or affected by a disaster. The…
Arizona Department of Education Continuity, Emergency Preparedness & Operational Resilience Projects Case Study
SITUATION & NEED Over the past several years, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has made substantial investments in improving statewide continuity of operations (COOP) planning, emergency operations planning (EOP) and all-hazards emergency preparedness for K–12 schools and districts. ADE recognized that its ability to support students, educators, and communities relies on strong internal resilience…
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) Continuity of Operations (COOP) & Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Case Study
SITUATION & NEED CCS was hired in early 2025 by Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) to develop an updated and comprehensive Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan supported by division-level Business Impact Analyses (BIAs). The purpose of this project was to ensure that CCHHS could continue performing mission-critical functions under any circumstances, with or…
Clackamas County Workforce Union Strike and Annual Continuity of Operations (COOP) & Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
SITUATION & NEED In late 2024, Clackamas County Disaster Management, on behalf of the county administrator, contacted CCS to conduct a specific COOP and BIA process for a pending labor strike that would have occurred in spring 2025. The goal of the project was to identify county departments that depended on union-represented staff and develop…
La Paz County Continuity of Operations Plan & Business Impact Analysis
SITUATION & NEED Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in May 2024 by La Paz County to develop this La Paz County Continuity of Operations Plan (LPC COOP Plan) & Business Impact Analysis and to conduct a tabletop exercise testing key plan components. The scope of the project was to develop a COOP Plan that…
Coconino County Health and Human Services Continuity of Operations Plan & Business Impact Analysis Case Study
SITUATION & NEED: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in April 2024 by CCHHS to develop this Coconino County Health and Human Services Continuity of Operations Plan & Business Impact Analysis. The scope of the project was to develop a COOP Plan that serves as an operational guide should an incident or emergency event disrupt…
Quad-County Public Health Preparedness Jurisdictional Risk Assessment Case Study
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in late 2023 by Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) to conduct the Quad-County Public Health Preparedness (PHP) Jurisdictional Risk Assessment (JRA). Quad-County PHP serves Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, and Storey counties and focuses on planning, practicing, and quickly responding to public health threats. Quad-County PHP supports…
Regional Special Pathogens Workshops and Gap Assessment (Phase 1)
TITLE: Public Health Coordination Plan and Tabletop Exercise (Phase 2) for Clackamas County Public Health Division and Cities Readiness Initiative, in support of Clackamas, Clark, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill Counties SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in 2023 through a partnership with Clackamas County Public Health Division (CCPHD) and Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI)…
Addressing the Needs of People with Disabilities in COVID-19 Local Preparedness Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery Efforts Project
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in 2021 by the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) for multi-year technical assistance consultant work for the “Addressing the Needs of People with Disabilities in COVID-19 Local Preparedness Planning, Mitigation, and Recovery Efforts Project.” CCS and NACCHO completed two consecutive project years which ran…
Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) Pandemic Response Plan
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in 2022 by Carson City Health and Human Services (CCHHS) to develop a pandemic response plan (PRP). The goals of the project were to work closely with CCHHS staff and other subject matter experts, to utilize existing CCHHS plans to develop new plan content, and to draw upon…
Nevada Health Centers Comprehensive Emergency Plan and Training
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired to develop an organization-wide emergency operations plan for Nevada Health Centers (NVHC). NVHC has clinics across the state in various geographic regions, including five mobile clinics. In addition to the NVHC Comprehensive Emergency Plan (CEP), site-specific emergency brochures with basic emergency procedures, and a mini tabletop exercise to…
Development of Quad-County Healthcare Coalition Business Impact Analysis and Continuity of Operations Plan
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services was hired to conduct an coalition-wide business impact analysis (BIA) and corresponding continuity of operations plan (COOP) for Quad-County Healthcare Coalition (QCHCC) in Nevada. NEED: In January of 2021, Quad-County Healthcare Coalition, which is embedded in Carson City Health and Human Services, identified a gap in their preparedness planning. To meet…
Conducting a Reed College Emergency Preparedness Gap Assessment Report and Presentation
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired to conduct a review and assessment of Reed College’s existing emergency response plans and disaster preparedness documents and make recommendations for improving their emergency management program. NEED: Early in 2022, Reed College located in Portland, Oregon, began discussing how to move their emergency preparedness program to the next…
Developing and Leading an Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Training Workshop for Arizona Alliance of Community Health Centers (AACHC).
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired to develop and facilitate four training sessions for an all-day emergency preparedness training symposium for AACHC’s community health center members. Based on CCS’s expertise on varied emergency preparedness topics, the CCS team was able to develop and facilitate training in the four specific areas. NEED: In the fall…
Arizona Coalition for Healthcare Emergency Response (AzCHER) 2023 – Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) Workshop Series
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in 2022 by the Arizona Coalition for Healthcare Emergency Response (AzCHER), in association with the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA), to develop and conduct four, regional Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) Workshops, including post workshop follow-up activities. The workshops were held in March and April 2023. NEED:…
Arizona Coalition for Healthcare Emergency Response (AzCHER) 2023 Medical Surge and Response Exercise (MRSE)
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in 2022 by the Arizona Coalition for Healthcare Emergency Response (AzCHER) to conduct a statewide functional exercise in May 2023, including after action activities. The goal of the exercise was to meet requirements set forth in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Strategic…
Clackamas County COVID-19 After Action Report and Improvement Plan
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services (CCS) was hired in May 2022 by Clackamas County, Oregon to conduct data collection and a full analysis of Clackamas County’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing a COVID-19 After Action Report (AAR) and Improvement Plan (IP). The AAR/IP was to focus on strengths, areas for improvement, and recommendations regarding…
Business Impact Analysis and Business Continuity Plan for Mercy Corps, US Headquarters.
SITUATION: Coordinated Consulting Services was hired to conduct an agency-wide business impact analysis (BIA) and corresponding business continuity plan (BCP) for Mercy Corps Headquarters in Portland, Oregon. NEED: In October of 2017, a 25-member Mercy Corps team participated in a brainstorm session to discuss Mercy Corps’ preparedness for a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake. The group…