Exploring Disaster Human Services for Children and Youth: From Hurricane Katrina to the Paradise Wildfires: Proceedings of a Workshop Series (2021)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
