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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

From Hurricane Katrina to Paradise Wildfires: Exploring Themes in Disaster Human Services:
A Workshop Series

July 22–23, 2020

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

  • Understand the critical child infrastructure (i.e., the existing systems and networks of human and social services that serve children and youth) and how it functions (i.e., how services are delivered) before, during, and after a major federally declared natural or environmental disaster
  • Understand the impact of disasters on children and youth that benefit from human and social services providers
  • Understand the current gaps and future opportunities for supporting the coordinated delivery during and the restoration of services following a major federally declared natural disaster
  • Explore potential matrices for evaluating response and recovery efforts related to human and social services
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Day 1, July 22, 2020

10:00 AM Chairs’ Welcome

Aim: Orient participants to the space and the workshop

Roberta Lavin

Professor, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico

Workshop Planning Committee Chair

10:05 AM Sponsor’s Charge

Aims:

  • Present rationale for the workshop
  • Review the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF’s) goals during and after disasters

Presenters:

Scott M. Lekan

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

ACF, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Natalie Grant

Director, Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and

Response

ACF, HHS

10:30 AM Panel I: Critical Child Infrastructure

Aims:

  • Review existing systems and networks of social and human services that serve children and how they are delivered before a major federally declared disaster
  • Identify flaws and gaps in steady states that are only more harmful when disaster strikes

Moderator:

Tarah Somers

Regional Director, Region 1

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Discussants:

Josephine Bias-Robinson

Board Member

Life Pieces to Masterpieces

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Deborah Bergeron

Director, Office of Head Start and Early Childhood Development

ACF, HHS

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM Panel II: Impact of Disasters on Critical Child Infrastructure

Aims:

  • How are the systems/networks of social and human services that serve children and youth affected during and after a major federally declared natural or environmental disaster?
  • How are the services delivered during and after a disaster?

Moderator:

Robert Amler

Dean and Professor of Public Health

New York Medical College

Discussants:

Trevor Riggen

Senior Vice President, Disaster Cycle Services

American Red Cross

Lauralee Koziol

National Advisor on Children and Disasters

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of

Homeland Security

David Markenson

Director and Medical Director

Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and

Disasters, New York Medical College

Shannon Christian

Director, Office of Child Care

ACF, HHS

Madeline Sullivan

Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, Department of Education

12:30 PM Lunch Break

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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1:00 PM Case Studies—Impact of Disasters of Specific Populations

Aims:

  • Highlight the experiences/needs of children/youth with issues brought on by or exacerbated by disasters
  • Highlight provider/service challenges/best practices for specific subpopulations of children, youth, and families

Moderator:

Joelle Simpson

Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness

Children’s National Health System

Discussants:

Scott Needle

Chief Medical Officer

Elica Health Center

Tara Powell

Associate Professor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Merritt D. Schreiber

Department of Pediatrics

Lundquist Institute

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

Alice Fothergill

Professor of Sociology

The University of Vermont

Impact of Disasters on Parents and Guardians

Moderator:

Heather Beal

Founder and President

BLOCKS Inc.

Discussants:

Holly Nett

Director, Child Care Emergency Partnerships

Child Care Aware of America

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Jonathan Sury

Project Director

National Center for Disaster Preparedness

Columbia University

C. J. Huff

Educator and Child Advocate

Impact of Disasters on Children with Complex or Special Needs

Moderator:

Ann-Marie Sabrsula

Education Coordinator

The Arc Westchester Children’s School for Early Development

Discussants:

Laura Stough

Associate Professor

Assistant Director of the Center on Disability and Development

Texas A&M University

Carmen Sanchez

Education Program Specialist

Department of Education

Kate Moran

Education Program Specialist

Department of Education

Impact of Disasters on Unaccompanied Minors

Moderator:

Roberta Lavin

Professor, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico

Workshop Planning Committee Chair

Discussants:

Jeff Daniels

Program Manager, Runaway and Homeless Youth

ACF, HHS

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Patricia Frost

Vice Chair

National Pediatric Disaster Coalition

Leanne McCallum

Task Force Coordinator

Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force

Joy E. Paluska

Program Manager in Disaster Preparedness and Response Program

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

2:25 PM Break

2:30 PM Keynote: Exposure Outliers: Children Coming of Age in an Age of Environmental Extremes

Aims:

  • Describe the effects of childhood exposure to three or more major community disruptions
  • Explain why we should mobilize as a community to prevent disasters

Lori Peek

Professor, Department of Sociology

Director, Natural Hazards Center

University of Colorado Boulder

2:55 PM Chair’s Reflections and Preview of Day 2

Roberta Lavin

Professor, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico

Workshop Planning Committee Chair

3:00 PM ADJOURN

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Day 2, July 23, 2020

12:15 PM Welcome and Recap of Day One

Aims:

  • Orient participants to the workshop and the technology
  • Recap Day 1

Roberta Lavin

Professor, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico

Workshop Planning Committee Chair

12:45 PM Panel III: Exploring the Gaps in Evidence

Aim: Deep dive into gaps in evidence

Moderator:

Heather Beal

Founder and President

BLOCKS Inc.

Discussants:

Lori Peek

Professor, Department of Sociology

Director, Natural Hazards Center

University of Colorado Boulder

Amanda Rivera

Executive Director

Youth Development Institute of Puerto Rico

David Schonfeld

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Irwin Redlener

Clinical Professor

Earth Institute, Columbia University

1:45 PM Break

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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1:55 PM Planning Committee Reflections and Closing

Aims:

  • Understand the current gaps and future opportunities for supporting the coordinated delivery during, and the restoration of services following, a major federally declared natural disaster
  • Explore potential matrices for evaluating response and recovery efforts related to social and human services

Moderator:

Roberta Lavin

Professor, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico Workshop Planning Committee Chair

Speakers:

Sherlita Amler

Commissioner

Westchester County, New York, Department of Health

Joelle Simpson

Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness

Children’s National Health System

Heather Beal

Founder and President

BLOCKS Inc.

Tarah Somers

Regional Director, Region 1

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

2:40 PM ADJOURN

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26158.
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To explore issues related to the effects of disasters on children and youth and lessons learned from experiences during previous disasters, the virtual workshop From Hurricane Katrina to Paradise Wildfires, Exploring Themes in Disaster Human Services was convened on July 22 and 23, 2020, by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The workshop was designed to focus on families engaged with federal, state or local supportive programs prior to disasters. Additional areas of focus were the coordination of disaster response efforts and the transition to reestablishing routine service delivery programs post-disaster by human services, social services, and public health agencies at the state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. The workshop was also intended to provide a platform for highlighting promising practices, ongoing challenges, and potential opportunities for coordinated delivery and restoration of social and human services programs. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.

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