Resource Information for Councils

• EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
  
  
  • Working Conference on Emergency Preparedness -- Meeting Minutes   (Word) 
  • CDC -- Emergency Preparedness and Response
    
    • CDC COCA Teleconference (audio, slides and summary) Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication: Pandemic Influenza
• American Red Cross -- Preparedness Today:  What You Need To Do
  
  • Evacuation Planning for Persons with Disabilities and Caregivers
• Virginia: Coordinators Briefing (PowerPoint)
• Virginia: January 7 Quarterly Report (Word)
• Virginia: Governor's Executive Order
• Texas: Review of Emergency Preparedness Planning (PDF)
• Texas: Tips for First Responders
• Texas: List of Resources
• Ohio: Better Preparation Needed for Emergencies, January DD Quarterly Newsletter
• Ohio: "Be Prepared" kits to help individuals with functional needs be prepared for an emergency
• Ohio: Statewide Preparation for Pandemic Flu, Ohio Department of Health
• Summary of NACDD Teleconference on Emergency Preparedness
  
• Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Persons with Disabilities

This research, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, represents the most recent in-depth effort to understand how persons with disabilities prepared for, reacted to, and recovered from the devastating impact of the storm in portions of the Gulf Coast most affected. In addition, this work sought to understand the roles and relationships that Centers for Independent Living (CILs) played in all phases of the disaster, with a special emphasis on their relationship to the emergency management system

• Executive Summary (PDF)
• Final Report

• HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER RELIEF
  
  Links to Emergency Services
  Donations to help individuals with disabilities and their families in Louisiana can be sent to:

Families Helping Families
at the Crossroads of Louisiana,
2840 Military Hwy., Suite A
Pineville, LA 71360

• EMPLOYMENT

Sheltered Employment White Paper (Idaho)