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Community-Based Provider: Empowering Caregiver Decision-Making

Shares Stephen’s story about being a community-based provider and policymaker in Florida, the need for laws that empower caregiver decision-making, creating Florida’s reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS), and the effect RPPS and normalcy laws can have on foster care.

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Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems: Disaster Impact Planning Matrix

This useful matrix and tool can help agency disaster planning teams respond to common disaster impacts and plan for them going forward.

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Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems: Resource Roadmap

Provides concise information on the organization of the Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems series resources and offers suggestions for using the resources alone or together to help agencies develop, refine, and implement effective disaster plans.