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Civic Innovation Challenge Announcement: Congratulations to the VERT Team!

Montgomery County (Maryland) CERT and their academic partners were selected as Stage 1 awardees of the Civic Innovation Challenge, a national research and action competition in the smart and connected communities domain. Their project focuses on training community members to work with expert systems in identifying COVID-19 and other disaster-related risks posted on social media. […]

Civic Innovation Challenge Team Members

VERT Update

Thank you to our many CERT members & partners who have assisted VERT efforts over the past 5 months.

Here is a summary of what the Virtual Emergency Response Team is doing.

VERT Progress Report

June General Meeting Special Guest: Nicole Twaalfhoven

Nicole Twaalfhoven joined us for our June General Membership meeting talking about crisis management and mental health. This was a great presentation with a Q&A session afterwards. The slides that were presented are attached for any future reference. Nicole started her career as a childhood development specialist and family/couples counselor. She is […]