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  Title: The Disaster Decade: Lessons Unlearned for the United States

URL: http://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae-432c-9bd0-df91d2eba74a%7D/disaster-decade-lessons.pdf

Language: English
Author and Contributors:
Publisher: Save the Children (June 2009)
Review Level: Informal review
Primary Content Area: Early Childhood
Content Type: General Information
Categories:
  • Early Childhood: Statistics and Public Policy: State Specific Data
  • Early Childhood: Statistics and Public Policy: Public Policy Issues and Education
  • Early Childhood: Statistics and Public Policy: Child and Family Well-being Data
  • Early Childhood: Health and Safety: Emergencies and Disaster
Resource Type: Not an extension nor a land-grant developed resource
Keywords: child health, child safety, disaster recovery efforts, crisis preparedness, crisis planning, children in crisis, state's recovery plans, crisis counseling for children, disaster planning, disaster relief
Description: This news brief is a report card developed by Save the Children that highlights the need for policies and procedures to be put into place to allow all disaster and recovery efforts to include a plan for children. Included are recommendations for policy changes and a report card on how states on doing in including children in their disaster recovery planning. Most states are failing to consider the unique needs of children in their planning.
Media Type: PDF - Portable Document Format
Resource Listed: November 6, 2009
Resource Last Updated: April 16, 2012




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