Resources

USDA Resources. Some may be codified as evergreen (must occur) and others may be subject to suspension due to Federal Budget challenges (may occur):

* Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - replacement benefits may be obtained for items lost/destroyed due to the disaster. Impacted jurisdictions can ask for the 10-day reporting requirement to be waived, so that replacement food can be obtained quicker.

* Disaster Household Distribution Program (DHD) - Disaster household distribution of USDA Foods may occur; such as canned fruits and vegetables, UHT (shelf-stable) milk, canned or pouch chicken, frozen chicken, and pork products.

* Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) - This is a separate program from SNAP, which may address the temporary food needs of applicants in an affected area of a state that has received a Presidential declaration of Major Disaster with Individual Assistance, under 7 USC Chapter 51.

Infant and young child feeding during natural disasters: A systematic integrative literature review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871519221001992

Challenges With Pediatric Mass Care Feeding https://domesticpreparedness.com/articles/challenges-with-pediatric-mass-care-feeding

2022 United States infant formula shortage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_infant_formula_shortage

Considerations and Information for Fair Organizers to Help Prevent Influenza

https://www.cdc.gov/flu-in-animals/about/fair-organizers-information.html#:~:text=When%20people%20get%20infected%20with,viruses%20than%20seasonal%20influenza%20viruses.)

Animals in Public Settings Compendium 2023

FEMA’s IS-10.A - Animals in Disaster online course

FEMA’s IS-11.A: Animals in Disasters: Community Planning

USDA’s Animal Care Emergency Programs (lots of links!)

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal-care/emergency-programs

Emergency Managers are reminded that there are federal laws requiring all jurisdictions to perform planning and support for pets in disasters – via the PETS Act and PKEMRA.