Community-Based Organizations and Partners for Perinatal Disaster Preparedness

Community-based organizations and partners can provide important services and resources and play a critical role in communicating key messages regarding disaster preparedness and response. In addition, these same partners often provide much-needed services and resources to families before and after disasters. They are trusted sources of information and care for families and are critical partners in disaster preparedness planning.

Potential partners include:

• Faith-based organizations (eg, local faith communities, service organizations like Catholic Charities)
• Doulas
• Breastfeeding/lactation consultants
• Milk banks
• Behavioral health (eg, mental health, substance use disorder services)
• Social services
  • Home visiting partnerships
  • Early Childhood Development Services
  • Diaper banks
  • Planned Parenthood and other pregnancy resource centers
• Local businesses
  • Small businesses
  • Large businesses (eg, large chain grocery stores)
  • Chamber of Commerce
• Shelters (homeless, domestic violence)