Implementations

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Disclaimer

This page reports the success stories of communities across the nation that were funded by NACCHO to implement recommendations and strategies from the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Blueprint, and does not yet include successes from communities that have implemented recommendations on their own.

If you are a community that has implemented a Blueprint recommendation or strategy and would like to share your story with us, please contact breastfeeding@naccho.org.

2024 Cohort 3

Bridging Breastfeeding Continuity of Care and Nutrition Security within the First 1,000 Days

Project Period: November 2023 - July 2024

With support from the CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO), NACCHO awarded nine (9) communities to improve infant and toddler nutrition by implementing the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Blueprint. Each grantee aims to strengthen community lactation support and other strategies to advance local nutrition security landscape within the first 1,000 days. All grantees are working with at least two (2) community partners to improve infant and toddler nutrition security. 

To view their project activities, click HERE.

2023 Cohort 2

Community Partners Implementing the Blueprint: Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support

Project Period: November 2022 - July 2023

With support from the CDC/DNPAO, NACCHO awarded seven (7) communities to strengthen community lactation support. Two grantees continued implementing their activities through December 2023. This funding opportunity aimed to support the implementation of Continuity of Care (CoC) strategies by local-level organizations among historically marginalized communities with historically low rates of chest/breastfeeding. 

To view their Success Stories, click HERE.

2022 Cohort 1

Implementing the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Blueprint

From November 2021 to July 2022, with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and through a Request for Proposals, NACCHO worked with 10 local-level organizations and their community partners to implement at least two recommendations from the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support: A Blueprint for Communities to improve the local chest/breastfeeding landscape in the Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) communities.

To view their success stories, click HERE.