Teen CERT at Eastern Michigan University - A message from the Director

A message from the Director

Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
A message from the Director Skip Lawver The good news: Since 2006, Eastern Michigan University, along with its partners at Citizen Corps and the Department of Homeland Security, has been able to conduct Teen CERT Instructor Training around the Country. Over 900 instructors nationwide have affected the lives of over 10,000 youth by enabling them to respond to crisis and events that require an advanced level of disaster response capabilities. Through this enablement process, students have empowered themselves to respond to events, and have thus rescued individuals trapped under debris after a tornado, saved lives of individuals caught in a rip tide, and provided medical first responder skills in numerous instances. In my opinion, through the actions of these trained youth, many people owe not only their lives to the student responder and the skills learned in Teen CERT, but these students eased the pain and suffering of individuals who were victims of accidents. Now, the bad news: Teen CERT did not receive funding for 2010. Our start-up support for schools and individual support for backpacks and student manuals have been expended. It is now up to the individual states to continue supporting this most valuable training. Our team, Leanna, Brenda, Jillanne, and I will still be available to continue instructor training and support through the Train-the-Trainer program. We have placed all of our materials on the website for you to download. The CERT Instructor Guide and Student Manual are located under the “downloads” menu. Also, any additional resource materials we have will be posted there. We wish all of you good luck with Teen CERT, and hopefully we will find funding to continue your support in the future. Respectfully, Professor Skip Lawver , Director, Eastern Michigan University
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 July 2009 )