State Agency and National Breastfeeding Resources

Colorado

Breastfeeding | CDPHE WIC (coloradowic.gov)

Breastfeeding essentials | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov)

Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition

Breastfeeding moms and families | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov)

Kansas

Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition

Kansas Business Case for Breastfeeding 

Kansas La Leche League: free phone help and support meetings

Montana

https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/ecfsd/WIC/breastfeeding/BFPCList.pdf Find a Peer Counselor

https://www.mtbreastfeedingcoalition.com/ MT BF Coalition

https://www.healthybabieshappymoms.com/montana Order Medicaid Pump

https://hmhb-lifts.org/services?service_type=Lactation+Support Lactation Services Search

https://dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/napa/motherfriendlyworksite/index MT NAPA Program

Missouri

https://health.mo.gov/living/families/wic/breastfeeding/ WIC state agency breastfeeding site

http://www.mobreastfeeding.org/ Missouri Breastfeeding Coalition

https://www.llli.org/la-leche-league-missouri/ Missouri La Leche League

https://www.gkclca.com/ Greater Kansas City Lactation Consultant Association

http://www.lcmsl.org/ Lactation Consultants of Metro St. Louis

https://missouricommunitydoulacouncil.com/ Missouri Community Doula Council

Nebraska

WIC Breastfeeding (ne.gov)

North Dakota

North Dakota Breastfeeding | Department of Health (nd.gov)

South Dakota

Parents - WIC South Dakota (sdwic.org)

• SD WIC Online Library Breastfeeding page
• Newly redesigned to have more columns, pictures, and visual appeal than simply live text on the page!
• Breastfeeding 101 booklet – (Available Soon in English & Spanish! This booklet is an updated and redesigned version of our current Breastfeeding is Best booklet)
• Breastfeeding Mom Kit  - available to all pregnant and breastfeeding WIC moms
• Includes:
• Breastfeeding is Best booklet  (will soon be replaced with the Breastfeeding 101 booklet)
• Human Milk Storage Guidelines Magnet
• Handbook for Dads
• Breastfeeding  Mother’s Bill of Rights
• Benefits of a Breastfeeding Friendly Work Environment

Wyoming

Breastfeeding Support - Wyoming Department of Health

National Breastfeeding Resources

WIC Breastfeeding Support | WIC Works Resource System (usda.gov) Find posters, handouts and social media material to help in your breastfeeding training, promotion and support efforts.

WIC Breastfeeding Check-In Tool | WIC Works Resource System (usda.gov)  resource for WIC nutritionists to support their breastfeeding mom

World Breastfeeding Week 2022 – Step Up For Breastfeeding | Educate and Support focus on strengthening the capacity of actors that have to protect, promote and support breastfeeding across different levels of society.

Breastfeeding (aap.org) Breastfeeding (aap.org) The AAP provides recommendations and guidelines to support pediatricians and other health care professionals working with breastfeeding families.

Breastfeeding | CDC CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) is committed to increasing breastfeeding rates throughout the United States and to promoting and supporting optimal breastfeeding practices toward the ultimate goal of improving the public’s health.

Breastfeeding (who.int) WHO and UNICEF recommend that children initiate breastfeeding within the first hour of birth and be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life.