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== Policy Summary: Affiliated Team Volunteers ==
== Policy Summary: Volunteer Support Functions ==
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A Volunteer Support Function ("VSF") is an area of volunteer knowledge/skill/ability specialization relevant to disaster preparedness, response, recovery, or any combination of those three phases of the emergency management cycle. Every active PBEM volunteer (NET, BEECN, or ATV) is assigned a VSF and it is indicated in their volunteer profile.  
An Affiliated Team Volunteer ("ATV") is a volunteer who associates with and is assigned to a Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) and is [[Background Checks|background checked]], but does not possess full "Active" NET volunteer status. <span style="background:#FFFF00">'''They are not deployed or [[Volunteer Risk, Injury Coverage, and Indemnification|indemnified]] by the City of Portland.'''</span> They have a profile in the NET volunteer database, and may participate in non-deployment team activities with active NET volunteers.
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[[File:2016.06.06.Woodstock (2).jpg|thumb|345x345px|''All neighbors have a role in disaster prep and response, not just NET trained neighbors!'']]
=== Reason for Policy ===
The Portland Neighborhood Emergency Team program ("NET") is an urban CERT program. Unlike CERT programs in rural or suburban areas, urban programs often have over 500 volunteers (Portland usually has over 1,000). Such a large pool of volunteers brings an opportunity to encourage personal interests and community-based learning by allowing '''''specialization''''' in disaster resilience skills and knowledge. The VSF program:


=== Reason for Policy ===
* Cultivates a significantly broader and deeper set of volunteer skills to draw from in the event of a catastrophic disaster.
The Affiliated Team Volunteer (ATV) program supports Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET) by fostering neighborhood resilience and preparedness while addressing these needs:
* Allows for more and improved neighborhood-based disaster response planning by producing a standardized, functional structure for organizing and coordinating critical response resources and activities during an emergency.
* Promotes community ownership of volunteer programming.
* Makes NET more fun and interesting to a broader audience.
* Promotes higher rates volunteer retention (theoretically).


* Facilitating denser neighborhood social networks for NET teams.
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* 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.
* 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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