PostDisaster Health Outcomes CDR Jonathan White PhD LCSWC Administration for Children amp Families Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response Superstorm Sandy 2012 ID: 266437
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Disaster Human Services & Post-Disaster Health Outcomes
CDR Jonathan White, Ph.D., LCSW-C
Administration for Children & Families
Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and ResponseSlide2
Superstorm
Sandy (2012).
Photo: ACF.Slide3
Administration for Children & FamiliesA division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesPromotes the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities
Administers more than 60 programs, budget of $51 billion
www.acf.hhs.govSlide4
Child CareChild Support ServicesChild Welfare & Foster CareCommunity Services Block GrantFamily Violence Prevention &
Services
Head Start
Immediate Disaster Case
Management
Low Income Home Energy Assistance
ProgramRefugee ResettlementRunaway & Homeless YouthSocial Services Block GrantTemporary Assistance for Needy FamiliesTransitioning Foster YouthUnaccompanied Alien Children Services
ACF Equities in DisastersSlide5
ACF Emergency ActivitiesThe Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR) provides leadership in human services preparedness, response, and recovery, promoting resilience of individuals, families, and communities prior to, during, and after nationally declared disasters and public health emergencies.
Partnership between ACF Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR) and the 10 ACF Regional Administrators’ offices.
In each ACF Regional Administrator’s office, there is a Regional Emergency Management Specialist (REMS).Slide6
Human Services in DisasterSlide7
ACF Operations RolesSlide8
Drivers of Disaster Human Services NeedsSlide9
Key Health-Related Social Services/ Human Services ProgramsSlide10
Mechanisms for Health Outcomes
Program Type
Injury Risk
Health Access
Stress-Related
Economic Determinant
Behavioral HealthEnviron-mentalDevelop-mentalEconomic Security
Yes
Yes
Yes
Child
Support
Yes
Yes
Early
Childhood
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Family Violence
Yes
Yes
Yes
Child Welfare
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nutrition
Yes
Yes
Yes
Energy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Aging
Svcs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Vulnerable
Pop
Svcs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
YesSlide11
Key Lessons LearnedThe client populations served in “steady state” by human services/social services systems are also key “at risk” populations for adverse health outcomes post-disasterSlide12
Key Lessons LearnedSignificant gaps remain in interoperability of human services/social services with emergency management and public health at all levelsSlide13
Key Lessons LearnedChild care has particular challenges in recoverySlide14
ResponseHHS provides situational awareness on impacts to human services and early childhood programsACF provides LNO and SME support to the Federal interagency on HHS human services as described in the HHS Disaster Human Services CONOPS (2014)Slide15
Short-Term RecoveryConvene (or leverage existing) Children and Youth Task ForceChildren and Youth Task Force in Disasters: Guidelines for Development
www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ohsepr/childrens_task_force_development_web.pdf
Assess child care impacts and convene Child Care Recovery Group under Children & Youth Task Force if required (to include Lead CCDF agency, Child Care Resource & Referral agency,
ACF
, Save The Children
, FEMA,
and providers)Slide16
Intermediate Term RecoveryEstablish linkages between behavioral health and early childhood programs
Promote awareness of the National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-7233
www.thehotline.org
800-787-3224 (TTY)Slide17
Long-Term RecoverySupport effective and coordinated systems of Disaster Case Management by the Federal government, VOADs, State government, or others
Leverage recovery experiences under the H&SS NDRF to build greater capacity and interoperability for human services preparedness for future eventsSlide18
Questions?Slide19
CDR Jonathan WhiteDeputy DirectorOffice of Human Services Emergency Preparedness & Response
Administration for Children and Families
jonathan.white@acf.hhs.gov
(202) 690-6984