{"id":34002,"date":"2025-08-14T21:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=34002"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:09:20","slug":"r4-connections-why-access-and-functional-needs-should-be-everyones-priority-in-community-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/r4-connections-why-access-and-functional-needs-should-be-everyones-priority-in-community-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"R4 Connections: Why Access and Functional Needs Should Be Everyone&#8217;s Priority in Community Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">September is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/september\">National Preparedness Month<\/a> &#8212; a time to focus on ensuring our communities and workplaces are ready for the unexpected. To help you stay informed and equipped, we\u2019re hosting a special webinar featuring expert insights, practical tips, and resources to boost your emergency preparedness.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/r4sep2025\">Registration is required<\/a>\u00a0to attend. Please note: You must be a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/user\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NNLM member<\/a> to register (it\u2019s free!).\u00a0Can\u2019t join us live? Register anyway to receive the recording after the event. Please reach out to\u00a0<a title=\"Intro to Generative AI\" href=\"mailto:region4@nnlm.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">region4@nnlm.gov<\/a>\u00a0with any questions you may have.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Date and Time<\/strong>: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. MT<\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Session Length<\/strong>: 60 minutes<\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Guest Speaker<\/strong>: Allison Wilson, Jefferson County Public Health (Colorado)<\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Description<\/strong>: This one-hour webinar will give an overview of the access and functional needs framework in emergency response and explain why it is important to plan for emergencies from a resource perspective rather than labeling people and groups. Participants will learn about examples from Jefferson County Public Health&#8217;s project to do the following: create an interactive all-staff training, purchase various items to ensure all needs and disabilities are supported, and embed AFN resources not only in the emergency plan but in day-to-day programs. Participants will be able to define access and functional needs and receive replicable examples of how to increase inclusion for AFN accommodations at libraries, organizations, and programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Interested in learning more about emergency preparedness? There will be additional webinars throughout September. Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\">training calendar<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Sep-2025-R4-Connections.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Sep-2025-R4-Connections.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Sep-2025-R4-Connections-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Sep-2025-R4-Connections-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Sep-2025-R4-Connections-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Sep-2025-R4-Connections-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September is National Preparedness Month &#8212; a time to focus on ensuring our communities and workplaces are ready for the unexpected. To help you stay informed and equipped, we\u2019re hosting a special webinar featuring expert insights, practical tips, and resources to boost your emergency preparedness. Registration is required\u00a0to attend. Please note: You must be a\u00a0NNLM&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/r4-connections-why-access-and-functional-needs-should-be-everyones-priority-in-community-preparedness\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-members","category-webinars"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34005,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34002\/revisions\/34005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}