Emergency Preparedness Resources for Persons from Diverse Cultural Origins

HHS Resources 

• HHS, DHS, HUD, DOJ, and DOT Issued Joint Guidance to Help Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Providers Comply with Title VI - August 16, 2016 | Read the Guidance

  • En Español (Spanish) - (PDF)
  • Trong Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese) - (PDF)
  • Nan Kreyòl Ayisyen (Haitian Creole) - (PDF)

• CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response – An index of emergency preparedness and response to public health emergencies, with information available in multiple languages (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

• Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness & Crisis Response – Online learning course (Office of Minority Health).

• Public Health Workbook: to Define, Locate, & Reach Vulnerable At-Risk Populations in an Emergency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

• Effective Planning, Response & Recovery for Special Needs Populations, Consistent with Federal Civil Rights Laws – Training PowerPoint (Office for Civil Rights).

Other Federal Resources

• National Response Framework – Guide for response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies, January 2008. (Federal Emergency Management Agency) 

• Joint Guidance to State, Local Governments, Other Federally Assisted Recipients Engaged in Emergency Preparedness, August 2016 (Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security and Transportation)

Other Organizational Resources 

Please note: External links to other sites are intended to be informational only and do not have the endorsement of HHS and OCR.

• Ready.gov: Considerations for emergency preparedness for specific populations including children, persons with disabilities, and pet owners.

• National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities (Drexel University School of Public Health, with support from the HHS Office of Minority Health).

• Toolkit: Guidance for Integrating Culturally Diverse Communities into Planning for & Responding to Emergencies (PDF, February 2011) (National Consensus Panel on Emergency Preparedness & Cultural Diversity, with support from the HHS Office of Minority Health).