Framing a New Era of Disaster Child Care
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Disasters rend the fabric of community and family life in multiple tragic ways. When the primary social institutions supporting childrens well being are left in chaos in the wake of disaster, children become particularly vulnerable to physical and emotional trauma. One of the most critical challenges facing disaster responders and recovery agencies today is to attend quickly and with a well-considered advance plan to the special needs of kids in devastation.