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Title of Collaborative Activity:

Children’s HHS Interagency Leadership on Disasters (CHILD) Working Group

Description of Collaborative Activity:

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) established the Children's HHS Interagency Leadership on Disasters (CHILD) Working Group in 2010 to identify and comprehensively integrate the activities related to the needs of children across all HHS inter- and intra-governmental disaster planning activities and operations. Co-led by the Administration for Children and Families and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the group then developed recommendations for how HHS can improve the delivery of care to children who are impacted by disasters.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Committee, Advisory Group, or Work Group

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

2010

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NIAID, NICHD, NIDA, NIGMS, NIMH

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

ACF, CDC, HRSA, OS, SAMHSA