Still at risk: U.S. children 10 years after Hurricane Katrina
In 2010, the U.S. the National Commission on Children and Disasters issued its final report, with 81 recommendations and sub-recommendations aimed at ensuring children’s unique needs are accounted for in U.S. disaster preparedness, response and recovery. The Commission was created after the Hurricane Katrina to assess the gaps in federal planning that put children at risk, and to formulate recommendations that could guide a national movement to close those gaps and help states better protect the children.
This report by Save the Children represents the first formal review of these recommendations. In each key area, the report provides a snapshot of progress to date – and gaps that remain – in meeting these recommendations. Save the Children finds that just 17 of the commission’s recommendations have been fully met, with 44 still a work in progress. The remaining recommendations – 20 in all – have not been addressed.
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