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New Item Disaster Mental Health Intervention Field Guide (IN)
Updated August 2010 The Field Guide is a compendium of mental health tools that describes the range of behavioral health responses to disaster and offers suggestions on how to...   >> More
New Item Closed Dispensing Site Guide (MN)
The Closed Dispensing Site Workbook is designed to help community organizations become closed dispensing sites to administer medication to their staff and/or clients during an...   >> More
New Item Diabetes Disaster Preparedness Guide (NJ)
Hunterdon Healthcare System developed a Diabetes Disaster Preparedness Guide for diabetes patients who must manage their condition during an emergency. The guide is intended to be used...   >> More
New Item Agency Emergency Plan - COOP planning for CBOs (CA)
CARD ? Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters ? is based in Oakland, California. They develop clear, practical preparedness resources specifically for community organizations....   >> More
New Item Guide for Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness Planning
The guide provides recommendations and tools for people with many different types of disabilities. The guide includes sections on outreach and identification, planning, communication,...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning Guide for CBOs (MN)
The Emergency Preparedness for Community Based Organizations (CBOs) Workgroup created a planning guide to facilitate preparedness activities for community-based organizations providing...   >> More
New Item Special Needs Task Force and Registry (NC)
New Hanover County, North Carolina, built and maintained a voluntary special needs emergency registry through their Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). The registry was...   >> More
New Item Oklahoma Push Partner Program
The Oklahoma Department of Health developed a Push Partner Program in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21, which asked all communities to be prepared to provide...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Toolkit for Community Health Centers and Community Practice Sites
Columbia University's Emergency Preparedness Toolkit provides streamlined information, tools, and templates to encourage continuity of operations planning for Community Health Centers...   >> More
New Item Community Action Partnership/Area Agency on Aging MOA (ID)
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a sample agreement for collaboration during an emergency between a public health department and a community-based organization (CBO) that...   >> More
New Item Push Partner Registry (OR)
The Push Partner Registry (PPR) is a five-county public health partnership with community-based organizations to dispense medications to at-risk populations during an emergency. The...   >> More
New Item Linking Home Care and Public Health (MD)
The Montgomery County Advanced Practice Center developed a toolkit to assist health departments in conducting a pandemic influenza preparedness workshop for home care providers. While...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Case Management and Home Care Services (MD)
The Emergency Preparedness Checklist is designed to ensure that clients receiving home care and case management services are better able to cover gaps in their own care during...   >> More
New Item Strengthening the Strengtheners (MD)
Strengthening the Strengtheners: A Toolkit in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response for Congregations is a very useful collection of resources, checklists, and assessment...   >> More
New Item Workbook for Healthcare Providers in Rural Communities (TX)
A workbook developed by the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness and the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health promotes strategies for engaging rural healthcare providers...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Group Homes (MD)
The Montgomery County (MD) Advanced Practice Center developed the Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Group Homes to provide preparedness...   >> More
New Item Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers (MD)
The Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers guidebook is designed to provide child care providers with the knowledge and tools to establish an emergency response plan for...   >> More
New Item Women and Infants Service Package (WISP) (National)
The Women and Infants Service Package (WISP) was developed in 2007 by the National Working Group for Women and Infant Needs in Emergencies in the United States. It addresses the...   >> More
New Item Ready, Willing, & Able Online Training
A Web-based course titled "Ready, Willing, & Able" provides training to public health, hospital, preparedness, emergency response and disaster relief personnel on working with disabled...   >> More
New Item Minnesota Psychological First Aid Training
The Minnesota Department of Health adapted the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder's Psychological First Aid (PFA) course into a brief training for emergency responders....   >> More
New Item Ready in 3 for Individuals on Dialysis (MO)
Ready in 3 for Individuals on Dialysis is part of the overall Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Ready in 3 emergency preparedness project. This area of the site is...   >> More
New Item Kansas Vulnerable Populations Outreach
A Special Needs Populations Assessment Toolkit represents part of a pandemic influenza mapping and outreach project conducted by the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments. The...   >> More
New Item Emergency Preparedness Guide for Dialysis Patients (Region: NJ, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands)
The Emergency Preparedness Guide offers helpful emergency preparedness recommendations for individuals who require ongoing dialysis. Specifically, the guide discusses how to function...   >> More
New Item Light Our Way (National)
Light Our Way provides spiritual health tools to assist disaster relief workers while they are performing and recovering from their response efforts. The document is noteworthy,...   >> More
New Item Red Cross Preparedness and Resiliency materials (National)
The Preparedness and Resiliency materials from the American Red Cross address the mental well-being of adults and children following a disaster. The document on coping strategies for...   >> More
New Item Home Care Guide: Providing Care at Home During Pandemic Flu (CA)
The Home Care Guide provides the public with extensive descriptions of how to care for family members at home during a pandemic. It is an excellent guidance, both comprehensive and...   >> More
New Item Influenza Care Centers (ICC) (CA)
Santa Clara County has developed the concept of Influenza Care Centers (ICCs) as part of its Pandemic Influenza Plan. The proposal includes development of several ICC levels designed...   >> More
New Item Parenting Tips for Helping Infants and Toddlers after Disasters (National)
The parenting tips included in this document reflect the current national standards for psychological first aid training. The document presents a nicely organized matrix useful for...   >> More
New Item Pandemic planning guide for homeless shelters (WA)
The guide for homeless shelters and housing service providers presents a basic, pragmatic, and concise approach to addressing the needs of a vulnerable and often forgotten segment of...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Flu and You: Information to Help You Prepare (OR)
Pandemic Flu and You is a comprehensive and well-organized web site that provides public education on pandemic influenza. The information emphasizes personal preparedness and the...   >> More
New Item Tips for first responders for people with special needs (NM)
A small pocket guide provides guidance on how first responders should approach caring for people with special needs during an emergency. The content may serve as a quick reference for...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning: Health and Social Service Planning for Wales
Wales' report contains useful algorithms and protocols for health care workers who will be performing initial triage during a pandemic. Flow charts of care pathways move toward...   >> More
New Item Neighbor to Neighbor Network (MO)
The Neighbor to Neighbor Network is a local, grassroots project that designates community hierarchies to establish communication about vulnerabilities between neighbors and offer...   >> More
New Item Pandemic Influenza Planning Kit for Schools (GA)
The Planning Kit for Schools has the potential to increase pandemic influenza awareness, assist schools in maintaining continuity of education, and serve as a resource for the greater...   >> More
New Item Churches, ARC, Volunteer Neighborhood Network (MS)
The brief, local American Red Cross plan involves a concept of operations to develop neighborhood support networks with local fire departments and churches during a pandemic. The...   >> More

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