The State of Alaska and the Foster Parent Both Have Responsibilities
When it comes to a children in foster care and community wide disasters, individual foster families has responsibilities and the State of Alaska Office of Children's Services has responsibilities. This unit will look at both.
The bottom line is that we want children to be safe and have a responsible adult looking after their safety. That's the foster parents job. But the State has the final responsibility for the care of the children in foster care, so it needs to have a plan to make sure that the State of Alaska can keep track of where children are and reasonable guarantee their safety in the the aftermath of a disaster. That's the job of licensing and the State's Emergency Response Plan.
Section 4: Children, Emergencies and Foster Care