RESOURCES ON CHILDREN AND DISASTERS

Disaster Management and Recovery
Mental Health
Child Physical Health and Trauma
Emergency Medical Services and Pediatric Transport
Disaster Case Management
Child Care and Early Education
Elementary and Secondary Education
Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice
Sheltering
Housing
Evacuation and Reunification
State and Local Government

Disaster Management and Recovery

• National Commission on Children and Disasters: Preparedness Indicators for Children (2011) (PDF 56KB)
• FEMA: Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans (2010) (PDF 1.85MB)
• FEMA: Fiscal Year 2010 Homeland Security Grant Program Supplemental Resource: Children in Disasters Guidance (2010) (PDF 146KB)
• FEMA: Evacuee Support Planning Guide (2009) (PDF 1.41MB)
• FEMA: Evacuee Support Concept of Operations Template (2009) (PDF 1.31MB)
• National Council on Disability: Effective Emergency Management: Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities (2009) (PDF 1.73MB)
• Journal of Emergency Management: Children and disaster planning: The National Commission on Children and Disasters' findings and recommendations (PDF) 
• Government Accountability Office: Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Lessons Learned for Protecting and Educating Children(2006) (PDF 536KB)
• Save the Children: The Unique Needs of Children in Emergencies, a Guide for the Inclusion of Children in Emergency Operations Plans (2007) (PDF 314KB)
• Children’s Health Fund: Legacy of Katrina: The Impact of a Flawed Recovery on Vulnerable Children of the Gulf Coast (2010) (PDF 200KB)
• Scott Needle: Pediatric Private Practice After Hurricane Katrina: Proposal for Recovery (2008)
• FEMA: Lessons Learned Information Sharing: Children and Disasters
• FEMA: Children’s Working Group
• FEMA: Ready Kids
• FEMA: Ready.gov
• FEMA: National Response Framework Resource Center
• FEMA: National Disaster Recovery Framework Initiative
• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
• Save the Children: Domestic Emergencies Unit
• Research and Training Center on Independent Living: Disability Prepared

Mental Health

• National Association of School Psychologists: Helping Children After a Natural Disaster: Information for Parents and Teachers (2003) (PDF 70KB)
• National Center for Disaster Preparedness: Impact on Children and Families of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Findings of the Coastal Population Impact Study (2010) (PDF 318KB)
• Government Accountability Office: Hurricane Katrina: Barriers to Mental Health Services for Children Persist in Greater New Orleans, Although Federal Grants Are Helping to Address Them (2009) (PDF 3.05MB)
• The Society for Research in Child Development: Special Section: Disasters and Their Impact on Child Development, Child Development (2010)
• National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement: Talking to Children about the Disaster in Japan (2011) (PDF 174KB)
• Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Disaster Technical Assistance Center
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Natural Disasters
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Promoting Adjustment and Helping Children Cope 

Child Physical Health and Trauma

• HHS: Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Review (2010) (PDF 337KB)
• Food and Drug Administration: How to Prepare Doxycycline for Children and Adults (2008) (PDF 917KB)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness: A Resource for Pediatricians (2006) (PDF 3.76MB)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Pediatric Hospital Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergencies (2009) (PDF 357KB)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments (2008)
• Environmental Protection Agency: Child-Specific Exposure Factors Handbook (2008) (PDF 11.69MB)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Emergency Preparedness and Response: Strategic National Stockpile (2008) (PDF 248KB)
• Institute of Medicine: The Future of Emergency Care: Key Findings and Recommendations (2006) (PDF 86KB)
• Institute of Medicine: The Future of Emergency Care Series (2006)
• Government Accountability Office: Environmental Health: High-Level Strategy and Leadership Needed to Continue Progress toward Protecting Children from Environmental Threats (2010) (PDF 1.72MB)
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Chemical-Biological Terrorism and Its Impact on Children (2010)
• American Academy of Pediatrics: The Pediatrician and Disaster Preparedness (2006) (PDF 82KB)
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Management of Pediatric Trauma (2008)
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Radiation Disasters and Children (2003) (PDF 109KB)
• American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Emergency Nurses Association: Joint Policy Statement: Guidelines for Care in the Emergency Department (2009) (PDF 86KB)
• Trust for America’s Health: Ready or Not 2010: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism (2010) (PDF 2.04MB)
• Marianne Gausche-Hill et al.: Pediatric Preparedness of US Emergency Departments: A 2003 Survey (2007)
• Debra L. Weiner et al.: The National Disaster Medical System Response A Pediatric Perspective (2006) (PDF 451KB)
• Margaret A. Dolan & Steven E. Krug: Pediatric Disaster Preparedness in the Wake of Katrina: Lessons to be Learned (2006) (PDF 122KB)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Public Health Emergency Preparedness
• American Association of Pediatrics: Children and Disasters
• EPA: Children's Health Protection
• Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units

Emergency Medical Services and Pediatric Transport

• American College of Surgeons et al.: Equipment for Ambulances (2009) (PDF 543KB)
• Emergency Medical Services for Children: Gap Analysis of EMS Related Research: Report to the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (2009) (PDF 2.43MB)
• Emergency Medical Services for Children: EMSC Performance Measures (2009) (PDF 5.97MB)
• National Academy of Sciences: Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains (Free Executive Summary) (2007) (PDF 314KB)
• Full report can be accessed at: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11655
• Steve Krug: Emergency Care Crisis: A Nation Unprepared for Public Health Disasters (2006) (PDF 101KB)
• Katherine A. Gnauck et al.: Do Pediatric and Adult Disaster Victims Differ? A Descriptive Analysis of Clinical Encounters from Four Natural Disaster DMAT Deployments (2007) (PDF 477KB)
• Paul E. Sirbaugh et al.: Creation and Implementation of Mobile Pediatric Emergency Response Team: Regionalized Caring for Displaced Children After a Disaster (2006) (PDF 721KB)
• Susan M. Distefano et al.: Preparing, Improvising, and Caring for children During Mass Transport After a Disaster (2006) (PDF 307KB)
• EMSC: National Resource Center

Disaster Case Management

• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster: Points of Consensus (2010) (PDF 268KB)
• Children’s Health Fund: Reforming Disaster Case Management: National Lessons from Louisiana (2009) (PDF 408KB)

Child Care and Early Education

• Administration for Children & Families: Information Memorandum, Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning for Child Care (2011) (PDF 161KB)
• FEMA: FEMA Disaster Assistance Fact Sheet 9580.107: Public Assistance for Child Care Services (2010) (PDF 796KB)
• National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies and Save the Children: Protecting Children in Child Care During Emergencies: Recommended State and National Regulatory and Accreditation Standards for Family Child Care Homes and Child Care Centers and Supporting Rationale (2010) (PDF 1.82MB)
• Save the Children: A National Report Card on Protecting Children During Disasters (2010) (PDF 313KB)
• National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies: Keeping Children Safe: A Policy Agenda for Child Care in Emergencies (2008) (PDF 5.51MB)
• Administration for Children & Families: Head Start Emergency Preparedness Manual (PDF 810KB)
• Administration for Children & Families: Head Start Emergency Preparedness Survey (2009) (PDF 243KB)
• Delaware Emergency Management Agency: Emergency Planning: Family and Large Family Child Care Homes (PPT 1.59MB)
• Delaware Emergency Management Agency: Emergency Planning Template: A Guide for Family and Large Family Child Care Homes (DOC 614KB)
• Administration for Children & Families: Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center: Emergency Preparedness Resources
• Administration for Children & Families: Child Care Resources for Disasters and Emergencies

Elementary and Secondary Education

• Department of Education: Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities (2007) (PDF 1.62MB)
• Department of Education: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Disclosure of Student Information Related to Emergencies and Disasters (2010) (PDF 49KB)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: School-Based Emergency Preparedness: A National Analysis and Recommended Protocol (2009) (PDF 550KB)
• Government Accountability Office: Most School Districts Have Developed Emergency Management Plans, but Would Benefit from Additional Federal Guidance (2007) (PDF 2.06MB)
• Congressional Research Service: Education and Training Issues Related to Major Disasters (2005) (PDF 235KB)
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Disaster Planning for Schools (2008)
• National Center for Homeless Education: A McKinney-Vento Toolbox: Constructing a Robust and Rigorous Homeless Education Program, In Case of Disaster and Every Day (2007) (PDF 4.70MB)
• RAND: How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences: A Tool Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery (2006) (PDF 385KB)
• Merritt Schreiber et al.: Listen, Protect, Connect –, Model and Teach: Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Students and Teachers (2006) (PDF 796KB)
• David Schonfeld & Robin Gurwitch: Children and Bereavement: How Teachers and Schools can Help (2010) (PPT 14.8MB)  
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network: The Effects of Trauma on Schools and Learning
• Department of Education: Emergency Planning
• Department of Education: Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center
• National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

• National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement: Coping with Disasters and Strengthening Systems: A Framework for Child Welfare Agencies (2007) (PDF 1MB)
• Annie E. Casey Foundation: Disaster Preparedness Resource Guide for Child Welfare Agencies (2009) (PDF 492KB)
• Government Accountability Office: Child Welfare: Federal Action Needed to Ensure States Have Plans to Safeguard Children in the Child Welfare System Displaced by Disasters (2006) (PDF 886KB)
• Susan James Andrews & Susan Yeres: An Assessment of the Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Juvenile Justice System (2006) (PDF 994KB)
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Guidelines for Juvenile Information Sharing (2006) (PDF 409KB)
• Lisa Portune & Sophia I. Gatowski: Ensuring the Unique Needs of Dependency Courts are Met in Disaster Planning Efforts: Dependency Court Planning Templates for Continuity of Operations Plans (2008) (PDF 291KB)
• Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana: Treated Like Trash: Juvenile Detention in New Orleans Before, During, and After Hurricane Katrina (2006) (PDF 555KB)
• National Center for State Courts: Emergency Preparedness in Dependency Courts: Ten Questions that Courts Serving Abused and Neglected Children Must Address
• ABA Center on Children and the Law: Disaster Planning Child Welfare Law Issues

Sheltering

• National Commission on Children and Disasters: Standards and Indicators for Disaster Shelter Care for Children (2010) (PDF 121KB)
• National Commission on Children and Disasters: Supplies for Infants and Toddlers in Mass Care Shelters and Emergency Congregate Care Facilities (2010) (PDF 127KB)
• National Commission on Children and Disasters: Recommended Guidelines for Conducting Background Checks on Volunteers (2011) (PDF 65KB)
• FEMA: Guidance on Planning for Integration of Functional Needs Support Services in General Population Shelters (2010) (PDF 7.31MB)
• International Association of Venue Managers & American Red Cross: Mega-Shelter Planning Guide (2010) (PDF 4.56MB)
• Save the Children: Child Safety Guidance for Emergency Evacuation Shelters and Local Assistance Centers (2007) (PDF 88KB)
• National Resource Center for Child Protective Services: Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in Disaster Emergency Shelters
1. Participant Handbook (PDF)
2. Trainer’s Guide (PDF)
3. Shelter Poster: Rules for Safety (PDF)
4. Shelter Poster: Safety Tips for Adults (PDF)
• Children’s Disaster Services: Safety in Shelter Based Child Care Centers (2011) (PDF 197KB)

Housing

• Save the Children: Rapid Assessments of Temporary Housing Camps for Hurricane-Displaced Children and Families (2006) (PDF 138KB)
• Government Accountability Office: Federal Efforts to Assist Group Site Residents with Employment, Services for Families with Children, and Transportation (2008) (PDF 1.07MB)
• Government Accountability Office: Better Planning Needed for Housing Victims of Catastrophic Disasters (2007) (PDF 1.35MB)
• U.S. Senate Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs: Far From Home: Deficiencies in Federal Disaster Housing Assistance After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and Recommendations for Improvement (2009) (PDF 4.94MB)
• FEMA: National Disaster Housing Strategy (2009) (PDF 2.90MB)
• FEMA: National Disaster Housing Strategy Resource Center

Evacuation and Reunification

• Federal Highway Administration: Evacuating Populations With Special Needs (2009) (PDF 20.26MB)
• National Fire Protection Association: Personal Emergency Evacuation Planning Tool for School Students with Disabilities (2007) (PDF 108KB)
• FEMA: Orientation Manual for First Responders on the Evacuation of People with Disabilities (2002) (PDF 911KB)
• Daniel D. Broughton et al.: Reuniting Fractured Families after a Disaster: The Role of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (2006) (PDF 237KB)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Recommendations for a National Mass Patient and Evacuee Movement, Regulating, and Tracking System (2009) (PDF 627KB)
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: Natural Disasters

State and Local Government

• National Commission on Children and Disasters: Children and Disasters: The Role of State and Local Governments in Protecting This Vulnerable Population (2010) (PDF 100KB)
• National Commission on Children and Disasters: 5 Actions Governors Can Take Immediately To Improve Disaster Planning for Children (2011) (PDF 47KB)
• Emergency Medical Services for Children: Drafting Legislation Related to State Pediatric Disaster Preparedness (2010) (PDF 415KB)
• National Conference of State Legislatures: Children and Disasters