Child Care Emergency Preparedness Services

Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG) provides guidance on Child Care emergency Preparedness Planning for:

• State and Local Child Care Agencies
• State, Local & Private Child Care Facilities

Children are some of the most vulnerable populations in disaster and emergency situations. To protect them, child care agencies must go beyond “having a disaster plan” and develop specific capabilities to take protective actions before, during and after a disaster happens.

PCG’s experience, expertise, and structured planning framework provide state-of-the-art yet cost- effective emergency preparedness planning and capability development to allow child care agencies to take effective action to protect children in their care from disaster situations, including the ability to:

• Identify and mitigate hazards and threats;
• Facilitate development of provider and facility emergency plans, including detailed responses to each disaster situation;
• Coordinate effectively with first responders;
• Develop and execute communication plans;
• Identify, track, and communicate with evacuees;
• Ensure access to critical information about facilities, staff, and children at risk in an emergency;
• Provide services (including special needs and transportation) during and after a disaster;
• Integrate capabilities, coordinate responses, and share information with emergency management agencies and other states;
• Benchmark plans and capabilities with federal requirements, other states, and best practices.

PCG Services Include:

• Emergency preparedness plans;
• Step-by-step guidance for developing specific capabilities for protecting children before, during, and after an emergency;
• Training plans and exercises;
• Continuity of operations plans;
• GIS capable Child Care Registry for identifying, tracking, and accessing critical information about facilities, staff, and children at risk in an emergency.

PCG’s emergency preparedness plans integrate federal guidelines and national best practices that cover all hazards, including weather emergencies, natural disasters, fire, smoke, bomb threats, hazardous material, terrorism incident, intruder, active shooter, and other potentially violent situations. The plans are coordinated with local first responders and delineate specific, detailed responses for each emergency situation, including evacuation, shelter in place, and lockdown procedures. PCG’s GIS capable Child Care Registry provides critical information to first responders and child care agencies on child care facilities within an emergency zone.

PCG Expertise

With more than two decades of experience in child care consulting, PCG understands the unique needs of these services providers. We are a national leader in providing child care fiscal, regulatory, programmatic, and operational advice and assistance. PCG’s Homeland Security/ Emergency Preparedness team has facilitated emergency preparedness forums; conducted table-top and full-scale exercises involving hundreds of first-responders; and performed assessment of emergency plans, information flow, and overall preparedness for public health, public safety, emergency management and other state and local government agencies.

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