ECE Responds to Hurricane Katrina

ECE Organizations Act

There has been an outpouring of creative responses from Exchange’s Strategic Partners and other key organizations in the field. Here are their stories. While all these responses are inspired, if your time is limited, be sure to check out the reports from Mississippi State University and the Southern Early Childhood Association.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions/Jim Greenman Letter
Bright Horizons Family Solutions/CEO Letter
Child Care Network
Children's Courtyard
Early Care and Education Consortium
Gateway Academy Child Development Center
General Services Administration
International Child Resource Institute
Knowledge Learning Corportion
La Petite Academy
Letter to Congress
Learning Care Group
Minnieland Private Day School
Mississippi State University
NAEYC
NAFCC
National Association of Regulatory Administrators
NBCDI
Primrose Schools
Southern Early Childhood Association
Southern Regional Education Board
Sunrise Preschools
US Child Care Bureau

Important Links

Click here for links to organizations in the field.

Accounts from the Field

Our early childhood friends have shared many stories from working in the impacted areas or in relief sites outside the area...

Houston, Texas
Austin, Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Alabama

Diary of an Exchange Volunteer

Exchange team member Kay Albrecht has been volunteering at the Astrodome in Houston. Click here to read her moving day by day reports.

Idea Exchange/Sound Off

We invited readers of ExchangeEveryDay to share their ideas on how the field should respond to Kartrina. The response was immediate and overwhelming. To view the responses click on the title below.

Hurricane Katrina: How Can We Help?

Learning from the Past

Early childhood professionals who have experienced the aftermath of disasters share what they learned from...

Oklahoma
Florida