Primary Investigator: David Simpson, PhD, AICP
Director, Center for Hazards Research and Policy Development
Director, Master of Urban Planning Program, University of Louisville
Fifth Third Bank Professor of Community Development
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Product Description: Best practices based array of training, planning, and preparedness materials (i.e. guides, step-by-step playbooks, checklists) refined through on-site delivery to five communities in Kentucky to enhance community continuity of operations during a pandemic event.

Target: Medium and smaller-size communities without established planning expertise.

Initial Award Period: (March 9, 2009 – September 8, 2010)
Activities included creating pandemic planning and preparedness guidance materials as well as developing and implementing a resource web portal.

The project web portal, http://www.communitypandemicprep.org, is designed to provide local officials, community planners, and government leaders with a one-stop shop for current pandemic influenza best practices and information. With over 100 resources, web links and reports, this portal covers the most important sectors and professional disciplines impacted by a pandemic influenza outbreak and will be continually updated as new pandemic guidance documents and resources become available.

Final Award Period: (September 9, 2010 – March 9, 2012)
Activities will be centered on the coordination, development, and delivery of five community-based pandemic influenza workshops with the focus on leading these communities through the planning process and guide developed during the initial award period.

For more information on this project, visit http://www.communitypandemicprep.org.