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Description
Administration for Children and Families - Children and Youth Needs Subject Matter
The HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) can deploy a Subject Matter Expert in the needs of children and youth in disasters to a FEMA Joint Field Office or other setting to provide planning support to Federal, State, Tribal, Territorial, and local partners on the needs of children and youth, and on the social services systems and programs that serve children, youth, and families.
Administration for Children and Families - Children and Youth Task Forces Support in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies
The HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) promotes and can provide support and assistance to States, Tribes, or Territories to convene and launch a Children and Youth Task Force in disasters and public health emergencies.
Administration for Children and Families - Immediate Disaster Case Management
The HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provides Immediate Disaster Case Management (IDCM) services to States, Tribes, and Territories affected by both natural and man-made disasters utilizing a contractor to provide a cadre of pre- trained and pre-screened case managers to provide case management services.
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Human Services Subject Matter Experts
The HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) can deploy a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in ACF-supported human services/social services programs. Deployable SMEs can support Federal, State, Tribal, Territorial, and local interagency efforts to conduct impact and needs assessments for social services in the affected communities, and can provide technical assistance regarding strategic leveraging of ACF programs to address post-disaster needs.
Administration of Children and Families - U.S. Repatriation Program
The United States (U.S.) Repatriation Program helps eligible U.S. citizens and their dependents repatriated from overseas by providing them with temporary assistance upon their arrival to the United States.
ASPR Division for At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health, and Community Resilience
The Division for At-Risk Individuals, Behavioral Health & Community Resilience (ABC) provides subject matter expertise, education, and coordination to internal and external partners to ensure that the functional needs of at-risk individuals and behavioral health issues are integrated in the public health and medical emergency preparedness, response, and recovery activities of the nation to facilitate and promote community resilience and national health security.
ASPR’s HHS emPOWER Map
The HHS emPOWER Map is a public and interactive map that provides the de-identified total number of Medicare beneficiary claims for certain electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment that include: ventilators, oxygen concentrators, enteral feeding machines, intravenous (IV) infusion pumps, suction pumps, at-home dialysis machines, wheelchairs, scooters, and beds.  The data is updated monthly and provided both geospatially and in table format at the national, state, territory, county and zip code levels.
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Response and Recovery Resources
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care by strengthening the health care workforce, building healthy communities and achieving health equity. HRSA’s programs provide health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable.
Medical Reserve Corps Program
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) program is a national network of MRC units comprised of volunteers, organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. The MRC network includes close to 1,000 community-based units and over 200,000 volunteers located throughout the United States and its territories
National Library of Medicine’s PEOPLE LOCATOR® Family Reunification
People Locator is an information resource composed of a reporting tools (apps) and a central website for the public to speed family reunification after mass casualty or other events where family dislocation is involved using both text and photo search by reporting lost and found persons and their general health status.
Recovery – Coordination of the Health and Social Services Recovery Support Function
The National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) established the Health and Social Services (H&SS) Recovery Support Function (RSF) to assist locally-led recovery efforts to restore or improve disaster-impacted public health, health care and social services capabilities and networks.  Health and social services recovery promotes resilience, health and well-being of affected individuals and communities.