EXCERPT FROM: OzarksFirst.com
By Staff
(Joplin, MO) -- Parents are struggling to find child care for their kids after more than half of the licensed day cares in Joplin were destroyed on May 22.

EXCERPT FROM: The State Journal Lists
By STAFF
W.Va. is one of only 17 states that meets all four key safety standards.

EXCERPT FROM: Bartlett News
By Jeramia Trotter
Recently hundreds of excited child care professionals gathered for a daylong conference, "Super Saturday" Emergency Preparedness Training, at Christ Church in Bartlett. The event was sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Human Services.

EXCERPT FROM: The Cy-Fair Sun
By STAFF
As a new outreach initiative to provide disaster preparedness education for children in Harris County, Precinct Two, together with Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Save the Children announced today that they will begin rolling out the Preparing for Disaster: Resilient and Ready Workshop for children in the community.

EXCERPT FROM: The Republican American
By STAFF
Connecticut lawmakers have approved legislation requiring the state to include the well-being of children when planning for emergency responses to natural or man-made disasters such as terrorist attacks.

EXCERPT FROM: Huffington Post
By Mark Shriver
Tornadoes of historic proportions are turning towns across the Southeast into trash heaps. Families are homeless, hundreds of people are dead, kids and families are crowded in shelters and the devastation will scar the region for years.