Critical Issues - IAEM...Drew Bumbak, Chair IAEM-USA Children in Disasters Caucus #IAEM16 Critical...

Drew Bumbak, Chair IAEM-USA

Children in Disasters Caucus

#IAEM16

Critical Issues For Children in Disasters

How many children are separated from their parents on a routine workday?

69 Million

•  Highly vulnerable

•  Unique needs

•  23% of the U.S. population

Why focus on children in disasters?

•  59% of the dependent population

•  Inaccurately categorized

•  Preparedness gaps

Why focus on children in disasters?

11 years after Katrina

Only 21% of NCCD recommendations are complete.

Children’sNeedsHaveNotBeenaNa3onal

Priority

Therecordonchildren’sneedsatthestate&locallevelismixed

MeetsallSTCcriteriaDoesn’tmeetallSTCcriteria

•  What agency in your state oversees childcare organizations?

•  What agency in your state is responsible for children’s welfare?

•  Does your state mandate childcare facilities meet the Save The Children standards?

Reality Check

•  Do your plans address the needs of children?

•  Do you involve local child serving organizations in planning & preparedness?

•  Have you exercised your plan using children?

Reality Check

Objec3ves•  Explain the importance of children’s task forces in

effective disaster preparedness planning.

•  Develop effective reunification plans for individual jurisdictions.

•  Describe the challenges of protecting children in shelters (and the attendant controversies therein).

•  Identify 2 ways to better meet children’s disaster needs.

Cri3calIssue1:Children’sTaskForces

HowtheyworkWhytheyareneeded

Mul$-disciplinarycollabora$onsfocusedsolelyonchildren’sdisasterneeds

WhatareChildren’sTaskForces?

Whatdotheydo?

Drivecoordina$ononchildren’sissues

WhyHaveaTaskForce?

Becausetheywork

Where?

•  Joplin,MO(2011)•  HurricaneSandy(NJ&NY,2012)•  HurricaneIsaac(LA,2012)

Howarewedoing?

AsofJuly2016,only5stateshavededicatedChildren’sDisastersTaskForces

DedicatedChildren’sDisastersTaskForces

Ac3veTFDeveloping/ConsideringTFInac3veTFNodedicatedTF

HowtostartaTaskForce?

•  Useprovidedresources•  Reachout• Worktogether

Resources

•  Templates• WhitePaper

•  Contacts•  BestPrac$ces

Cri3calIssue2:Reunifica3on

Bringingthembacktogether.QuicklyandSafely.

Separa$onfromparents

MoreacuteinWeekday&

CatastrophicDisasters

WHY?

childrenseparatedfromparents

What’sdifferentaboutweekdays?

5,192childrenseparatedinKatrina

Whycatastrophicdisasters?

Whataboutweekdaycatastrophicdisasters?

Reunifica$onProblems

•  Noreunifica$onplans•  Untestedplans

Reunifica$onProblems

•  Tracking•  Cri$calmissing•  Largedistances

•  Differentsystems•  Lackofinforma$on• Mul$plereports

Reunifica$onProblems

Reunifica$onSolu$ons

Reunifica$onSolu$ons

Children'sDisasterReunifica$onPlanPilotProgram

Reunifica$onSolu$ons

Reunifica$onSolu$ons

•  Plan•  Exerciseyourplan

Cri3calIssue3:Protec3ngChildreninShelters

Keepingthemsafeintheworstof3mes.

Disastersincreasevulnerabilitytosex

offenders&traffickers

Why?

Protec$ngChildreninShelters

Theyareevenmorevulnerableinshelters

Why?

Protec$ngChildreninShelters

•  Numberofpeople•  Fromeverywhere•  Rela$vechaos•  Parentaldistrac$on

ProblemsProtec$ngThem

•  Nona$onalstandard•  Differentapproaches•  Nocaselaw•  Conflic$ngrights

Solu$ons

•  NCCDrecommenda$ons•  Commonstandard•  Unifiedapproach•  Educate•  Avoidcrea$ngcaselaw•  Protecteveryone

Cri3calIssue4:Mee3ngChildren’sDisasterNeedsBeVer

Livinguptoourobliga3ontothem.

Meetchildren’sdisasterneedsbeaer

•  Address&implementtheNCCDrecommenda$ons•  MeettheSTCNa$onalReportCardCriteria

Meetchildren’sdisasterneedsbeaer

•  Workatthelocalandstatelevel•  Address“lowhangingfruit”

Meetchildren’sdisasterneedsbeaer

•  Buildonother’swork•  FEMA•  OtherEMs(local&states)•  IAEMChildreninDisastersCaucus

Ques$ons

Contact

DrewBumbakdbumbak@yahoo.com571-329-2084IAEMChildreninDisastersCaucushVp://www.iaem.com/page.cfm?p=groups/us-caucuses/children-in-disasters&lvl=2

BACKUPSLIDES(HIDDEN)

•  Between2004and2012,~0.08%ofFederalpreparednessgrantmoneywenttochildren’sneeds

•  Outof$16.7B,only$13.2Mdedicatedtochildren’sneeds

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Ifthetotalwasjust$100…

Just8centsforchildren’sneeds

Children’sNeedshavenotbeenaNa3onalPriority