Emergency Preparedness and Response Resources for CCDF Grantees

Disasters not only can create a greater need for child care assistance, but also can substantially impact the child care provider community causing damage and destruction of child care centers and family child care homes. These are significant challenges for States and localities struggling to provide services to families and rebuild critical infrastructure in their communities after a disaster. OCC is committed to providing technical assistance to help our grantees become better prepared to meet these challenges and to support the continuity of early care and education services after a disaster.

• ACF and FEMA Joint Letter to State Governors – Make child care a priority in statewide emergency preparedness planning (NEW)
• Information Memoradum, CCDF-ACF-IM-2011-01, Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning for Child Care; CCDF Plan; Pre-Print
• FEMA Guidance: Reimbursement of Child Care Services During Federally Declared Disasters and Emergencies (Information Memorandum CCDF-ACF-IM-2010-01)
• Flexibility to Use CCDF Funds in Response to a Disaster (ACYF-IM-CC-05-03)
• CCDF Plan Pre-Print (2.1.2)
• Office of Child Care Past Response Efforts