Disabilities, Access, and Functional Needs in Disasters Workshop and Training

<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>The Monterey County Operational Area Access and Functional Needs (AFN) Working Group invites you to attend an important kick-off event for our non-profit community, government agencies and other groups/organizations that work with and support people who have disabilities, access and functional needs.</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>This event is intended to create a collaborative and engaged environment to discuss and better understand the access and functional needs of our community in disasters. This event will include a workshop in the morning for candid discussions with partners committed to advocating for people with disabilities, access and functional needs. The afternoon training session is targeted for government and community partners involved in responding to or whose clients may be impacted by disasters.</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Participants will be given an opportunity to identify and assess the needs of their organization; increase organizational preparedness; further develop their capacity to respond to a disaster; and develop partnerships throughout the county that will enable us to better meet the needs of our diverse communities.</SPAN></H3>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Due to a limited number of tickets, please bring no more than 2-3 persons per organization.</SPAN></H3>
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<H2>Agenda</H2>
<H2>08:30am Registration and Networking</H2>
<H2>09:00am Welcome, Monterey County Office of Emergency Services</H2>
<H2>09:20am Keynote Speaker, June Kailes</H2>
<H2>10:45am Break</H2>
<H2>11:00am Panel Discussion</H2>
<H2>11:45am Q&A</H2>
<H2>12:00pm Lunch </H2>
<H2>01:00pm Experience based scneario, checklist discussion, action planning, informational presentation, June Kailes</H2>
<H2>04:00pm Closing Remarks, Sustaining the Effort</H2>
<H2>04:30pm End</H2>
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<H2><SPAN>June Isaacson Kailes</SPAN></H2>
<H3><SPAN>Disability Policy Consultant</SPAN></H3>
<P><SPAN><SPAN>June Isaacson Kailes, (www.jik.com) is a Disability Policy Consultant and the Associate Director at Harris Family<A HREF="http://www.hfcdhp.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Center for Disability and Health Policy</A> at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California.  Her breadth and depth of experience in disability and access and functional needs issues as a writer, trainer, researcher, policy analyst, subject matter expert, and advocate is widely known and respected. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>In the <A HREF="http://www.jik.com/d-bio.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">emergency</A> world June is well known for her pioneering work in conceiving, promoting, and moving the emergency services world from the vague “special needs” focus to operationalizing an access and <A HREF="http://www.jik.com/disaster-plan.html#Functional_Needs_formerly_special" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">functional needs approach</A> to planning, response and recovery. This also includes conceiving and working with the State of California to adopt and implement the use of <A HREF="http://www.jik.com/disaster-plan.html#Functional_Assessment_Service_Teams" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Functional Assessment Service Teams</A> (FAST). These teams strategically link government, nonprofit and business sectors to work with individuals with access and functional needs to enable people to maintain mobility, health, safety, independence, and successfully manage in general population shelters and other temporary housing options. This model is being put into practice in California and customized for use in other parts of the United States.</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>June has the unique ability to blend and bridge two worlds: disability user experiences, with health  and emergency services experiences. Her contracts include working with several California State Departments as well as cities and counties. She has also worked with nationally with FEMA, the Centers for Disease Control, Department of Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services on policy, planning and training issues. She co-chaired The United States Department of Homeland Security’s working group  which developed a Functional and Medical Support Sheltering Target Capabilities List, worked on FEMA's Guidance on Planning for Integration of <A HREF="http://www.fema.gov/pdf/about/odic/fnss_guidance.pdf" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Functional Needs Support Services in General Population  Shelters</A>, and is a member of FEMA's National Advisory Council.</SPAN></P>
<H2><EM>NOTE: Please email Kelsey Scanlon (Scanlonk@co.monterey.ca.us) if you:</EM></H2>
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<H4>Have dietary restrictions;</H4>
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<H4>Have any access and functional needs (AFN) requiring services, accommodations, programmatic, architectural, and/or communication modifications.</H4>
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<H3>Parking</H3>
<P>There are several parking lots near the facility that are available to the public. Please take note of posted parking restrictions. Parking lots may require the purchase of a ~$4 parking pass.</P>
<H3><EM>Brought to you by:</EM></H3>
<P>American Red Cross Central Coast Chapter</P>
<P>California State University Monterey Bay</P>
<P>Central Coast Center for Independent Living</P>
<P>Community Emergency Response Volunteers</P>
<P>Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, Inc.</P>
<P>Monterey County Department of Social Services</P>
<P>Monterey County Office of Emergency Services</P>
<P>United Way Monterey County</P>
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