Supporting early childhood programs in affected areas

Many NAEYC members and NAEYC-accredited programs for young children have been directly affected by this disaster. We are reviewing additional ways that we can support those members and programs, and we will update this site with more information. If you have updates, please send an e-mail with details to katrina@naeyc.org

To receive free copies of the NAEYC brochure, "When Disaster Strikes: Helping Young Children Cope" contact the NAEYC local affiliate in your area. For contact information on your local affiliate, call the NAEYC Customer Service Center at 800-424-2460.

Teaching Strategies, Inc. is providing free curriculum and assessment materials to programs enrolling additional children displaced by Katrina. The company is also raising money for the Louisiana Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. For more information go to: http://www.TeachingStrategies.com/Katrina

Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)
Hand to Hand and Heart to Heart
SECA is accepting financial contributions, donations of books and teacher resources and will work with organizations interested in "adopting" a program to assist them in the re-building effort.

Gulf Coast Early Childhood Relief Project
www.educ.msstate.edu/cni/eci/relief/embrace.htm

Katrina Aid Organized through Head Start Programs in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana
With support of Johnson & Johnson, the National Head Start Association (NHSA) http://www.nhsa.org is working with three central Head Start programs in the New Orleans area, Mississippi and Alabama to get help directly to the low-income parents and children who need it most. NHSA has identified three programs that are coordinating in-state relief efforts. They will distribute food, cash and goods to Head Start families, staff, and others affected by the storm.

St. Mary and Vermillion Community Action Agency/Head Start
1401 Barrow Street
Franklin, LA 70538
Contact: Almeta R. Keys, M.Ed.
(337) 828-5753
almetakeys@aol.com

Bolivar County Community Action Agency
810 East Sunflower Road, Suite 120
Eastgate Center
Cleveland, MS 38732-2800
Contact Fabian Kellingworht
(662) 846-1491
capdir@panola.com

JCCEO Head Start
300 8th Avenue West
Birmingham, AL 35204
Contact: Gayle Cunningham
(205) 327-7500
gcunningham@jcceo.org

Head Start in Plaquemines Parish
www.ppsb.org

The Education First Steps organization in Dallas is requsting support for their project to provide funds to pay for childcare for evacuees in the Dallas area and/or provide childcare supplies for centers taking in evacuees. They are asking for groups or individuals to "adopt a center" and send supplies or send funds to support at least one child for a month in childcare.

Additional Information:

Support for EFS Centers and Families of Hurricane Katrina

Supplies Needed For Hurricane Katrina Children

BOOK RELIEF:
First Book is launching BOOK RELIEF, in response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The goal of Book Relief is to distribute at least 5 million books to displaced children and adults, to schools and literacy programs embracing the evacuees, and eventually to replenish schools and libraries in the Gulf Coast as they are rebuilt. For details, visit their website at: www.firstbook.org