WV HB5601

Appropriates $1,000,000 from the Governor's Office Civil Contingent Fund to the Office of Resiliency for deposit into the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund, specifically for disaster case management services.

Establishes competitive grant requirements for disaster case management services, allowing awards on statewide, regional, or disaster-event basis with performance-based measures and cost reasonableness standards.

Requires grant-eligible organizations to maintain a physical brick-and-mortar office location in West Virginia and demonstrate operational capacity to deploy and supervise case managers serving state residents.

Mandates coordination between grantees and local Long-Term Recovery Organizations (LTROs), including documentation through memoranda of understanding, referral pathways, or meeting participation as a condition of funding.

Requires quarterly reporting on households served, counties covered, types of assistance accessed, dollars leveraged for households, and coordination activities with recovery organizations.