RCRC Toolbox Issue Brief: Why Children Should Be the #1 Disaster Priority

• 2019

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These issue briefs are designed to be used by the RCRC communities and all other American constituencies seeking to elevate children’s disaster resilience to the attention of local, state, and federal legislators or other decision–makers. These reports can also be used by legislators and decision–makers at all levels as informative briefs to better understand the issues faced by communities in disasters as of 2021.

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Hazard: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Welfare; Community Health Services; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Mental Health Services; Resilience, Psychological; Food Security; Emergency Shelter

Institutions: Columbia Climate School National Center for Disaster Preparedness

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