Provider: California Department of Social Services (CDSS)

Course Description: This online document details the four primary elements in planning for care and shelter operations:

1. Designating a care and shelter coordinator and ensuring a mutual understanding with the local Red Cross on the dual partnership required for care and shelter operations.
2. Identifying those facilities to be used as disaster shelters and gathering the appropriate survey information and agreements.
3. Training the staff necessary to run the above facilities.
4. Ensuring access to the resources and services necessary to support disaster victims both at shelters and within the community. This includes a strategy for meeting special needs and a linkage with local CBOs that support vulnerable persons.

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