United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-07-28 monographic deposited born digital 45 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-944 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944 P0b002ee180375089 f:d06944 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944 GAO-06-944 Child care programs Child welfare Disaster planning Disaster relief aid Federal/state relations Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Rita Policy evaluation Strategic planning Other Written Product A57632 According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, there were 48 federally declared disasters in 2005. Two of these disasters--Hurricanes Katrina and Rita--resulted in a prolonged interruption of child welfare services and the dispersion of thousands of children in Louisiana's foster care system to 19 states. As a result, there has been growing interest in the extent to which states have developed strategies to cope with disasters that could result in the dispersion of children in the child welfare system. Congress asked us to conduct a study of the challenges facing state child welfare systems, including the development of plans for dealing with the dispersion of children in the child welfare system due to disasters. This report addresses state child welfare disaster planning. Specifically, we are providing information on (1) the number of states that have statewide child welfare disaster plans and the primary components of those plans, (2) the extent to which states that experienced federally declared disasters in 2005 also had child welfare disaster plans, and (3) how the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) supports states' efforts to develop child welfare disaster plans. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944.pdf GAO-06-944 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-944 Other Written Product GAO-06-944; Child Welfare: Federal Action Needed to Ensure States Have Plans to Safeguard Children in the Child Welfare System Displaced by Disasters; Child care programs Child welfare Disaster planning Disaster relief aid Federal/state relations Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Rita Policy evaluation Strategic planning