Become a Member
A Health care Coalition (HCC) is a collaborative network of healthcare organizations and their public and private response partners.
Coalition partners work together to assist Emergency Management and Health and Medical Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF8) with preparedness, response, and recovery activities related to healthcare disaster operations.
HCCs help improve medical surge capability and capacity and enhance a community’s health system preparedness for disasters and public health emergencies.
Why Join SDHCC?
The creation of HCCs is a national priority, and funding for HCCs is provided by the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR). The benefits of joining a Coalition include information on, access to, and resources for disaster planning, equipment, training, and exercises. Being a Coalition member ensures that your organization is appropriately represented in Coalition planning and response initiatives.
The South Dakota Health Care Coalition covers the entire state and is divided into four regions. They are broken down by the following counties:
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Black Hills [Region 1]
Bennett, Butte, Custer, Corson, Dewey, Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Perkins, Oglala Lakota and Ziebach
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Glacial Lakes [Region 2]
Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Marshall, McPherson, Potter, Roberts, Spink, Sully and Walworth
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Sioux Empire [Region 3]
Brookings, Clay, Deuel, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody, Turner and Union
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South Central Plains [Region 4]
Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson, Hutchinson, Jerauld, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Sanborn, Todd, Tripp and Yankton
The SDHCC is divided into four chapters and governed by a board of directors. Each chapter has its own governance that elects 4 representatives to the board, two of which are the chair and co-chair of their chapter. These 16 representatives make up the voting members of the board with the President acting as the 17th voting member and tie-breaker. Board members work together to develop a strategic plan designed to enhance the resiliency of healthcare systems based on ASPR performance measures and the needs of each chapter based on its annual risk assessment and after-action reviews of incidents and exercises. Each chapter also includes a representative from the SD DOH. These DOH representatives are included on the board as non-voting members. The board also invites subject matter experts (SMEs) to meetings on an as-needed basis.
BEING A MEMBER
COLLABORATE Members identify and represent local and regional healthcare disaster preparedness needs.
SUPPORT Members support the coalition in efforts to train, equip, and exercise according to healthcare preparedness capabilities that meet goals set by the Administration for Strategic Preparedness Response (ASPR) and Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP).
[Upon accepting equipment from the Coalition, members agree to abide by the Coalition Inventory Management policy]
PARTICIPATE Members join fellow coalition members in all-hazards emergency planning and participate in coalition meetings, communication drills, workgroups, and surveys and submit any data required by the federal or state funding partners one of the exercises hosted annually by the Coalition or a Coalition member.
[Hospitals must participate in the annual Coalition Surge Test exercise as either an evacuating or receiving hospital]
RESPOND Members assist Emergency Management and ESF8 as requested with multi-agency coordination during responses.
ADVOCATE Members uphold the highest ethical and moral standards and abide by the Coalition Code of Ethics and be an advocate for the Coalition and encourage peers to join the Coalition!
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There is no cost to becoming a member.
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Coalition membership comes with many benefits including:
Access to regional plans and other planning templates and resources
Access to training
Access to exercises that test organizational and federal target capabilities (statewide annual full-scale exercise; annual Coalition Surge Test; Communications drill, and others)
Equipment (select hospital readiness equipment, other equipment identified as needed to build/sustain capabilities)
Information sharing
Networking (connection to peers and response community partners)
Access to threat hazard assessment module tools
Health care mass alert and coalition command center coordination
During response, the Coalition provides situational awareness, resource coordination and implements area command
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Contact info@southdakotahcc.org for sponsorship information
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Membership questions?
Have a question about becoming a coalition member or looking for more information? We’d love to connect with you!
Feel free to call us at 605-774-1353 or submit your question via our online form.