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Early Childhood Disaster-Related Resources for Early Childhood Education Providers

Natural and man-made disasters can happen anywhere and at any time. Emergency preparedness at work, at home, and in the community is everyone's responsibility.

Millions of young children are in early childhood centers or homes on a daily basis. Making sure you are ready to keep yourself and the children in your care safe when a disaster strikes is of upmost importance. As a trusted and loved figure in children’s lives, you are also on the front lines of helping children recover and heal after disasters.

These resources can help you and your program with disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

Provides strategic-level guidance, leading emergency management and human services practices, and recommended actions for states and later-incorporated U.S. territories to enable states to meet the immediate health and welfare needs of repatriates

Intended for emergency managers and service providers assisting individuals, families, and communities with post-disaster housing, this one-page fact sheet describes four ACF programs that provide funding that may be used for post-disaster housing support

Action Transmittal: Issuance of Three-year Cooperative Agreements for Planning, Training, and Exercises

List of resources

Details the activities, processes, and structures required to execute effective operations across the emergency repatriation lifecycle, as well as the roles and responsibilities of interagency responders

Provides foundational guidance for the emergency repatriation of U.S. citizens and their dependents from a foreign country

Provide an overview of the core functions foundational for emergency repatriation operations

Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) features four Administration for Children and Families (ACF) programs whose funding may be used to provide post-disaster housing assistance following a natural disaster: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and Social Services Block Grant (SSBG); DCL includes information on types of post-disaster housing assistance, eligibility, and program contact information

Making sure individuals, families, caregivers and educators are ready for disasters can make a big difference when disasters strike, so this page includes fact sheets, guides, family tools, and educational activities to help prepare, respond to, and recover from disasters