ANNEX D
THE STATE OF FLORIDA
(To The State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Annex to the State of Florida
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan is the State’s plan to assist the
federal government in the repatriation of United States citizens through a
process of reception, temporary care, onward transportation to final
destination, and follow-up assistance for U.S Non Combatant evacuees to the
State of Florida in an emergency situation.
1.
The Joint Plan for DOD Non-Combatant
Repatriation.
2.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Emergency Repatriation Plan (NERP). (December, 1983, revised 18 February 1986.)
3.
Presidential Executive Order 12656, "Assignment
of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities”, 18 November 1988.
4.
Title IX Section 1113 of the Social Security Act
5.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between the
Air Transport Association of America and the Social Security Administration –
Office of Family Assistance in Emergency Repatriation Situations, Aug 19, 1985.
6.
MOU Between the American National Red Cross and
the Social Security Administration – Office of Family Assistance in Emergency
Repatriation Situations, Dec 30, 1985
7.
The State of Florida Comprehensive Emergency
Management Plan.
8.
State of Florida Department of Children and Families,
CF Operating Procedure No. 165-3 U.S. Repatriate Program.
1.
Executive Order (EO) 12656 (Assignment of
Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities), as amended, assigns specific
federal agency responsibilities for emergency repatriation. Voluntary agencies will assist in emergency
repatriation depending upon their resources and agreements negotiated at the
national level and/or with the states.
a.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has
the primary responsibility to arrange for reception, temporary care, and onward
transportation of evacuees returned to the United States under a declaration of
national emergency or it may occur under conditions not involving a declaration
of national emergency.
b.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is assigned
responsibility or the repatriation of U.S. Citizens and dependents returned to
the United States from a foreign country in an emergency situation.
2.
Sec. 1301.
Under the direction of the President and in consultation with the Secretaries
of Defense (SECDEF) and Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Secretary of
State (SECSTATE) is responsible for the protection or evacuation of all U.S.
citizens and foreign nationals abroad, including DOD noncombatants.
3.
Sec 801.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the
heads of Federal departments and agencies, is responsible for providing
assistance to U.S. citizens or others evacuated from overseas areas, including
DoD noncombatants. Their plan relies on State and local
government to carry out the operational responsibilities of repatriation.
4.
Sec 502.
SECDEF shall advise and assist the SECSTATE and the heads of other
federal Departments and Agencies, as appropriate, in planning for the
protection, evacuation, and repatriation of U.S. citizens in overseas areas.
5. DoD Directive 3025.14 designates the Secretary of the
Army as the DoD Executive Agent for Repatriation Plans and Operations in
connection with the return of DoD noncombatant
1.
Care
and Protection of Children - Social services or arrangements for
facilities that supplement parental care and supervision. Such services are to be made available in
accordance with existing State laws governing care and protection of children
and include services for unaccompanied children
2.
Dependents
of United States Citizens - The spouse, parents, unmarried minor
children, including adopted and step children, unmarried adult children who are
dependent because they are handicapped, grandparents, spouse’s parents and
minor siblings of the evacuee or spouse
3.
Evacuation
- The authorized or ordered departure of noncombatants from
a specific area by the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, or
the appropriate U.S. military commander.
This refers to the movement from one area to another in the same or
different countries. The evacuation is
caused by unusual or emergency circumstances and applies equally to command or
non-command sponsored dependents.
4.
Joint Reception Coordination Center (JRCC)
- Established by the Department of the Army as the designated U.S. Department
of Defense Executive Agent for the repatriation of noncombatants, with the
assistance of other Military Departments and Department of Defense Agencies. The JRCC ensures the Department of Defense
personnel and noncombatants receive adequate assistance and support for an
orderly and expedient debarkation, movement to final destination in the United
States, and appropriate follow-on assistance at the final destination. The JRCC is also responsible for keeping not
only the Defense establishment but also all Federal Agencies informed about the
evacuation and repatriation operation.
5.
Noncombatant
Evacuation Operations - Operations directed by the U.S.
Department of Defense or other appropriate authority wherein noncombatants are
evacuated from areas of danger overseas to safehavens overseas or to the United
States
6.
Reception
Services and temporary assistance as required - Money
payments, food, medical care, temporary billeting, transportation, and other
goods and services. This includes
personal, family and group counseling, necessary for the health and welfare of
evacuees who are with out immediately available resources at the time of
arrival in the United States, during onward movement to United States
destination, and for a temporary period there after
7.
Refugees
- Aliens who are dependents of U.S. citizens who may be
among the evacuees reaching CONUS. If
an individual meets the definition of “Refugee” and qualifies for Refugee
Assistance, the designated State agency will provide assistance according to
their approved State plan for Refugee Assistance
8.
Repatriation
- The procedure where American citizens and their families are officially
processed back into the United States after an evacuation. Evacuees are also provided various services
to ensure their well being and onward movement to their final destination
9.
Safehavens
- A place to which noncombatants under the U.S. Government's responsibility may
be evacuated during an emergency. A
location within or outside the United States to which noncombatants are
authorized to travel for the purpose of temporarily remaining there until they
are authorized to return to the location from which evacuated, or until they
are authorized to travel to their final destination.
10.
Temporary
Period – The 90 days after the day of arrival. If the returnee is not eligible for
assistance through any other State, local or Federal program and is handicapped
in attaining self-support due to age, disability or lack of vocational
training, assistance may be extended with authorization of HHS / ORR prior to
expiration of the initial 90 day period
11.
Third
Country National (TCN) - An individual who is neither a U.S.
Department of Defense dependent nor a United States citizen.
12.
U.S.
Citizen Civilian Employee - A civilian employee of the Government
of the United States who is a United States citizen with permanent residence in
the United States.
13.
U.S.
noncombatant evacuees - For purposes of planning, include U.S.
Government employees, tourists, businessmen, commercial travelers, and
employees of U.S. Contractors working on foreign projects, students,
missionaries, and other United States Citizens residing in a foreign country.