The Model

Bringing Hope into Crisis

For nearly 10 years, the Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN) has assisted over 41,000 survivors impacted by disaster within Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana borders, bringing hope into crisis. ADRN is a network of over 185 greater Austin Christian Churches along with thousands of trained Christian volunteers, ready to meet the emotional, spiritual and physical needs of those affected by disaster. ADRN has responded to over 18 large disasters since 2009 and 80-100 smaller disasters per year in the greater Austin area, which serves over 2.1 million people. ADRN has helped several cities organize and mobilize together in times of disaster, forming new church networks and assisting cities form new church networks outside of disaster.

ADRN’s Unique Model Includes (not limited to):

  • Uniting the local Christian Church to respond together in times of crisis, sharing resources, utilizing strengths and collaborating in vision to see entire regions transformed
  • Providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to those in need through trained Christian volunteers, and
  • Helping survivors get back on their feet, long-term, through a tested and proven process of connecting and supporting them through the local Church (The Shepherd Program)

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How ADRN’s Model Can Help Your City

Since 2015, ADRN leadership began to develop the process of duplicating the ADRN Model and core trainings that would assist cities to become prepared before a disaster strikes. ADRN has developed a Disaster Relief Network (DRN) training to assist cities with:

  1. Forming a Disaster Relief Network (i.e. filing IRS Form 1023)
  2. Laying the Spiritual and Organizational Foundation of the Network
  3. Building a Church Network
  4. Disaster Training for Volunteers
  5. Disaster Deployment Protocol
  6. Next Steps