NJVOAD – a coalition of organizations that contribute to developing and sustaining community resiliency throughout the disaster cycle – facilitates and fosters cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration among members and partners to improve preparedness, resilience, response and recovery resulting in more effective outcomes. The foundation of the VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) movement is relationships. VOAD builds partnerships to improve outcomes for people and communities affected by disasters by facilitating cooperation, communication, coordination and collaboration among nonprofit organizations, community-based groups, government agencies and for-profit companies. NJVOAD is a statewide partnership of organizations and entities that have a role in preparedness, resilience, response or recovery. Membership in NJVOAD provides the benefit of accumulated expertise of local, regional and national partners to deliver more effective and efficient response services. NJVOAD provides an organizational structure at the county, regional and state levels in advance of disasters to build partnerships, identify resources and create a system and structure to work with governmental and emergency response entities when a disaster strikes. In times of disaster and recovery, NJVOAD is the forum where organizations share knowledge and resources to support survivors and their communities. NJVOAD is the only non-governmental entity that coordinates multi-organizational disaster preparedness, response and recovery activities throughout the entire State of New Jersey. NJVOAD works closely with the N.J. State Government and is recognized as the only statewide entity working across the State to coordinate NGO disaster services, donations and volunteers. NJVOAD invites interested organizations to seek membership in order to provide better and more coordinated prevention, response and recovery services to individuals and communities throughout NJ.