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It clarifies who receives, writes, reviews, and circulates SitReps, including approval and distribution timelines. The document outlines when SitReps are prepared and how often they are updated, and specifies what information to include, such as highlights, context, and affected population and needs assessment content within the template.","Situation Reports (SitReps)\nFrequently Asked questions\nWhy do we write SitReps?  Who’s our audience?\nThe purpose of SitReps is to keep a wide audience of internal and external stakeholders abreast of CRS’ response to an emergency situation as it evolves over time, so that they understand and accurately represent CRS’ work.  SitRep inform decisions related to programming, external advocacy, media and communication, and fundraising.\nUpon receipt of the first SitRep indicating intention to respond and preliminary plans, a Country Program can obtain initial approval from the RD for up to $50,000 to immediately start the response.  If there is no funding available at the regional level, these funds can come from the OverOps Reserve / Emergency Funds, pending HRD approval.  (An Emergency Proposal will still be required to account for this funding.)\nWho receives the SitReps?\nSitReps are disseminated broadly within CRS, including to HRD and HQ departments such as OverOps, fundraising, media and communications.  They are also disseminated outside the agency, to program partners and actual or potential donors; in particular, SitReps are shared widely within the Caritas Internationalis (CI) network.\nBecause of this broad dissemination, sensitive or confidential information should never be included in SitReps.  Instead, communicate confidential management or security issues separately to the region/HQ.\nWho writes SitReps? Who reviews them? Who sends them out?\nSitreps are prepared by Country Programs which have experienced or are experiencing a natural or man-made disaster to which CRS and/or its partners are responding or intend to respond. The CR is responsible for overseeing the SitRep preparation and sending it to the designated person(s) within the regional team, as determined by the RD, for review.\nOnce the Sitrep is approved for circulation by the RD or his/her delegate, the CR sends it to the Vice President, Humanitarian Response, Jennifer Poidatz at \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:jennifer.poidatz@crs.org\" \u0014jennifer.poidatz@crs.org\u0015 or to \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:emergencies@crs.org\" \u0014emergencies@crs.org\u0015, and to the HRD Emergency Focal Point for that region, and any staff within the region as determined by the RD.\nThe Vice President, Humanitarian Response and/or her delegate are responsible for sending the approved SitRep to the CRS Sitrep distribution list-serve email address within 4 to 5 hours of receipt.\nWhen and how often do we write SitReps?\nWhenever a natural or man-made disaster hits a country where we work -- or where we could potentially respond -- the Country Program should prepare an initial SitRep within the first 24 hours of the onset of the crisis using information that can be obtained from secondary sources or through phone calls to partners and other contacts on the ground in the affected areas.\nDuring the acute phase of a crisis, when the situation on the ground is still fluid and CRS and partner activities are evolving rapidly, SitReps should be prepared at a minimum on a weekly basis, and in some cases more frequently.  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