Emergency Preparedness Resources

Links to Healthy Child Care Iowa Forms:

Child Care Weather Watch Form

First Aid Checklist

Other Resources:

Emergency Preparedness resources to create a family communication plan - be sure to share this link with families in your program!

Reunifying children with their families:

• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reunification system is a 24-hour hotline. 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)/TTY 1-800-826-7653 or www.missingkids.org
• The Unaccompanied Minors Registry (UMR) is a tool for reporting children who have been separated from their parents or legal guardians as a result of a disaster - http://www.missingkids.org/ourwork/disasters
• The National Emergency Child Locator Center (NECLC) is activated immediately after a Presidentially-declared disaster. 1-866-908-9572 or https://egateway.fema.gov/inter/nefrls/home.htm

General Emergency Preparedness:

• American Red Cross - www.redcross.org/prepare/disaster-safety-library
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - www.fema.gov
  • Help After a Disaster
• Iowa Community Action Association (ICAA) - https://iowacommunityaction.org/get-help/programs/
• Iowa County Emergency Management Coordinators - https://homelandsecurity.iowa.gov/county-EM/
• Iowa Emergency Management Association - https://www.homelandsecurity.iowa.gov/
• Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management ALERT System - https://homelandsecurity.iowa.gov/programs/alert-iowa/
• Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Public Assistance - https://homelandsecurity.iowa.gov/disasters/public-assistance/
• Iowa State University Extension & Outreach www.extension.iastate.edu/disasterrecovery/
• Meet the Helpers - Public Media initiative to introduce children to community helpers and practice Emergency Preparedness
• National Weather Service - https://www.weather.gov/
• Ready Iowa Website - https://www.beready.iowa.gov/
• Safeguard Iowa Partnership - http://www.safeguardiowa.org/
• Sesame Street - Emergency Preparation

Child Care:

• Child Care Aware - http://childcareaware.org/providers/planning-for-success/developing-your-policies-and-procedures/
• Child Care Aware - Making a Business Continuity Plan for Child Care
• Child Care Resource and Referral - https://iowaccrr.org/
• Department of Health and Human Services - http://hhs.iowa.gov
• Healthy Child Care Iowa - https://hhs.iowa.gov/hcci

Business:

• Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Small Business Administration - http://www.sba.gov/prepare
• Preparedness Planning for Your Business, Ready.gov - http://ready.gov/business
• Ready Rating Resource Center offers forms and materials to help in emergency planning - http://www.readyrating.org/Resource-Center/agenttype/viewtype/resourcetypeid/2/type1/plan
• U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) - https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance

Trauma and Emotional Support:

• Camp Noah - Program to help children process their disaster or trauma experience
• Child Care Aware of America - Vroom: Let's Talk About Feelings
• Child Life Disaster Relief - Multiple resources on helping children cope with grief
• Eluna Network - Childhood Grief
• Every Step Care and Support Services - Amanda the Panda
• Hamilton's Funeral & AfterLife Services Academy of Grief and Loss - Children and grief printable resources
• National Association for the Education of Young Children - Coping with Disasters, Violence, and Tragedies
• National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness - Helping Your Child Cope After a Disaster
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network - Helping childhood trauma from disasters
• National Child Traumatic Stress Network - Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Disasters: A Fact Sheet for Parents
• National Mental Health Information Center - Multiple resources for families and children
• Psychological First Aid - Parent Tips for Helping Infants and Toddlers after Disasters
• Sesame Street in Communities - Helping Kids Grieve
• Sesame Street Workshop - Offering Comfort in Scary Times
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - Tips for Talking With and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event: A Guide for Parents, Caregivers, and Teachers
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Read for Resilience
• Zero to Three - Trauma and Stress Resources

Join CCR&R Emergency Preparedness Text Communication

Our Emergency Preparedness team has created a series of reminders and tips to help your child care program. When signing up, you will receive one or two texts a month to review planning requirements and a reminder to run drills.

Preparing Now to Protect Later