Announcements – The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies

Posted: February 4, 2023 by admin

Winter Weather Tips / Consejos de clima invernal

Curated Winter Tips

According to weather.gov, extremely cold air comes every winter in at least part of the country and affects millions of people across the United States. The arctic

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Updated: December 29, 2022 by admin

Twelvetide Drabbles Challenge 2022

Twelvetide Drabbles Challenge 2022

December 24th, 2022 - January 6th, 2023

Write or draw, and raise money for
The Partnership!

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies was selected again this

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Updated: December 22, 2022 by admin

The Partnership Joins National Initiative to Support Local Vaccination Outreach Activities

For Immediate Release
December 21, 2022
Contact: Germán Parodi and Shaylin Sluzalis, Directors@disasterstrategies.org

The Partnership Joins National Initiative to Support Local Vaccination Outreach Activities

As the nation enters the coldest

Satellite image of Hurricane Ian system above the state of Florida.

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Updated: October 5, 2022 by admin

Hurricane Ian: Support Disabled Disaster Survivors

Hurricane Ian:
Disabled Disaster Survivors Need Your Support

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Satellite image of Hurricane Ian system above the state of Florida. On Wednesday, September 28^th, 2022, Hurricane Ian impacted the Gulf Coast of Florida as a catastrophic Category 4,

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Updated: April 2, 2022 by admin

Інформація для людей з інвалідністю

Практична інформація спеціально для людей з інвалідністю, які хочуть евакуюватися з України під час нинішньої війни

Fight for Right / Боротьба за право

Оскільки війна триває, у людей з інвалідністю

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Posted: March 5, 2022 by admin

Practical information for people with disabilities seeking to evacuate Ukraine during the current war – Fight for Right

Practical information specifically for people with disabilities seeking to evacuate Ukraine during the current war - Fight for Right

As the war continues, people with disabilities will continue to want

Updated: February 23, 2022 by Jean Grover

DPOs: Please take this survey

Man pushing boy in wheelchair, both people of color, in a rural Latin American area near the ocean. Text reads: "DPOs serving disabled people in Latin America or the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic: PLEASE TAKE THIS SURVEY. Deadline: March 18, 2022

English: https://forms.gle/Akod2fkfuL75gXWq9

This survey is being conducted by Anna Landre, a researcher at the London School of Economics on behalf of the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies. Its

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Updated: February 19, 2022 by admin

SILVER: Emergency Relocations – How CIL’s Can Tap Into FEMA Reimbursement

Emergency Relocations: How CIL's Can Tap Into FEMA Reimbursement

In 2020, the first year of the pandemic, there was a devastating drop in transitions for residents of nursing facilities to

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Updated: March 28, 2022 by admin

Federal Announcements

ACL & CMS: Meeting with Disability and Aging Stakeholders

April 4, 2022 at 2:30pm ET

Register here: https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_RVjoFnDhTQui4gRZUYgfEA

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Centers for Medicare &

Updated: February 19, 2022 by admin

Meet Gwen: vaccinated in Ohio

Gwen, with foreshortened arms, waering jeans and a peach-colored shirt, smiling and sitting in her power chair.

The Partnership provided training and resources to the Ohio Department of Health; and Ohio delivered COVID-19 vaccines to hundreds of thousands of Ohioans with disabilities, like Gwen.

"When I first

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Updated: December 28, 2021 by admin

Twelvetide Drabbles Challenge 2021

Twelvetide Drabbles Challenge 2021

December 24th, 2021 - January 6th, 2022

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The Partnership!

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Updated: December 28, 2021 by admin

Sus Derechos en un Desastre

En inglés

Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad en Refugios y en Respuesta a Desastres y Emergencias

A las personas con discapacidad no se les puede negar el acceso a

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Updated: December 2, 2021 by admin

#GivingTuesday 2021

The Partnership's Get a Mug Campaign

Donate Directly to The Partnership

Thank you to everyone who supports us, and to all who donated during #GivingTuesday this week!

We have a

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Updated: March 6, 2022 by admin

The Partnership’s HAA Guiding Principles

The Home and Community-Based Services Access Act (HAA), a new piece of legislation in development aims to “establish a baseline criteria for the delivery of HCBS across the country and

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Updated: April 23, 2021 by admin

Our Portfolio

Review our portfolio to find out more about us, what we do, and our accomplishments!

Slide title reads: “Our History” on the top left of the slide. Text then lists highlights from each year since 2016: “2016: The Partnership was incorporated, and acted as a program of our founding organization, Portlight Strategies (which led humanitarian response and relief initiatives to meet the needs of disaster-impacted disabled communities for over 20 years) to focus on disability-inclusive emergency management, community organizing, policy, advocacy, and training. 2017: 1) Activated the Disability and Disaster Hotline in response to Hurricane Harvey. 2) Deployed a disability-led team to Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma. 2018: 1) Assisted disaster-impacted people with disabilities through remote technical assistance and information/referral in response to Hurricanes Michael and Florence. 2) Getting It Right National Inclusive Emergency Management Conference. 2019: 1) Leadership change at The Partnership. 2) The Partnership received its 501(c)3 recognition under the IRS, becoming independent of Portlight, with Portlights’ legacy of direct disaster relief functions absorbed into The Partnership as our “Portlight Relief Division.” 3) Deployed a disabled-led team to the Bahamas in response to Hurricane Dorian.”

Graphic: blue cloud in center of graphic with text in center, the cloud has four yellow lightning bolts protruding at top and bottom and side to side. At the end of each lightning bolt is a light purple cloud with different text in each cloud. Text in center blue cloud: Community-Wide Disaster Resilience. Text in top purple cloud: Equal Access. Text in bottom purple cloud: Commitment to Civil Rights Protections. Text in right purple cloud: Inclusion. Text in left purple cloud: Independence. Text to the right of the graphic reads: “Our core values of equal access, inclusion, independence, and commitment to civil rights protections continually guide our work towards a future where community readiness is achieved and sustained for everyone through a shared and unwavering commitment to accessibility, universal design, and reasonable accommodation/modification before, during, and after disasters. Experience has shown us that these values of equal access, inclusion, independence, and commitment to civil rights protections are imperatives for achieving and sustaining community-wide disaster resilience.”

Slide title reads: “How We Do It” on the top left of the slide. There are four main sections of text on this slide. Section one has text that says: “Technical Assistance ” and lists bullets: “Information, Resources, Referrals; Navigating Emergency Management; Customized Trainings; Gap Analysis; Continuity of Operations Plans; Exercises and Drills; Conferences”. Section two has text that says: “Relief and Response” and lists two bullets: “Disability and Disaster Hotline; Disabled-led Deployment”. Section three has text that says: “Community Resilience” and lists bullets: “Daily COVID-19 Disability Rights Calls: Bringing disability-led organizations, emergency managers, public health officials, first responders, advocates, and allies together daily to address disability-related rising issues, good and promising practices, and information and resource sharing related to the COVID-19 pandemic”; “Weekly National Stakeholder Calls: Since Hurricane Harvey we have held weekly National Stakeholder Calls where a wide range of stakeholders with the shared interest in the disaster related rights and needs of people with disabilities engage with one another.”; “Local Engagement: When disasters strike we reach out to disability-led organizations and allies in the impacted and surrounding areas to set up disabled-led and disability focused emergency operation center calls where a wide range of partners collectively address the rights and needs of disabled people.” And section four has text that says: “Advocacy and Systems Change” and lists two bullets: “Advocate and Educate Program and Policy Change; Drive changes that proactively assure compliance with civil rights obligations before, during, and after disasters”.

Slide title reads: “Why We Do This” on the top left of the slide. Text in a circle that reads: “People with disabilities are 2-to-4 times more likely to die or be injured in a disaster, emergency, or crisis than non-disabled people. - United Nations This is largely due to lack of equal access to information, resources, and services before, during, and after disasters. The Partnership is the only organization focused solely on the rights and needs of people with disabilities throughout disasters, emergencies, and crises.”

Slide title reads: “What Is The Opportunity” on the top left of the slide. Text in the middle of the slide reads: “Ongoing funding for The Partnership to sustain this life-saving work” Below the text is a stock photo graphic of two people shaking hands, but only their arms/hands are visible. One hand is brown with a black sleeve while the other hand is light skin with a light grey sleeve and a dollar is clasped between them.

Slide title reads: “What Your Support Will Do” on the top left of the slide. Bulleted are: “Increase Our Capacity; Make Our Shop a Free Resource Hub; Strengthen Our Hotline; Make Our Community Calls Fully Accessible” Below that text is another list: “This Equates To: Empowering Local Community Resilience; Saving Lives; Connecting Tools/Resources to People Most Impacted”

Slide title reads: “Contact Us” on the top left of the slide. Text mid-slid reads: “112 N. 8th Street, Suite 600, Philadelphia PA 19107 Disability & Disaster Hotline: 800.626.4959 or info@disasterstrategies.org Contact Our Co-Executive Directors Shaylin Sluzalis & Germán Parodi: directors@disasterstrategies.org 570.777.0268 & 215.971.0660”

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Updated: March 6, 2022 by admin

2020 Newsletter: Year In Review

We started 2020 with new leadership at The Partnership, while also building our organizational capacity, and responding to several disasters. Our biggest undertaking at the beginning of this past year

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Updated: July 8, 2020 by Priya Penner

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies DEMAND JUSTICE for the murder of Michael Hickson

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, our partners and allies denounce the murder of Michael Hickson, a 46-year-old disabled Black man. Mr. Hickson was admitted to St. David’s Austin

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Posted: June 4, 2020 by admin

The Partnership Condemns Police Violence and Racism

The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies (The Partnership) condemns the police violence and racism that has led to the deaths of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and countless other … Read more

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Updated: May 27, 2020 by admin

COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 Disability Community Wide Resources: https://tinyurl.com/COVIDisabilityResources

Since the release of our community-wide National Disability Rights Call To Action on March 3rd, there has been a lot of great disability and … Read more

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Updated: May 27, 2020 by admin