Child Care Emergency Response Toolkit
The worst time to prepare for a disaster is after it has happened. The best time to prepare is now. Following a natural disaster, 40% of small businesses will feel the immediate impacts and will be unable to re-open, and an additional 25% of small businesses will close within a year. Fortify your business and protect the children in your care by being prepared.
This Child Care Emergency Response Toolkit will prepare you to make infrastructure improvements, strengthen walk-throughs and assessments, teach protocols to young children, communicate with families, make difficult phone calls, care for yourself and others after traumatic circumstances and so much more.
Check out the resources below to learn how you can be more prepared for disasters and emergencies that may come your way.
Additional Resources
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General emergency preparedness for businesses
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Emergency preparedness for child care providers
- Indiana Emergency Response Planning Guide for Child Care Providers
- Headstart.gov
- Child Care Aware of America
- Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning Laws and Related Policies
- Emergency or Temporary Closure of Child Care Centers and Child Care Homes
- Water Safety and Child Care Programs
- No Electricity Policy
- Acceptable Conditions for Reopening of Child Care Program Following Flood Damage
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Preparing children for emergency situations