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
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.
