[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16486-16487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7330]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Comment Request for Review of ACF Disaster Case
Management Implementation Guide; Office of Human Services Emergency
Preparedness and Response
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Human Services Emergency
Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR) intends to submit notice in the
Federal Register for comments on the ACF Disaster Case Management
Implementation Guide, dated December 2009.
Disaster case management is the process of organizing and providing
a timely, coordinated approach to assess disaster-related needs
including health care, mental health and human services needs that were
caused or exacerbated by the event and may adversely impact an
individual's recovery if not addressed. Disaster case management
facilitates the delivery of appropriate resources and services, works
with a client to implement a recovery plan and advocates for the
client's needs to assist him/her in returning to a pre-disaster
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status while respecting human dignity. If necessary, Disaster case
management helps transition the client with pre-existing needs to
existing case management providers after disaster-related needs are
addressed. This is facilitated through the provision of a single point
of contact for disaster assistance applicants who need a wide variety
of services that may be provided by many different organizations.
The purpose of Disaster case management is to rapidly return
individuals and families who have survived a disaster to a state of
self-sufficiency. This is accomplished by ensuring that each individual
has access to a Case Manager who will capture information about the
individual's situation and then serve as his/her advocate and help him/
her organize and access disaster-related resources, human services,
health care and mental health care that will help him/her achieve pre-
disaster levels of functioning and equilibrium. The service is
particularly critical in situations where large-scale mortality,
injuries, or personal property damage have occurred. Disaster case
management is based on the principles of self-determination, self-
sufficiency, federalism, flexibility and speed, and support to States.
Comments are particularly invited on: the program guidelines of the
ACF Disaster Case Management Pilot Program; and recommendations on
program improvements based on valid evidence and methodology.
For a copy of the ACF Disaster Case Management Implementation
Guide, please visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr/dcm/dcm.guide.html,
or contact James Davis at 202-744-0091 or [email protected].
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to James Davis, National Case
Management Analyst, Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and
Response, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., 6th Floor West, Washington, DC 20447 or via e-mail to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CAPT Roberta P. Lavin, Director,
Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response (OHSEPR),
at [email protected] or 202-401-9306; Sylvia R. Menifee, Deputy
Director (Operations), OHSEPR, at [email protected] or 202-
401-1448; James Davis, National Case Management Analyst, OHSEPR, at
[email protected] or 202-744-0091.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administration for Children and
Families, within the Department of Health and Human Services is
responsible for Federal programs that promote the economic and social
well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. ACF
programs aim to achieve the following:
Families and individuals empowered to increase their own
economic independence and productivity;
Strong, healthy, supportive communities that have a
positive impact on the quality of life and the development of children;
Partnerships with individuals, front-line service
providers, communities, American Indian tribes, Native communities,
States, and Congress that enable solutions which transcend traditional
agency boundaries;
Services planned, reformed, and integrated to improve
needed access; and
A strong commitment to working with people with
developmental disabilities, refugees, and migrants to address their
needs, strengths, and abilities.
Dated: March 26, 2010.
Carmen R. Nazario,
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2010-7330 Filed 3-31-10; 8:45 am]
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