Session 1 – Homework Summary
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- Conduct Community Assessment
- Review CDC RNA & SAFE RNA (rapid needs assessments)
- Review Trauma-Informed Care Reference Sheet
- Choose a stress management technique to try or practice.
- Complete the evaluation for this session
Additional handouts and resources at the bottom
1. Community Assessment
Learn more about your community’s trends and readiness. Track this information yourself, and to help us know how to serve you better, please enter the answers into the form at https://forms.gle/cPT1T7CfDcZqhhW69
- What location do you serve?
- What are the most common disasters your community faces?
- How do those emergencies typically impact your community?
- What agency or organization is in charge of emergency response in your community? Be as detailed as you can.
- Who is in charge of making sure the needs of families with infants and young children are taken care of?
- In your current role, what is a concrete step you can take to support safe infant and young child feeding in your community? Feel free to elaborate to more than one if you would like.
- Other thoughts or comments. Anything specific you want to make sure we cover in training?
2. Review CDC & SAFE Rapid Needs Assessments
Familiarize yourself with both of these critical tools. We will practice in session 2.
CDC Rapid Needs Assessment
Rapid Needs Assessment Intake for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies.
https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/emergencies-infant-feeding/downloads/pages/Rapid-Needs-Assessment-Intake-Form-IYCF-E-508.pdf
SAFE Simplified Rapid Needs Assessment
SAFE Infant Feeding Field Rapid Needs Assessment. Designed to be more conversational.
3. Review Trauma-Informed Care Reference Sheet
Additional information about trauma-informed care and caring for oneself as a disaster responder.
4. Choose a stress management technique to try or practice.
We can build our emotional resilience and reserves before being in an acute disaster response situation. These practices also help us deal with daily stress, and improve our ability to respond to unexpected stressors.
- Try to do a stress management or trauma-release practice daily, even if just for 2 minutes. You can use one from the handout above, or any technique you are familiar with.
5. Complete the Evaluation
To track your attendance and help us improve, please complete the short evaluation as soon as possible. This will allow us to verify your attendance for the certificate of completion at the end of the series. https://forms.gle/VeeMBUYYdXYzVJsXA
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If you find this training helpful, please support our efforts with a financial donation. Click below and select “SAFE Team” to earmark for IYCF-E education and disaster response support.
Handouts, Links & Resources
 | Intro to IYCF-E If you have not yet viewed this video introduction, we recommend you do so. The cost is $10. https://www.ncbfc.org/product-page/safe-training-introduction-to-infant-and-young-child-feeding-in-emergencies Video module © 2025 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition. Interested in licensing these materials for reuse or co-branding? Contact the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Office of Technology Commercialization at 919-966-3932, or email Harmen Steele at harmen.steele@unc.edu |
  | Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Toolkit The toolkit contains: – Information, resources, and tools about supporting families and providing optimal nutrition to infants and young children during emergencies. – Printable handouts to be used with or given to families. – Information for families and caregivers about being prepared to feed infants and young children during emergencies. – Information for the public about donations in response to emergencies. www.cdc.gov/infant-feeding-emergencies-toolkit/php/index.html |
 | Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group (IFE Core Group) Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers, referred to as OG-IFE. It offers 6 practical steps: 1. Endorse or develop policies 2. Train staff 3. Coordinate operations 4. Assess and monitor 5. Protect, promote, and support optimal infant and young child feeding with integrated multi-sector interventions 6. Minimize the risks of artificial feeding https://www.ennonline.net/operationalguidance-v3-2017 |
  | Save the Children Toolkit Focused internationally. Includes guidance on topics such as: – IYCF-E policy – Conducting needs assessments – IYCF-E program planning – establishing secure and supportive places for lactating families; ensuring support for chest/breastfeeding initiation; providing consistent communication on IYCF-E; providing appropriate complementary foods; managing acute malnutrition, etc… – Staff Training – Monitoring and Supervising IYCF-E programs For the complete Toolkit, visit https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/toolkits/iycf-e-toolkit/ |
 | USBC IYCF-E Constellation An emerging subgroup to deal with IYCF-E. https://www.usbreastfeeding.org/covid-19-constellation.html |
| Gillings on the Ground Emergency Response Training In North Carolina. Visit https://sph.unc.edu/resource-pages/gillings-on-the-ground/ | |
| LIFE (Lactation and Infant Feeding in Emergencies) from the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute in NC. For access to L.I.F.E.TM resources, visit: – https://sph.unc.edu/cgbi/cgbi-resources-l-i-f-e-support-basic-kit/ For resources specific to the child care context, visit : – https://sph.unc.edu/cgbi/resources-lactation-and-infant-feeding-in-emergencies-for-ece/ For resources for Community Milk Sharing: – https://sph.unc.edu/cgbi/covid-19-resources/ |
Thanks to our Sponsors
We express our gratitude to our sponsors that made this training possible:
Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation
The Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to supporting charitable organizations that align with its mission of giving back.
Grants are made only as a result of the Foundation’s own initiative.
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities provides technical assistance to breastfeeding coalitions and health departments across the US, including Breastfeed Durham, Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities of Asheville, and the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition. Our newest project, the SAFE Team, revealed national gaps in infant and young child feeding during emergencies. Our core mission of systems change uses the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community to train and educate non-lactating community members to better welcome families, normalize breastfeeding, and prepare for safe infant feeding in emergencies. Together, we build environments where every family can thrive.
Confident Pregnancy (DBA Melinda Delisle Innovations)
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Birthstone Center for Appalachian Perinatal Resilience
The Birthstone Center for Appalachian Perinatal Resilience strengthens perinatal health in Western North Carolina by centering families, uplifting birthworkers, and advancing equitable access to lactation, doula, and maternal mental health support—building resilience in mountain communities before, during, and after birth. Starting as a small private practice, Birthstone has grown into a regional nonprofit that creates innovative solutions to providing a village for Mountain Families.
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