Missouri Creates New Faith-Based Partnership For Disaster Relief

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon last month signed Executive Order 09-25 setting up the Governor’s Faith-Based and Community Service Partnership for Disaster Recovery. Today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch carries a long report on Missouri's efforts to create a model of cooperation between state agencies and religious organizations to create an effective disaster response and recovery system. The state's new Partnership is made up of 16 state agencies, two federal agencies and 16 religious and charitable organizations.