Integrating Equity and Human Services Principles in Emergency Response

Publication Date: April 24, 2023
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What is this Training About?

Advancing equitable disaster operations by equipping human services providers and emergency responders with the principles of disaster equity and disaster human services and providing examples of their application in disaster case management operations.

This seminar, originally provided to federal, state, tribal, territorial, and nongovernmental human services providers and emergency responders in September 2022, is comprised of three modules: 

  1. Disaster Equity (timestamp 12:00): Learn how to identify and mitigate disparities in disaster survivors’ recovery by providing services that are accessible, community-specific, and culturally tailored. 
  2. Disaster Human Services (timestamp 35:15): Learn how to incorporate the four dimensions of OHSEPR’s definition of disaster human services across preparedness, response, and recovery planning and operations. 
  3. Disaster Human Services Case Management (timestamp 50:38): Learn how to apply trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches to ensure that disaster case management operations are human-centered rather than centered on program eligibility. 

Length: 90 minutes 

What is Disaster Equity?

Disaster equity is the provision of community-specific services and resources for disaster survivors that are accessible, and culturally and linguistically tailored to mitigate disparities in health and well-being and support resilience.

OHSEPR is committed to advancing equity in disaster response so the most vulnerable receive appropriate and comprehensive human services. This recorded webinar on disaster human services to support ACF’s Strategic Goal 4, “Support communities and families to respond to acute needs and facilitate recovery from a range of crises and emergency situations.”  

Disaster Human Services: Integrating Equity and Human Services Principles in Emergency Response

Audience Reactions

“This was a great session. There was so much helpful information that I'll use in my work !” — Non-profit leader

“Such an important topic that is not understood at the local level.” — Local state government official

“I am going to apply this in our training so that all our volunteers will know of these services and can share while we are working with a survivor on the ground.” — Faith-based disaster response coordinator

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Didn't find your question or want to provide comments? Write us at OHSEPR@acf.hhs.gov

Want to learn more? Read the OHSEPR Disaster Equity Plan Statement and visit the the OHSEPR Disaster Human Services web page