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Head Start: Information Memorandum ACYF-IM-HS-5-03
This memorandum from the Head Start Bureau encourages Head Start programs to serve families displaced by hurricanes and offers suggestions on ways to do so.
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Head Start: Information Memorandum ACYF-IM-HS-05-04
This memorandum from the Head Start Bureau provides guidance to grantees on serving hurricane evacuees and also notifies grantees of possible additional resources to support their efforts.
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Helping Children Rebound
This booklet from Teaching Strategies, Inc., provides preschool programs with teaching strategies that address the specific needs of children who have experienced a hurricane.
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Helping Young Children After a Disaster
This webpage from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) offers suggestions for how to help young children deal with witnessing or being directly affected by the destruction of a natural disaster.
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NECTAC: Hurricane Resources
This webpage from the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) provides information on assisting families and children, especially young children with disabilities, that were left homeless by hurricanes.
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