H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Information for Parents and Caregivers

Information for Professionals Working to Promote Readiness in Child Care Programs
The American Academy of Pediatrics offers a variety of resources for early education and child care providers, child care health consultants, pediatricians, and others working to strengthen disaster preparedness in child care programs.

National Association for Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
NACCRRA offers several Web pages on children and disasters, along with the following key resources:

	A Disaster-Planning Guide for Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
	A Training Program for Child Care Centers
	A Training Program for Family Child Care Providers
	Ask Your Child Care Program: What's the Plan
	Emergency Planning Forms (template forms and checklists)
	Helping Families and Children Cope With Traumatic Events
	Nurturing Children After Natural Disasters

National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) Child Care Resources for Disasters and Emergencies
NCCIC offers a variety of resources for disasters and emergencies. Key resources include:

	Emergency Preparedness Resources for Child Care Programs
	State Resources

California Childcare Health Program (CCHP)
The CCHP provides the following "Health and Safety Notes" handouts:

	Emergency/Disaster Preparedness for the Child Care Setting
	Preparing for Pandemic Flu in Child Care Programs

University of California Los Angeles, Center for Public Health and Disasters (UCLA CPHD)
The UCLA CPHD provides the following resources:

	Head Start Disaster Preparedness Workbook - This comprehensive resource was developed for Head Start Programs; it is available online at no cost but registration for a password is required.
	Hazard Risk Assessment Instrument (new resource from UCLA)

Healthy Childcare Consultants, Inc
Key resources from the Healthy Childcare Consultants, Inc include:

	Training Modules (Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Situations) - A cost applies; preview documents and pre- and post-test materials are available for free online.
	Sample Forms

Healthy Child Care America
Healthy Child Care America is a comprehensive AAP Web site that provides early education and child care information to health care professionals, child care professionals, and families.

Family Home Child Care Crisis/Disaster Response Handbook
This handbook includes a sample plan with procedures, checklists, and information that family child care programs can use to prepare, practice, and respond to a disaster. (Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management/Snohomish Health District Child Care Health Program, 2007.)

The Recovery Divide: Poverty and the Widening Gap among Mississippi Children and Families Affected by Hurricane Katrina
This 37-page report of the Mississippi Child and Family Health Study is
based on an August 2006 household survey of displaced and impacted families living in Mississippi. (Columbia University and the Children's Health Fund, 2007.)

The First Year: Child Care Restoration in Mississippi's Katrina Region
A 20-page report of the ongoing efforts to restore child care programs in Mississippi during the year after Hurricane Katrina. (Mississippi State University Early Childhood Initiative, Report Number 3, 2006.)

The Early Childhood Atlas
A series of Web pages with tools, information, and custom location maps of child care facilities for first responders to use in 12 states that are at high risk for hurricanes and earthquakes: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. (A project of the Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute and the Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems at the University of Missouri, 2004-2008.)