disaster planning – funding highlights and continued need
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Disaster Planning – Funding Highlights and Continued Need. T & TA Network Meeting ~ Alexandria, VA October 12, 2007. Coordinated Technical Assistance Approach. Primary Work Has Been in Two States Louisiana Mississippi Some hurricane TA related work has also been done in: Alabama Texas - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Disaster Planning – Funding Highlights and Continued Need
T & TA Network Meeting ~ Alexandria, VAOctober 12, 2007
Coordinated Technical Assistance Approach Primary Work Has Been in Two States
Louisiana MississippiSome hurricane TA related work has also
been done in: Alabama Texas
TA Matrix developed & coordinated by NRCOI for LA and MS
Regular teleconferences for status updates
All Seven Partnering NRCs & AdoptUsKids have participated
NRC for Family Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Website Resources: Disaster Web Based Resources
Webcast: Moving From Disaster to Renewal and Recovery: The Louisiana Child Welfare
Experience (3/27/07) Extensive on site TA has been conducted in
Louisiana in five areas, trauma; family finding; assessment; casework/legal connections and youth permanency
Conference Support: Foster & Adoptive Parents; Together We Can; Gulf Coast Conference; LAAB
AdoptUsKids
Louisiana Case Planning Desk Reference Guide ICPC – Process Recommendations &
Status Review of Displaced Children & Foster Families
Hurricane Debrief and Summit San Antonio, TX
Support of Adoptive Families Hurricane Response Teams Physical Goods and/or Services
NCWRC for Organizational Improvement Publication
Coping with Disasters and Strengthening Systems: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies
NCWRC Child Protective Services Curriculum Package
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in Disaster Emergency Shelters – training emergency shelter staff and volunteers
NCWRC on Adoptions
Guidebook for Caseworkers Resource Family
Guide
National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
Publications Help In Child Welfare Legal And
Judicial System Responses To Children And Families Affected By Disasters
Emergency Preparedness in Dependency Courts – Ten Questions that Courts Serving Abused and Neglected Children Must Address
Website Resources: http://www.abanet.org/child/
rclji/
NRC for Child Welfare Data and Technology
Reconnect Families Database Designed to aid child
welfare organizations, both public and private, in locating and reconnecting the children and families they serve in the aftermath of a disaster
Online at www.nrccwdt.org
NCWRC for Youth Development
Mississippi - Created a Database of Summer Recreational Activities for Youth www.ncys.ou.edu/yd/
resources/mscoastal/view.php [lists all events]
Developed two additional links: To enter organizational
information [password protected] To enter / search for activities
sponsored by each organization [www.nrcys.ou.edu/yd/resources/mscoastal/actreg.php]
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Website Resources http://www.childwelfare.gov/highlight
s/disaster/prepare.cfm To access a variety of State plans:
http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Type in “state disaster plans” in the keyword text box
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Matrix: Disaster Readiness &
Response http://www.samhsa.gov/Matrix/matr
ix_disaster.aspx
Discussion
Continued urgent need for help Lingering Issues Where do we go from here?