State Partnership Program Dashboard

EMSC Grantees Policymakers

Revised February 12, 2026

Things to know

National Assessment and Joint Guidelines 11

A NEW Joint Policy Statement has been released. Learn more!

NPRP new guidelines released

See the updated NPRP ED Checklist here.

For more news, check out the current issue of Pulse.

Upcoming webinars and events

Webinar/event Date/time How to register

NEW Pediatric Readiness Guidelines for a NEW National Assessment Webinar

Feb. 12 @1pm CT

Register here

PPRP Exchange

Feb 19 @1:30pm CT

Register here

Pediatric Readiness Education Series for EDs

Feb. 19 @10am CT

Register here

Advancing Pediatric Readiness in EMS: Findings from a National Assessment of EMS Agencies Webinar

Feb. 26 @1-2 pm CT

hosted by NAEMT

Register here

See State Partnership Activities & Tasks on this Timeline.
See additional upcoming events.


In case you missed it (ICYMI)

Read the recent publication: Establishing Quality Measures for the Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project

Read here

The American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics have released the 2025 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Guidelines

Read here

Share our ED PECC learning module series in your state! (EMS modules coming soon.)


Pediatric Readiness Corner

NPRP & PPRP Updates

National Pediatric Readiness Project (for EDs) Prehospital Pediatric Readiness Project (for EMS and fire-rescue agencies)

  • The nationwide assessment opens March 3!
  • The joint policy statement is expected to be published Jan. 20.
  • Share information for the 2026 assessment –visit our Spread the Word page. Two more promo packages are arriving in January.
  • Signing up for the NPRQI Collaborative can help your EDs improve their readiness in time for the assessment.
  • Encourage clinicians to join the Feb. 12 webinar.

  • Download your summary reports from the EDC.
  • Use EDC’s resources + resources found on the EIIC’s website to help you share the results with your state.
  • Keep an eye out for updates on the publication of the national results.


Collaboratives Corner

Upcoming & Ongoing Collaboratives

Collaborative Audience Status Notes

Pediatric Readiness Recognition Programs Exchange

State EMSC program managers

Ongoing

This is a follow-up to the PRRPC. Please reach out to the collaborative team with questions. Learn more.

EMSC NPRQI Collaborative

ED teams (especially small/resource-limited)

Ongoing

Successor to PRQC; focuses on Pediatric Readiness + NPRQI tool. Learn more.

Disaster Response Collaborative (DRC)

Children’s hospitals

Initiated Sept 2024

Four pediatric priority disaster response areas: evacuation, reunification, surge, and triage/infection control/decontamination. Learn more.

Community & Family Engagement Learning Collaborative

State programs / FANs

Launch May 2026

Focus on engaging Family Advisory Network and strategic planning. More information to come!


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