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State Emergency Preparedneses Plans for Early Childhood Programs
The following is a sample of State emergency preparedness plans for child care facilities. The sample does not include all State plans, but is meant to represent a range of approaches States have taken to develop/implement emergency preparedness planning. The National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) does not endorse any practice, organization, publication, or resource.
States
California
- Disaster Planning: Self-Assessment Guide for Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes, by the Community Care Licensing Division, California Department of Social Services, is available at
http://ccld.ca.gov/Res%5Cpdf%5CDisasterGuideforHomesCenters.pdf.
Illinois
- Emergency Preparedness Planning Guide, by Illinois Emergency Management Services for Children, is available at
www.chtc.org/dl/handouts/20061114/20061114-2.pdf.
Iowa
- Emergency Response Planning Guide for Iowa Child Care, by Healthy Child Care Iowa, is available at
www.idph.state.ia.us/hcci/common/pdf/emergency_planning_guide.pdf.
Louisiana
- Louisiana Model Daycare Emergency Plan, by Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, is available at
www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/plans/modeldaycareemergpln.htm.
Maine
- Y.I.K.E.S. Your Inventory for Keeping Everyone Safe: Planning Guide for Emergency Response Planning in Child Care, by the Maine Office of Child Care and Head Start, Department of Health and Human Services, is available at
http://mainegov-images.informe.org/dhhs/ocfs/ec/occhs/yikesplanning.pdf.
Massachusetts
- Child Care Emergency Management Plan, by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Child Care Services, is available at www.eec.state.ma.us/docs/TAEmergencyPlanningGCCSACC.pdf.
- The Massachusetts Department of Early Learning and Care has developed a brief guide to assist family child care providers in meeting the requirements for a written emergency procedures plan. Family Child Care Technical Assistance: Emergency Preparedness is available at www.eec.state.ma.us/docs/TAEmergencyPlanning.pdf.
North Carolina
- The Emergency Preparedness Web page for providers, available on the North Carolina Division of Child Development Web site at http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/providers/pv_emergency.asp, provides an extensive listing of resources, including the following:
- Emergency Plan Template for Child Care Providers, http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/pdf_forms/
evacuation_childcare_providers.pdf; - Emergency Preparedness Tips for Child Care Providers ,http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/pdf_forms/emrtips.pdf; and
- Security Awareness Tips for Child Care Providers, http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/pdf_forms/sectips.pdf.
- Emergency Plan Template for Child Care Providers, http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/pdf_forms/
Pennsylvania
- Day Care Planning Toolkit, by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, includes a three-part plan (i.e., a basic plan, checklists, and supporting documents), a PowerPoint presentation to use for introducing the planning process, and a Daycare Facilities Planning Guide. This resource is available at www.pema.state.pa.us/pema/cwp/view.asp?A=566&Q=254999.
Vermont
- Emergency Response Planning Guide for Child Care, by the Child Development Division and Healthy Child Care Vermont, is available at www.dcf.state.vt.us/sites/dcf/files/pdf/cdd/care/EmergencyResponse.pdf.
Virginia
- It Pays to Prepare! An Emergency Preparedness Guide for Child Care Providers, by the Virginia Department of Health, Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Healthy Child Care Virginia, is available at
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/RESOURCES/VAEmergencyPreparBro.pdf.
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