Disaster Planning & Response

Role of CCR&Rs

CCR&Rs can serve as the 'centralized system' for addressing young children and child care issues for emergency planning and response by:

Helping families know how to work with their child care providers on disaster preparedness, and how to ready their own households for a possible emergency.
Building awareness of the need for all child care providers - family child care, non-regulated, in-home or center-based - to have plans in place to handle emergencies, such as what happened on 9/11. Providing resources for child care providers to develop disaster plans.
Facilitating or participating in planning for how needed community services for young children and their families (health, child care, temporary shelter, etc) will be delivered in the event of a disaster.
Working with the media, local business, and other service organizations to develop information on special considerations for working with young children in emergency situations.