This page will provide helpful resources that will advise people with disabilities, their families, service providers, direct support professionals,

and the community at large on preparedness activities.

Individuals with Disabilities and families

Personal Preparedness for Individuals with Disabilities - TRAINING SLIDES

Emergency Planning and the Use of Personal Assistants - June Isaacson Kailes

Emergency Backup for Attendant Care in Disasters - State of Colorado

Disability-Specific Emergency Plans with Self Assessment and Checklists - Independent Living Center San Francisco

Get Ready! Emergency Preparedness Toolkit for People with Disabilities - Comprehensive Toolkit from the State of Alaska

AGENCY and COMMUNITY Preparedness

Service Provider Agencies - Disaster Planning Document - Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters

Community-Based Organization Emergency Plan - A Simplified Version

Emergency Preparedness for Special Populations Training - Previously provided through The Arc, Volunteer Action Center, MOV Health Department

Show Me Tool_ Visual Communication Cards - WV Center for Threat Preparedness

ASL (American Sign Language) Training Videos - WV Center for Threat Preparedness

PREVIOUSLY POSTED - DATED MATERIAL RELATED TO COVID

I/DD Waiver Service Provision

UPDATE 8.1.20 IDDW Policy Clarification & COVID-19 Call Documents - KEPRO/WV BMS

UPDATE 8.1.20 AD WAIVER Policy Clarification & COVID-19 Call Documents - KEPRO/WV BMS

UPDATE 8.1.20 TBI COVID-19 Call Documents - KEPRO/WV BMS

UPDATE 3.15.20 HIPAA Compliance and COVID-19 - HIPAA Journal

DSPs and the Coronavirus TRAINING VIDEO - National Association of Direct Support Professionals

UPDATED 3.20.20 - IDD Waiver COVID-19 Preventative Measures and Policy Clarification

UPDATED 3.20.20 - IDD Waiver Background Checks and WV CARES Clarification

Clarification Letters for WV IDD Waiver - WV BMS

Clarification Letter for ICF/IID Homes - WV BMS

Special Education

UPDATE 3.21.20 - Supplemental Fact Sheet Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities

US Office of Special Education - Service Provision during COVID-19 - US OSEP

ADDED 3.24.20 - COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel

Covid-19 MEDICAl rAtioning healthcare guidancE

The guidance explains that entities funded by HHS cannot deny people with disabilities medical care “on the basis of stereotypes, assessments of quality of life, or judgments about a person’s relative “worth” based on the presence or absence of disabilities.”

ADDED 4.7.20 Documents, Complaints, and Media - Center for Public Representation