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Disaster Planning – Funding Highlights and Continued Need

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

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Disaster Planning – Funding Highlights and Continued Need

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  1. Disaster Planning – Funding Highlights and Continued Need T & TA Network Meeting ~ Alexandria, VA October 12, 2007

  2. 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 • TA Matrix developed & coordinated by NRCOI for LA and MS • Regular teleconferences for status updates • All Seven Partnering NRCs & AdoptUsKids have participated

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. NCWRC for Organizational Improvement • Publication • Coping with Disasters and Strengthening Systems: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies

  6. NCWRC Child Protective Services • Curriculum Package • Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect in Disaster Emergency Shelters – training emergency shelter staff and volunteers

  7. NCWRC on Adoptions • Guidebook for Caseworkers • Resource Family Guide

  8. 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/

  9. 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

  10. 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]

  11. Child Welfare Information Gateway • Website Resources • http://www.childwelfare.gov/highlights/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

  12. National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare • Matrix: Disaster Readiness & Response • http://www.samhsa.gov/Matrix/matrix_disaster.aspx

  13. Discussion • Continued urgent need for help • Lingering Issues • Where do we go from here?

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