Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) National Network Learning Session: The Disaster Response Efforts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

07/21/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 29-minute webinar discusses the disaster-related responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), drawing upon examples from CRCL's experiences during 2017 and prior disasters. Speakers describe CRCL's collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal civil rights partners to provide proactive guidance, address emerging issues, and engage members of the disability community.

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) National Network Learning Session: Smart911 Program Outcomes During the Missoula 2017 Wildfire Season; Lessons from a Whole Community Approach to Emergency Planning

07/21/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 40-minute webinar features speakers from Missoula County who share lessons learned from targeted promotion activities and use of Smart911, SmartPrepare, and Rave Alerts to reach persons with disabilities and with access and functional needs. They discuss how they integrated these systems into emergency management activities, including response activities during the 2017 Missoula wildfire season.

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) National Network Learning Session: Recovery from the Recent Disasters; Lessons for Disability Planning in Remote Areas

07/21/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 32-minute webinar discusses the realities of disaster impacts on systems which may already be stretched thin even during regular daily existence, including in isolated communities. Speakers describe how community partners can play a role in both response and recovery; how to identify real shortfalls in plans and actual events; and how to understand the recovery processes for people with access and functional needs, especially people with disabilities, from recent disasters.

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) National Network Learning Session: Review of Emergency Preparedness Litigation

07/21/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 30-minute webinar discusses how the courts have interpreted the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other civil rights laws to the issue of emergency preparedness. The speaker reviews the implementation of various emergency preparedness settlements across the country, emergency preparedness litigation against schools, and federal agency guidance on emergency preparedness for people with disabilities and other resources.

Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Public Health and Natural Disasters

07/20/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 21-minute panel discussion, sponsored by the Committee on Homeland Security Democrats, features policy experts who describe how the federal government should incorporate climate change into its preparedness plan for natural disasters, and how it should work to mitigate the public health impacts of climate change. They discuss climate change impacts that include rising global surface temperatures and sea levels, more droughts, and extreme weather events.

Giving Immigrant Children a Voice: Understanding Traumatic Separation

07/20/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This one-hour, 30-minute webinar focuses on helping providers, current caregivers, and others understand and recognize the effects of traumatic separation in immigrant children of different ages; and understand immigrant children’s prior trauma experiences. It provides practical suggestions for how to support immigrant children who have been separated from parents and siblings.