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• Recruiting, screening, and training volunteers (e g background checks)
<br /> • Retaining, recognizing, and motivating volunteers
<br /> • Purchasing, maintaining, or subscribing to a system to track volunteers (to
<br /> include identification and credentialing systems and to track volunteer hours)
<br /> and other available resources in compliance with applicable privacy laws
<br /> • Necessary non-structural accommodations to include persons with
<br /> programmatic and communications access needs (e g , sign language
<br /> interpreters Computer Assisted Realtime Translation (CART) and other
<br /> modifications of policies and practices to fully include volunteers with
<br /> disabilities)
<br /> • Evaluating volunteers
<br /> B. Training
<br /> Training funded through the CCP includes but is not limited to all-hazards safety, such as
<br /> emergency preparedness, basic first aid, lifesaving skills, crime prevention and terrorism
<br /> awareness, school preparedness, public health issues, mitigation/property damage
<br /> prevention, safety in the home, light search and rescue skills, principles of NIMS/ICS,
<br /> community relations, volunteer management, serving people with disabilities, pet care
<br /> preparedness, any training necessary to participate in volunteer activities, any training
<br /> necessary to fulfill surge capacity roles, or other training that promotes individual, family, or
<br /> community safety and preparedness
<br /> There is no cap on the number of deliveries State or local jurisdictions may conduct of non-
<br /> responder community based workshops, seminars, demonstrations, or conferences
<br /> Examples include, CPR/AED training, identity theft workshops, terrorism awareness
<br /> seminars, chain-saw safety demonstrations, and disability-inclusive community
<br /> preparedness conferences
<br /> Funding for CERT training includes the delivery of the CERT Basic Training Course,
<br /> supplemental training for CERT members who have completed the basic training, and the
<br /> CERT Train-the-Trainer Course, and the CERT Program Manager Course Any CERT
<br /> Basic training conducted by State or local entities must: 1) include the topics covered in the
<br /> FEMA CERT Basic Training Course, 2) be instructor-led, and 3) and classroom-based,
<br /> using lecture, demonstration, and hands-on practice throughout. Note that the Independent
<br /> Study course, "Introduction to CERT" (IS 317) must not be substituted for classroom
<br /> delivery of CERT basic training.
<br /> Supplemental training for CERT members who have completed the basic training includes
<br /> modules available on the national CERT website, as well as other supplemental training
<br /> that meets the following criteria.
<br /> • Relates to a reasonably foreseeable activity CERT members might be tasked to
<br /> perform in support of emergency services responders, or
<br /> • Increases competency and understanding of the emergency management context in
<br /> which CERT members may be asked to operate, or
<br /> • Enhances understanding of a particular local hazard CERT members might
<br /> encounter in their response activities
<br /> There is no cap on the number of deliveries State or local jurisdictions may conduct of the
<br /> CERT Basic Training, the CERT Train-the-Trainer, Campus CERT Train-the-Trainer, Teen
<br /> CERT Train-the-Trainer, or CERT Program Manager courses, or supplemental/advanced
<br /> training for CERT program participants
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