Head Start: General Disaster Recovery Flexibilities

• 2019

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The text provides guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start, on disaster recovery flexibilities for Head Start agencies. It details actions to be taken in the event of significant disasters, emphasizing meeting the needs of affected children and families, providing administrative flexibility, ensuring safe environments, serving additional eligible families, managing fiscal aspects, and offering resources for health, mental health, nutrition, and program operations post-disaster.

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Focus Areas: Natural Disasters; Severe Weather

Audience: Schools & Childcare Providers

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Recovery

Keywords: Child Day Care Centers; Child, Preschool; Disaster Planning; Health Services Accessibility; Ill-Housed Persons; Infant, Newborn; Mental Health Services; Natural Disasters; Tornadoes; Guidelines as Topic; Nutrition Policy; Cyclonic Storms; Wildfires; Emergency Shelter; Extreme Weather

Institutions: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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