DISASTER RELIEF: ORGANIZATIONS, SPEED AND EFFICIENCY OF RESPONSE AND ROLES -- DISASTER RELIEF: ORGANIZATIONS, SPEED AND EFFICIENCY OF RESPONSE AND ROLES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (OL) IN EMERGENCY RISK COMMUNICATION: COMPARING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSES IN TWO PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Emergency Risk Communication in Public Health -- Organizational Learning (OL): Definition and Categorization -- Models of OL Process -- Barriers to OL in Crisis -- METHODOLOGY -- 1. The Two Public Health Emergencies -- 2. Data Collection -- 3. Research Design and Data Coding -- FINDINGS -- 1. Actions Taken in the crises -- Pre-Crisis phase -- During crisis -- Post-Crisis phase -- 2. Nature and Process of OL -- Pre-crisis OL -- During-crisis OL -- Post-crisis OL -- DISCUSSIONS AND LIMITATIONS -- APPENDIX I. PRE-CRISIS ACTIONS BEFORE 2003 SARS CRISIS AND 2008 BABY FORMULA CRISIS -- APPENDIX II. -- REFERENCES -- CHILDREN IN DISASTER RELIEF: A REVIEW OF BEST PRACTICES -- ABSTRACT -- RATIONALE FOR ACCOMMODATING CHILDREN -- Uniquely Vulnerable -- Short-Term Consequences -- Long-Term Consequences -- Child-Focused Interventions -- GUIDING PRINCIPLES -- BEST PRACTICES -- Policies and Procedures -- Agency collaboration -- Safety and Security -- Designated Space -- Psychosocial Interventions -- Immediate Impact Phase -- Psychological First Aid (PFA) -- Fact sheets, brochures, and websites -- Short-Term Recovery Phase -- Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) -- School-based Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (SB-CBT). -- Community-based ―stress and coping interventions -- Long-Term Recovery -- Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy (TF-CBT) -- Trauma-Focused Play Therapy (TF-PT) -- Multi-Modality Trauma Treatment (MMTT) -- Grief and Trauma Intervention (GTI).

Brief Trauma/Grief-Focused Psychotherapy (BTGFP) -- School-based Psychosocial Intervention (SBPI) -- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND DISASTERS STANDARDS AND INDICATORS FOR DISASTER SHELTER CARE FOR CHILDREN -- Purpose -- Standards and Indicators for all Shelters -- Standards and Indicators for Temporary Respite Care for Children -- REFERENCES -- THE 2009 INFLUENZA PANDEMIC: U.S. RESPONSES TO GLOBAL HUMAN CASES -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON H1N1 -- Brief Timeline of the Global Spread of H1N1 -- Available Treatments and Vaccines to H1N1 -- GLOBAL RESPONSES TO H1N1 -- U.S. INTERNATIONAL PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND RESPONSES TO H1N1 -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- The U.S. Agency for International Development -- U.S. Assistance for International Pandemic Preparedness Efforts: FY2005-FY2010 -- CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- Pandemic Influenza Phases -- Capacity to Detect H1N1 -- Capacity of Developing Countries to Develop, Procure, and Distribute Antivirals and Vaccines -- Possible Co-occurrence with H5N1 Avian Flu -- APPENDIX. HUMAN H1N1 CASES AS OF JUNE 22, 2009 -- AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE -- SUMMARY -- MAJOR USDA DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS -- Federal Crop Insurance -- Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) -- Emergency Disaster Loans -- Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) -- Other 2008 Farm Bill Disaster Programs -- EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FARM DISASTER ASSISTANCE -- 2005-2007 Supplemental Assistance -- Crop loss assistance -- Livestock assistance -- Conservation -- 2008 Supplemental Assistance -- AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009 -- POTENTIAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR 2009-CROP LOSSES -- DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING AND EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS -- SUMMARY.

DISASTER RELIEF FUND -- PAST AND PRESENT AUTHORITIES RELATED TO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND -- Public Laws Influencing the Administration of Disaster Relief -- The Federal Disaster Relief Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-875) -- Disaster Relief Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-769) -- Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-288) -- The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (p.l. 100- 707) -- Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 -- HOW THE DRF IS FUNDED -- THE DEBATE OVER EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS -- EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS: FY1989 - FY200834 -- Recent Emergency Supplemental Appropriations -- Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma -- Measures enacted in fy2005 -- Measures enacted in FY2006 -- Measures enacted in FY2007 -- Measures enacted in FY2008 -- Summary of Recent Emergency Supplemental Appropriations -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Authorizing the DRF -- Restructuring Budgetary Procedures -- Additional Approaches for Funding Federal Disaster Relief -- Oversight on Reporting -- CONCLUDING POLICY QUESTIONS -- FEDERAL DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAMS: BRIEF SUMMARIES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- PROGRAM SELECTION CRITERIA -- FEDERAL DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAMS -- Assistance for Individuals and Families -- Individuals and households program -- Disaster unemployment assistance -- Dislocated worker activities -- Public safety officers' benefits program -- Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance Program -- Physical Disaster Loans-Residential -- Cora Brown Fund -- Assistance for Victims of Crime -- Crisis Counseling -- Disaster Legal Services -- Tax Relief -- Assistance for State, Territorial, and Local Governments -- Public Assistance Grants -- Hazard Mitigation Grants -- Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants -- Community Disaster Loans.

Reimbursement for Firefighting on Federal Property -- Fire Management Assistance Grant Program -- Assistance for Small Businesses & Nonprofit Organizations -- Economic Injury Disaster Loans -- Physical Disaster Loans-Businesses -- Emergency Loans for Farms -- Public Assistance Grants -- General Assistance Programs -- OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION -- Selected CRS Reports Disaster Assistance -- Disaster Assistance to Individuals, Families, and Businesses -- Federal Agency Websites -- FEMA Website -- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FEDERAL STAFFORD ACT DISASTER ASSISTANCE: PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATIONS, ELIGIBLE CTIVITIES, AND FUNDING -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW OF THE STAFFORD ACT -- The 1974 Disaster Relief Act, as Amended -- The 2006 Amendments -- Action in the 111th congress -- Enacted legislation -- OVERVIEW OF STAFFORD ACT DECLARATIONS -- Prior to a Disaster -- After a Catastrophe Occurs -- Major disaster declarations -- Emergency declarations -- TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY -- Major Disaster Assistance -- Emergency Declaration Assistance -- FUNDING CAPS AND COST SHARES -- HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE -- Section 404 Hazard Mitigation Grants -- Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants -- DISASTER RELIEF FUND -- Mission Assignments -- ISSUES FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS -- Expanding Eligibility -- Private utilities after the 1998 Ice Storms -- Private utilities after the 2001 terrorist attacks -- Private health system after 2001 tropical storm allison -- Policy options -- Reducing Federal Expenditures -- Criteria for assistance -- Declarations -- Individual and family eligibility -- Appeal Process -- Impact of panel decisions on funding -- Summary of issues on appeals process -- THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND DISASTERS: OVERVIEW AND ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND DISASTERS.

Why the Commission Was Established -- Composition of the Commission -- Duties of the Commission -- Commission Subcommittees -- Funding -- Commission Activities -- Preliminary Recommendations -- Disaster management and recovery -- Analysis of recommendations -- Mental Health -- Analysis of recommendations -- Child Physical Health and Trauma -- Analysis of recommendations -- Emergency medical services and pediatric transport -- Analysis of recommendation -- Disaster Case Management -- Analysis of recommendation -- Child Care -- Analysis of recommendations -- Elementary and secondary education -- Analysis of recommendations -- Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice -- Analysis of recommendations -- Sheltering Standards, Services and Supplies -- Analysis of recommendation -- Housing -- Analysis of recommendation -- Evacuation -- Analysis of recommendation -- OTHER ISSUES -- The Role of Federal Agencies: The Dilemma of Definitions in Disaster Funding -- Disaster recovery -- Disaster case management -- Transitioning Disaster Assistance Coordination to the States -- Federal Grants-in-Aid Eligibility -- 111TH CONGRESS LEGISLATION -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- THE NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK: OVERVIEW AND POSSIBLE ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- AUTHORITIES ESTABLISHING AND INFLUENCING THE NRF -- Pre-Hurricane Katrina -- Post-Hurricane Katrina -- OVERVIEW OF THE NRF -- General Approach -- Components of the NRF Document -- Reasons for Replacing the NRP -- Difficulty in understanding the NRP -- National versus Federal Focus -- Confusion concerning the FCO and the PFO -- Reports on Progress Made since Hurricane Katrina -- POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Lack of Operational Plans and Annex Updates -- Integrating Nonfederal Stakeholders in National Planning -- Children and Disasters -- The NRF as a Living Document -- Reporting Requirements and Metrics.

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