Emergency Preparedness and Response
Proposal and Manuscript Development
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Looking for an AUCD letter of support for your grant proposal? Email the AUCD SIG liaison [email protected] at least 2 weeks before your deadline.
Grant Funding Opportunities
- FEMA Homeland Security Grant Program https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/homeland-security
- To apply for this kind of FEMA grant you will need to connect with your State Administrative Agency https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/about/state-administrative-agency-contacts
- Instrumental disaster preparedness and relief grants list https://www.instrumentl.com/browse-grants/disaster-preparedness-and-relief-grants (Note: This is a commercial website with some free content. AUCD does not endorse the business of Instrumentl.)
- National Science Foundation https://beta.nsf.gov/
- NIH Disaster Research Response (DR2) Program https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/programs/disaster/index.cfm
- Rural Health Information Hub emergency preparedness grant list https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness/about/state-administrative-agency-contacts
- US Climate Resilience Toolkit funding opportunities list https://toolkit.climate.gov/content/funding-opportunities
Proposal Research Quick Links
- American Community Survey, census data https://data.census.gov/
- ASPR
- emPOWER Program https://empowerprogram.hhs.gov/
- TRACIE (database for healthcare emergency preparedness resources, including disabilities and access and functional needs) https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disability impacts all of us infographic https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html - Data and statistics on disability and health (includes state profiles) https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/data.html
- Google Scholar searches
- Google Scholar search using terms “disability and disaster” https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C22&q=disabillity+and+disaster&btnG=
- Google Scholar search using terms “disability and climate change” https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C22&q=disabillity+and+climate+change&btnG=
- Google Scholar search using terms “disability and emergency preparedness” https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,22&q=disability+and+%22emergency+preparedness%22
- Google Scholar search using terms “disability and ‘access and functional needs’” https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C22&q=disability+and+%22access+and+functional+needs%22&btnG=
- United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs Disability https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/
- Disability-Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Situations https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/issues/disability-inclusive-disaster-risk-reduction-and-emergency-situations.html
- University of New Hampshire Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Statistics and Demographics (StatsRRTC), Annual disability statistics compendium https://disabilitycompendium.org/
- US Department of Justice ADA.gov
- ADA best practices toolkit for state and local governments (Chapter 7 is about state and local emergency management) https://archive.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/toolkitmain.htm
- Emergency preparedness https://archive.ada.gov/emerg_prep.html
- Project Civic Access (Department of Justice ADA-related settlement agreements. Most agreements have sections related to ADA compliance in emergencies/disasters) https://archive.ada.gov/civicac.htm
AUCD Resources
Climate adaptation
- Adrianne Griffen video https://www.aucd.org/docs/Finding-Disability-County-Data.pdf
- Plain language resources https://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=1207
- ecoAmerica collaboration https://www.aucd.org/template/news.cfm?news_id=15680&parent=16
- ecoAmerica https://ecoamerica.org/
- Tuesdays with Liz video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHhkPGtE2T0
Links to NIRS Database Searches—2018 to present
- Search terms “emergency preparedness” [https://www.aucd.org/nirs/search/search.cfm]
- Search term “disaster” [https://www.aucd.org/nirs/search/search.cfm]
- Search terms “climate change or climate” [https://www.aucd.org/nirs/search/search.cfm]
Prepared4ALL: Inclusive whole community planning for people with disabilities, disability organizations, emergency management and public health professionals
- Prepared4ALL online course registration https://www.hdilearning.org/course-catalog/?woo_category=980
- Prepared4All online course video summaries, learning agendas, module resources https://nationalcenterdph.org/our-focus-areas/emergency-preparedness/prepared4all/online-training/
- Prepared4ALL organizational strengths tool https://nationalcenterdph.org/our-focus-areas/emergency-preparedness/prepared4all/
- Prepared4ALL communication materials https://nationalcenterdph.org/our-focus-areas/emergency-preparedness/prepared4all/
- Prepared4ALL Active Planning workbook guide https://nationalcenterdph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Emergency-Planning.pdf
- Prepared4ALL outreach, engagement, collaboration strategies playbook https://nationalcenterdph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Prepared4ALL-Playbook.pdf
- Prepared4ALL Kickstart Directory https://nationalcenterdph.org/our-focus-areas/emergency-preparedness/prepared4all/
- Prepared4ALL finding disability data resource https://www.aucd.org/docs/Finding-Disability-County-Data.pdf
- Public Health is for Everyone Toolkit https://www.phetoolkit.org/about.cfm/ (“emergency preparedness” and “COVID-19” are searchable under Issues)
Other Resources
ASPR
- At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health & Community Resilience (ABC) resources https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/abc/Pages/default.aspx
- CMIST access and functional needs framework https://www.phe.gov/emergency/events/COVID19/atrisk/discharge-planning/Pages/CMIST-framework.aspx
- CMIST fact sheet https://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/abc/Pages/AFN-FactSheet.aspx
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
- Emergency Preparedness Rule https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertEmergPrep/Emergency-Prep-Rule
Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Access and Functional Needs https://dhsem.colorado.gov/emergency-management/plans/access-and-functional-needs
FEMA Regional Disability Integration Specialists https://disasterstrategies.org/fema-regional-disability-integration-specialists/
Trainings and Conferences
Trainings, Meetings, and Webinar Series
- ASPR, Access and functional needs https://www.train.org/main/course/1083869/
- Colorado Access and Functional Needs meetings and resources https://dhsem.colorado.gov/emergency-management/plans/access-and-functional-needs/monthly-afn-meetings
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute https://training.fema.gov/emi.aspx
- FEMA Organizations Preparing for Emergency Needs https://community.fema.gov/PreparednessCommunity/s/open-training?language=en_US&tabset-bc2e8=1
- Pacific ADA Center, ADA National Network Webinar Series: Emergency Management and Preparedness-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities https://www.adapacific.org/emergency-preparedness-webinars
- Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies https://disasterstrategies.org/
- TRAIN Learning Network (extensive public health training database) https://www.train.org/main/welc
Conferences
- American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
- AUCD annual conference https://www.aucd.org/conference/
- NACCHO Preparedness Summit https://www.preparednesssummit.org/home