Affiliated Team Volunteers (ATVs): Difference between revisions
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* Facilitating denser neighborhood social networks for NET teams. | * Facilitating denser neighborhood social networks for NET teams. | ||
* Building relationships with neighbors who may become [[Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteers (SUVs)|spontaneous volunteers]] in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. | * Building relationships with neighbors who may become [[Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteers (SUVs)|spontaneous volunteers (SUVs)]] in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. | ||
* Providing a transitional status for active NET volunteers who wish to scale down their involvement without leaving the program entirely. | * Providing a transitional status for active NET volunteers who wish to scale down their involvement without leaving the program entirely. | ||
* Volunteer managers are assured that ATVs who respond with a current ID have been background checked by PBEM and have at least one specific, deployable skill. This is in contrast to SUVs, who are not vetted before they arrive and offer to help, and must be interviewed to determine their most appropriate placement.<br> | * Volunteer managers are assured that ATVs who respond with a current ID have been background checked by PBEM and have at least one specific, deployable skill. This is in contrast to [[Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteers (SUVs)|SUVs]], who are not vetted before they arrive and offer to help, and must be interviewed to determine their most appropriate placement.<br> | ||
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