Baton Rouge – The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) will be conducting its annual Education Outreach Program in eight cities across the state in May and June. This training is for all parish, municipal and private non-profit executives and those staff members who have responsibilities for emergency preparedness, response and recovery. The schedule is as follows:

Date	City	Location
May 13, 2009	New Orleans	University of New Orleans Kirschmann Hall 2000 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans, LA  70148
May 15, 2009	Baton Rouge	LSU Pennington Center The Claude B. Pennington, Jr. Bldg 6400 Perkins Rd Baton Rouge, LA  70808
May 20, 2009	Lake Charles Cancelled	McNeese University Farrer Hall 4205 Ryan Street Lake Charles, LA  70609
May 21, 2009	Lafayette	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Student Union 104 University Circle Lafayette, LA  70504
May 26, 2009	Ruston Cancelled	Louisiana Tech University Davison Hall 700 W. California Ave. Ruston, LA  71270
May 27, 2009	Alexandria Cancelled	LSUA Science Bldg 8100 Hwy 71 South Alexandria, LA  71302
June 3, 2009	Hammond	Southeastern University Dome University Center 800 West University Avenue Hammond, LA  70402
June 5, 2009	Thibodaux Cancelled	Nicholls State University Student Union NSU Ellendale Dr Thibodaux, LA  70301

Sessions agenda and class details

The seminar will begin at 8:30am with a short introduction followed by breakout sessions for each discipline beginning at 9:00am. The seminar will end at approximately 5:00pm.

The agenda consists of the following subject matter:

Emergency Management Law
Target audience: Attorneys for the parishes, municipalities and private non-profit organizations, senior level parish and municipal executives.

The seminar has been approved by the LSBA MCLE Committee for 5.5 hours of CLE

Grants Management
Target audience: Individuals responsible for policy, record keeping, finance and budget who need to understand the reimbursement process for the FEMA Public Assistance program.

Preliminary Damage Assessments
Target audience: Parish and municipality public works supervisors and engineers, drainage district, water district, school district supervisors and engineers, facility managers for parish, municipal and all other public entities, and private non-profit organizations.

Debris Management
Target audience: Parish and municipal debris managers and financial personnel responsible for debris operations.

Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Target audience: All parish, state and profit non-profit officials, particularly parish presidents, municipal chief executive officers, sheriffs and their executive staffs

Mitigation
Individuals who are responsible for the management of the five FEMA mitigation programs

Environmental and Historical Preservation
Target audience: Parish and municipal permit personnel, environmental engineers

There is no cost to attend.

Please complete the registration form (MS Word Doc) and email to Linda Tortorich at ltortorich@ohsep.louisiana.gov.

Sessions agenda and class details

For questions or comments, contact Linda Tortorich at  (225) 925-7331.

Additional information will be forthcoming.