Families with young children at shelters and congregate areas have special needs for feeding, depending on their feeding preferences, such as:
- Access to infant feeding support
- Safe, clean water
- A sanitary place to feed their baby and/or clean and sanitize feeding supplies (other than a bathroom)
- Any other resources to support their feeding needs (breastfeeding, pumping, bottle feeding, formula feeding)
The resources below will help you serve families with young children better.
IYCF-E Basics for VOADs
NVOAD Conference Handout
Essential information to help all kinds of VOADs implement Infant and
Young Child Feeding in Emergencies practices into their Emergency Response Protocols.
Shelter Signs
Ready-to-print or sample posters to be used in shelters and other congregate areas to support families with infants and young children in safe feeding and other needs.
Signs from multiple resources including CDC, SafelyFed Canada, USDA, TN, and others.
Rapid Needs Assessment, Conversational version
Learn about each family’s feeding needs before offering solutions. This document is a conversational way to learn about the feeding needs of families with young children.
Rapid Needs Assessment, Options
Learn about each family’s feeding needs before offering solutions. This page displays rapid needs assessments from multiple organizations for learning about the feeding needs of families with young children. Select the one best for your organization.
Safely Distributing Infant Feeding Supplies
Reference poster for organizations & volunteers about how to mitigate risk of donations and supplies for infant feeding.
Printable on 1 side of legal paper.
Infant Feeding Educational Poster for Families (English) – (Spanish)
Reference poster to educate families about safe infant feeding in emergencies. Can be posted in shelters.
Printable on 1-side of regular 8.5×11 paper.
SAFE Infant Feeding Quick Reference Guide
Quick reference booklet to educate families about safe infant feeding in emergencies. Designed to be distributed to families during active response.
Text in English and Spanish.
Printable on 3 sheets (2 sided) of regular 8.5×11 paper or may be distributed electronically.
Please contact us to discuss co-branding or translation into other languages.
Looking for Other Resources?
Resources for VOADs
Resources for organizations that serve families with children under 3 years old.
Points of Distribution
Resources for groups that distribute supplies.
DCM & Direct Survivor Support
Resources for disaster case managers and other groups
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