Stabilize
A gentle first-day rhythm: safety, regulation, connection, and one achievable learning task.
Emergency Education learning sequenceU.S. INSTITUTE OF EMERGENCY EDUCATION
Learning should not disappear when life becomes unstable.
Emergency Education gives children and caregivers a calm starting point for safety, connection, and learning continuity during displacement, family crisis, housing instability, school interruption, illness, or disaster.
01Child centered
Age-appropriate, dignity-centered learning in the place a child is now.
02Caregiver enabled
Clear routines and materials that do not require a classroom to begin.
03Institution ready
A delivery model for schools, shelters, foster-care partners, and community systems.
CONTINUITY PLAN
Begin with the situation in front of you.
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TODAY’S STARTING POINT
Displacement
A move, shelter stay, or housing disruption interrupted the usual learning routine.
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
A practical delivery model for crisis.
Designed for a caregiver, educator, or partner organization to use immediately and adapt responsibly.
Continue
Portable literacy, numeracy, creative expression, and inquiry activities for home, shelter, or temporary placement.
Emergency Education learning sequenceReconnect
A caregiver-led plan for school contact, accommodations, missed-work recovery, and supported re-entry.
Emergency Education learning sequencePrepare
Family plans, trusted-adult communication, low-connectivity learning, and practical readiness.
Emergency Education learning sequenceFAMILY CONTINUITY PILOT
From a child’s immediate needs to a durable public-service model.
The first pilot will develop a Home Learning Continuity Kit, caregiver micro-curriculum, implementation guide, and de-identified learning evidence for institutional partners.
- CaregiverCreates safety, rhythm, connection, and accessible learning.
- EducatorGuides curriculum, adaptation, and thoughtful documentation.
- PartnerConnects families, safeguarding, referrals, and accountable delivery.
EDUCATIONAL FUNDING AND STEWARDSHIP
Resources move through accountable delivery.
Emergency Education is a public-service program: funding is directed to documented educational work, participant access, and accountable partner delivery.
Public need
Children and caregivers experience a documented disruption to educational continuity.
Partner authorization
An eligible school, nonprofit, shelter, child-welfare, or community partner identifies the service gap and delivery pathway.
Funded delivery
Grant or charitable funds support approved curriculum, educator time, learning kits, accessibility, training, coordination, and evaluation.
Stewardship
Safeguarding, conflict disclosure, fair compensation, records, outcomes, and independent oversight protect the mission.
PILOT FUNDING MECHANISM
Eligible funding is braided around the child’s continuity of learning.
- Local charitable grantsLaunch the first educator-supported family cohort and Home Learning Continuity Kits.
- Housing and DV partnersIntegrate continuity learning within housing stabilization and survivor-family support.
- School and literacy partnersSupport home learning, family engagement, re-entry, and academic recovery.
- Future public grantsScale evaluated delivery through child, youth, emergency, and family-stability funding.