![]() In the immediate days and weeks after Sandy we spent time with our colleagues at the Children’s Health Fund (CHF) conducting site visits in the Rockaways, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and New Jersey, and the immediate needs for food, power, hot water, and medical care were obvious. Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other health care facilities have begun to think about how they can collaborate in the future, and how to more efficiently manage large-scale patient evacuations or sheltering operations while assuring patient continuity of care, but that is a long complex process that may be years from completion.Īnd for many people, individual and household-level recovery remains a long and difficult process, both in terms of economic and housing rebounds and in terms of psychological and emotional well-being. Shore with Massive Mold Problem,” reflecting the reappearance of mold in homes that had been treated improperly by unqualified contractors and emerging health problems.īeaches and boardwalks along the affected coastline were mainly rebuilt, although there are clearly significant pockets awaiting reconstruction and restoration. In September 2013, USA TODAY reported that “ Sandy left N.J. Similar estimates for New York City and New York State have not emerged in the media, but in October, The American Red Cross stepped in to provide financial assistance for several hundred still displaced city residents who were about to be evicted from the hotels where they have been living since Sandy. Recent news reports indicate that in New Jersey, as many as 26,000 displaced residents have not yet been able to return to their homes or to find new permanent rental housing. There is no single “recovery snapshot” or data repository to which to turn, and the answers one gets to those questions depends on who is being asked. Pandemic Resource and Response Initiative (PRRI).Disaster Recovery & Philanthropy Programs.Utilities and Resilience Thought Leadership.Resilient Children, Youth, and Communities.RCRC National Children’s Resilience Board.Resilient Children/Resilient Communities Initiative.SHOREline Youth Network Team (YNT) 2014-2015.Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management – UASEM.Food Safety and Health After a Hurricane.Returning Home After a Hurricane or Flood.Recuperando Después de un Desastre (Español).Moving Forward After a Disaster (English).Gulf Coast Child and Family Health Study. ![]()
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