Changing the future for infants in intensive care

The NIDCAP Federation International, NFI, promotes the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) in hospitals and encourages its use nationally and internationally to support the growth and development of premature infants and to improve the quality of their care and the support for their families.

Formed in 2001, the NFI is a private, non-profit, charitable organization committed to providing the highest quality of education and training for professionals who provide care for infants in newborn intensive care nurseries and support their families.

For more information about NIDCAP training see the Program Guide. Locations, contact names, and telephone numbers of a training center near you are available under NIDCAP Training in the Training Centers page on this site.

Financial support for the NFI is provided by:

Members, NIDCAP Training Centers, the generous contributions of individual donors, and grants from Bella Vista Foundation, A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, and Pritzker Early Childhood Foundation.

• 1st International Prematurity Awareness Day
• Second NICU Achieves NFI NIDCAP Nursery Certification


• NIDCAP Nursery Certification awarded to NICU at St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Boise, Idaho
• Read the Developmental Observer, the Official Newsletter of the NFI