Sarasota County Long Term Recovery Group

What is a Long Term Recovery Group?

A Long-Term Recovery Group (LTRG) is a cooperative body that is made up of representatives from faith-based, non-profit, government, business, and other organizations working within a community to assist individuals and families as they recover from disaster.

Sarasota County Long Term Recovery Group Mission Statement

The Sarasota County Long Term Recovery Group works to strengthen area-wide disaster coordination
through preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation.

Upcoming Community Needs Assessments

Sarasota County Long Term Recovery Group is partnering with World Renew to
host several meetings to identify and address unmet needs after the storm.

Join our Efforts!

Community members, leaders, and stakeholders with expertise and passion for helping Sarasota County recover from the devastation of Hurricane Ian are encouraged to join the Sarasota County Long Term Recovery Group. As Sarasota County moves into the long-term recovery phase our community is relying on us to be strategic and collaborative in our approach. By establishing a Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG) we can achieve just that! Our community rallied in the most impressive ways to meet the short-term needs of basic necessities right after the hurricane and we would ask that you join us in rallying once again to meet the long-term needs of our community!

Attend our next Community Meeting!

Community meetings are held on the last Friday of each month at 9:00 AM EST via Zoom.
Please click the link below to join the Community Meeting.

LTRG Community Meeting Join Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84064767870

All are welcome to attend this meeting and learn more!

Sarasota County LTRG Leadership Board

Chair	Barbara Cruz	United Way of S Sarasota County	bcruz@uwssc.org
Vice-Chair	Deborah Croce	Jewish Family & Children Services	dcroce@jfcs-cares.org
Treasurer	Art Issacson	lndependent/UWSSC	isaacson.art@gmail.com
Secretary	Frances Pugh	Jewish Family & Children Services	fpugh@jfcs-cares.org
Governance	Robin Stover	Gulfcoast Legal Services	robins@gulfcoastlegal.org
Committee Chair - Case Management	Brenda Downing-Wiggins	Salvation Army	brenda.downing@uss.salvationarmy.org
Committee Chair - Finance	Art Issacson	lndependent/UWSSC	isaacson.art@gmail.com
Committee Chair - Mental Health	Keith Leahey	Jewish Family & Children Services	kleahey@jfcs-cares.org
Committee Chair - Spiritual Care	David Dahlke	Lakeside Lutheran Church	pastordavid@lakesidelutheran.net
Committee Chair - Volunteer Management	Deborah Croce	Jewish Family & Children Services	dcroce@jfcs-cares.org
Committee CoChair - Unmet Needs	Kameron Hodgens	Gulf Coast Community Foundation	KHodgens@gulfcoastcf.org
Committee CoChair - Unmet Needs	Angelica Hull	Community Foundation of Sarasota County	ahull@cfsarasota.org
Committee Chair - Construction	Dick Longo	Venice City Council	ralongo46@gmail.com
Committee Chair – Needs Assessment	Charlene Altenhain	The Glasser/Shoenbaum Services Center	caltenhain@gs-humanservices.org
Member at Large	John Livingston	Operational Consultant/Coach	stones0l1@msn.com
Member at Large	Nicole Dollar	Sarasota County Government	ndouble@scgov.net
Member at Large	Jasmine Moultrie	FEMA	jasmine.x.moultrie@fema.dhs.gov
Member at Large	Stacy Aloisio	City of North Port	saloisio@northportfl.gov

Member at Large

Lynn Stickley

Sarasota Memorial Hospital

lynne-stickley@smh.com

Member at Large

Debra Giacolone

Sarasota County Schools

debra.giacolone@sarasotacountyschools.net

Join an LTRG Committee Today!

Do you have a passion or skill set in a specific area? Join one of our LTRG Committees to help make a difference in Sarasota County.
You can join a committee today by using the contact information above for the committee you would best fit!

Leadership Committee Meetings

Leadership Committee meetings are held every other Friday at 9 AM EST via Zoom.
Please click the link below to join the Leadership Committee Meeting:

LTRG Leadership Committee Meeting Join Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83373533534

Past Meeting Minutes

Community Meeting- January 10th, 2023

Leadership Meeting- January 18th, 2023

Leadership Meeting- February 21st, 2023

Thank you to our Community Partners!