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Children are particularly vulnerable to the physical and emotional traumas of a major disaster. That vulnerability was accentuated in the case of Katrina by the scale of the disruption, the effect on parents and the instability in children's lives, and the often extreme levels of disadvantage and stress that many children in New Orleans had experienced before the hurricane. This section focuses on what we know about children's vulnerability; about evidence from the research on programs and clinical approaches that can respond, heal, and offer future opportunity for children; and about how they could be expanded to help young Katrina victims. Nonprofits play an essential role in identifying need, delivering services, informing public officials and citizens about the circumstances of children and the possible solutions, and collaborating with government programs to make those programs effective. Clearly, an enormous range of topics bears in some way on the experiences of children and families. For reasons of length, this section does not attempt to cover the issues of education and schooling but instead focuses on community services for children and families. | |
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