Keeping Kids Cool: Tips for Extreme Heat
Extreme heat events are the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the US. Children, in particular, are sensitive to the effects of extreme heat and must rely on others to keep them cool and hydrated. These...
Toolkit for Child-Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings
Children in humanitarian settings face many different threats to their safety and wellbeing with potentially devastating impacts on their development. Child-friendly spaces are interventions used by humanitaria...
RCRC Best Practices Checklist for Community-wide Emergency Management
The goal of this tool is to offer best practices for improving preparedness and child-protection in Community-wide Emergency Management organizations by using suggestions and resources to strengthen community r...
RCRC Best Practices Checklist for Family Childcare Homes
The goal of this tool is to offer best practices for improving preparedness and child-protection in Family Childcare Homes by using suggestions and resources to strengthen community resilience. This checklist w...
Guide to Writing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) help establish formal agreements between organizations, which allow organizations to collaborate, communicate, respond, and support one another during a disaster or other emerge...
Covid-19 and Beyond – Putting Children at the Forefront of Disaster Policy
The COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, extreme weather events, and other disasters remind us that our community resilience, including economic resilience, depends upon a return to normalcy for children and the prog...