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Flood Relief and Recovery for Children and Families
in West Virginia: One-year Progress Report
June 2017
Executive Summary
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The Crisis at a Glance
The Impact of Your Support
3
Immediate Support to Children
and Families
Restoring Access to Schools
4
Restoring Access to Early Learning and Child Care
5
Out-of-School-time Programming, School-Library Support and Material Support
for Classrooms and Teachers
6
Supporting Children’s Resiliency
Save the Children is a national leader in helping provide psychosocial and emotional recovery
programs for children and adults following emergencies.
We deployed our disaster-tested Journey of Hope psychosocial support program1 to help
flood-affected children develop resilience and identify and cope with their feelings. To
provide this program in a cost-efficient manner, and to bolster the state’s capacity to
deliver mental health and emotional recovery programming, we are partnering with
West Virginia University’s Prevention Research Center. We trained 33 master trainers
such as graduate students, professionals, child care professional development providers
and EMS workers in the Journey of Hope curriculum. In turn, with our technical guidance
and support, the trainers delivered the programs to 96 facilitators, who have conducted
13 workshops for over
170 children. The
implementers trained
by Save the Children
will deliver programs to
children from August to
December 2017.
We conducted Journey of Hope Care for the Adult Caregivers workshops to help 64
adults who work with children to
Helping Ensure Support Reaches the Families Most In Need
through Long-Term Recovery Groups
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Numerous studies have documented children’s susceptibility to behavioral, psychological and emotional issues after
experiencing a traumatic event such as a natural disaster. If not addressed, these issues can have a detrimental effect on
children’s behavior and school performance and lead to immediate and longer-term mental health challenges. Studies have also
documented the impact of and benefits that children gain from active coping strategies that help them manage stress, express
their emotions, remain resilient and think positively.
Save the Children is one of very few U.S. providers of child-focused psychosocial support in the post-crisis and recovery
environment. Journey of Hope helps children and adults cope, build on their natural resiliency and strengthen their network of
social support with friends and others. It has been proven by third-party academic evaluators to promote critical protective
factors post-disaster. Journey of Hope has to date reached over 85,000 children in the U.S.
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The Strength of Partnerships
Our Focus on Long-term Recovery
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Conclusion
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