Our mission is to educate individuals, families, & communities about caring for their dead. The mission of the NHFA is to preserve the innate rights of families and communities to care for their own dead in a personal, respectful, and environmentally sound manner. It does so by creating and sustaining a network of ethical, responsible and knowledgeable Home Funeral Guides whose primary focus is to educate and empower family members to shape and direct the after death care of their loved one as supported by state law. The NHFA recommends standards of practice that inform its members’ personal conduct and provide clear direction in correct and ethical behavior for Home Funeral Guides in service to those choosing family-directed funerals.