SGER: Governmental and Voluntary Association Coordination and Evacuees' Experience of Assistance in Colorado

卡特里娜飓风要求政府和志愿组织做出非同寻常的反应。虽然最具破坏性的影响是在墨西哥湾沿岸和邻近的州，但全国各地的州都接受了撤离者。在飓风过后的最初几周，科罗拉多州接收了2000多名撤离人员，其中许多人住在丹佛附近一个旧空军基地的临时避难所。甚至一个月后，撤离者仍在继续抵达，10月中旬，路易斯安那州的临时避难所逐步关闭，每天有多达30名新的撤离者抵达需要服务的地方。为了满足这一巨大需求，州和地方官员必须确定在哪里提供住房，如何提供医疗保健，撤离者需要什么样的现金援助，以及如何让孩子们安顿下来上学。这些努力的很大一部分依赖于私人机构的工作，因为它们在提供援助方面越来越重要。本研究考察了科罗拉多州如何协调向撤离人员提供服务。教会和其他慈善机构是如何为撤离者辩护、提供物品和协助他们获得社会服务的？谁协调危机服务，是否会有协调的长期反应？撤离者在逃离家园时遭受了创伤。这项研究还调查了撤离者是如何经历这种创伤的？这段经历的哪些方面对他们来说压力最大？哪些外部支持和资源以及哪些内部应对技能帮助撤离者度过了非自愿搬迁到新州后的几天、几周和几个月？他们是和朋友、家人或社区成员一起来的吗？他们在多大程度上能够与科罗拉多州的社区建立联系？撤离者是如何接受服务的？撤离者现在和将来的心理状况如何？贫穷如何加重了撤离者的经历？最后，新闻中充斥着关于撤离者的故事。大多数美国人是从新闻而不是亲身经历中了解到撤离人员的情况。本研究还考察了印刷和电视新闻媒体所呈现的信息的类型、范围和深度。我们将追踪和分析科罗拉多州一年来的新闻报道，以检验媒体最初的反应，以及随着灾难从公众意识中消失，报道是如何变化的。

Hurricane Katrina required an extraordinary response from government and voluntary organizations. While the most devastating impact was in the Gulf Coast and neighboring states, states throughout the country accepted evacuees. Colorado received well over 2000 evacuees in the initial weeks following the Hurricane, many housed in a temporary shelter at an old air force base in a county neighboring Denver. Evacuees continued arriving even a month later, with as many as 30 new evacuees a day arriving in need of services in mid-October when temporary shelters in Lousiana were phased out. To respond to this substantial need, state and local officials had to determine where to provide housing, how to provide medical care, what cash assistance evacuees needed, and how to get children settled into schools. A significant portion of these efforts relied on the work of private agencies, as they become increasingly central to provision of aid. This research examines how Colorado coordinated delivery of services to evacuees. How did the churches and other charities advocate for evacuees, provide goods, and assist in accessing social services? Who coordinated crisis services and will there be a coordinated long-term response?Evacuees suffered a trauma in fleeing their homes. This research also examines how evacuees experienced that trauma? What aspects of the experience were most stressful for them? What external supports and resources and which internal coping skills helped evacuees get through the days, weeks, and months following involuntary relocation to a new state? Did they come with friends or family or community members, and to what extent have they been able to connect with communities in Colorado? How did evacuees experience receipt of services and how are evacuees faring psychologically now and over time? How has poverty compounded the experience of being an evacuee?Finally, the news has been full of stories about evacuees. Most Americans learn about evacuees from the news rather than from personal experience. This research also examines the type, range, and depth of the information presented by the print and televised news media. We will track and analyze news coverage in Colorado over the course of a year to examine the media's initial response, and also how coverage changes as the disaster fades from public consciousness.