The Statewide Task Force on Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities has been working since January 2007 to create a list of recommendations to give to the Governor in order to improve the system of emergency planning for people with disabilities. Discussions and recommendations have mostly arisen from 5 specific work groups. Personal Preparedness, Communications, Evacuation, Registry, and Sheltering.
The current list of recommendations, which were presented at the task force's statewide summit on October 18, 2007, is available below. Although still in draft form and should not be read as a final document, this may be one of the last occasions for interested individuals to submit editing suggestions, recommendations, or any other statements of concern. Also available below is the form to use to submit this input to the head of the task force. Please submit your comments before the deadline of November 8th. The task force expects many submissions of this form, so please be patient for a response. If you have a concern or question about the process that does not fit into the format for the feedback document, please feel free to email the DPC (Scurtis@dpcma.org).
Task Force Report Link
Statewide Taskforce Report on Emergency Preparedness for People in Need of Additional Assistance