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?