What does HPP funding make possible?
✅ Stronger healthcare partnerships
✅ Expanded access to care
✅ More accessible emergency resources
✅ Training for real-world response
See how HPP investments strengthen communities.
For some children, emergencies can create additional risks that require specialized care, resources, and support. During #ChildrensHealthMonth, ASPR is highlighting three toolkits designed to help healthcare providers, public health professionals, and community partners strengthen preparedness, address gaps in care, and protect the health and well-being of mothers, infants, children, and adolescents before, during, and after disasters.
2⃣ Children's Environmental Health Post-Disaster Assessment Toolkit 2.0
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3⃣ HHS Child and Adolescent Health Emergency Planning Toolkit
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Super Intelligence and post-quantum cryptography are defining the Healthcare and Public Health Sector’s cyber risk landscape. ASPR is working on both. Learn how your organization can build a strong foundation for cybersecurity and protect itself from emerging threats.
aspr.gov/news-updates/blog/2… #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
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How can medical volunteers help fill healthcare gaps during a crisis? Learn how Team Rubicon and the Medical Reserve Corps are piloting a Colorado-based medical response team designed to provide basic care and augment healthcare facilities when additional support is needed: bit.ly/4jHyhUs
ALT People wearing blue vests with "Medical Reserve Corps" logos. The image promotes the ASPR TRACIE-MRC Speaker Series featuring Team Rubicon and Medical Reserve Corps, focusing on strengthening medical response capabilities.
Children are especially vulnerable to environmental hazards following disasters. From contaminated water and unsafe living conditions to exposure to harmful substances, these risks can threaten children's health and well-being long after the immediate emergency has passed.
During #ChildrensHealthMonth, ASPR is highlighting the Children's Environmental Health Post-Disaster Assessment Toolkit 2.0, a resource designed to help public health professionals, health care providers, emergency responders, and community partners identify and address environmental health risks affecting children during disaster recovery. The toolkit outlines four key areas for action:
🏠 Homes and residential settings: Identify and address environmental hazards where children live.
🏫 Community spaces: Assess potential risks in schools, childcare facilities, playgrounds, and other places children spend time.
🩺 Public health and clinical services: Strengthen access to the information and resources needed to respond to children's environmental health concerns.
🤝 Families and caregivers: Equip parents, guardians, and community members with information to help protect children from harmful exposures.
Protecting children's health is an essential part of building healthier, more resilient communities. Explore the toolkit and learn how to incorporate children's environmental health considerations into disaster recovery planning: aspr.gov/readiness-response/…
On #NationalFirstRespondersDay, we’re highlighting three ASPR TRACIE resources to help protect responder safety, strengthen resilience, and support healthcare staff before, during, and after emergencies.
🤝 Tips for Retaining and Caring for Staff after a Disaster: asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents…
HHS Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kaufman toured the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) to see how SNS prepares for emergencies and supports communities in need. SNS staff demonstrated how medical products can move quickly from storage to deployment in times of crisis and need.
Behind a strong MRC network are leaders who turn experience into readiness. Julie Petix brought decades of public health expertise to her role as New Jersey MRC State Coordinator, helping to shape a network equipped to meet evolving community needs.
For more than 13 years, Julie Petix strengthened the New Jersey MRC by supporting volunteers, building partnerships, and preparing communities for disasters. As she closes her chapter as State Coordinator, we’re spotlighting her remarkable career: aspr.gov/readiness-response/…
Supply chain disruptions can limit access to healthcare supplies during emergencies. ASPR TRACIE updated its Health Care Coalition Supply Chain Integrity Self-Assessment to help coalitions identify vulnerabilities, evaluate supply access, and prepare for shortfalls: files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/doc…
When Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, Appalachian Medical Reserve Corps volunteers stepped up to support their communities. Learn how they staffed a nonemergency phone line, supported shelters, coordinated resources, and more: bit.ly/3TY99hM
Apply Today! ASPR is seeking experts to join the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) and the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters (NACCD). Applications due November 22. aspr.gov/news-updates/newsro…
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Healthcare readiness takes a community. Hear how ASPR’s Hospital Preparedness Program helps healthcare coalitions connect community partners, fill resource gaps during emergencies, and help patients receive the care they need when disasters strike.
A hurricane doesn't wait for an outbreak to end. The opioid crisis doesn't pause for a supply chain disruption. The ASPR-led HHS Secretary's Operations Center monitors all threats 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Sean Kaufman offered Congressional staff a behind-the-scenes look at SOC operations.
