In advance of the publication of the joint policy statement, the PPRP Steering Committee forms, comprising of representatives from more than two dozen organizations, federal agencies, and subject matter experts. Initial work of the committee focuses on the creation of a committee charter covering four project goals: 

1. Using a nationwide assessment, evaluate pediatric readiness within EMS systems (assess); 
2. Using the EMS Joint Policy statement and the EMS nationwide assessment, define and implement no fewer than two specific pediatric readiness improvements (improve); 
3. Within EMS systems, assess the impact of pediatric readiness following pediatric readiness improvement implementation (measure); and 
4. Continue to develop improvement efforts for prehospital pediatric emergency care (sustain).

The Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems Joint Policy Statement and corresponding technical report are published. 

The steering committee develops the Prehospital Pediatric Readiness EMS Agency Checklist. Categories on the checklist match the recommendations listed in both the joint policy statement and technical report. Concurrently, a small workgroup of steering committee members forms to curate resources to populate a toolkit that corresponded with the checklist focus areas. 

The EMS Agency Checklist and Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Toolkit launch nationally during EMS Week. The toolkit includes videos, best practices, research articles, simulations, and other resources covering: 

• Education & Competencies
• Equipment & Supplies
• Patient & Medication Safety
• Patient- & Family-Centered Care
• Policies, Procedures, & Protocols
• Quality & Process Improvement
• Interactions with Systems of Care

The PPRP Assessment launches an assessment more than 15,000 EMS and fire-rescue agencies nationwide via https://emspedsready.org/, with 7,000 agencies responding.