Implementations

Current Implementations

2023/2024: Bridging Breastfeeding Continuity of Care and Nutrition Security within the First 1,000 Days: Blueprint Cohort III

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.

The project implementation period is November 2023 to July 2024. To view their project activities, click HERE.

Past Implementations

2022/2023: Community Partners Implementing the Blueprint: Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Cohort II

With support from the CDC/DNPAO, NACCHO selected seven local-level organizations to strengthen community lactation support, through the implementation of the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support: A Blueprint for Communities, from November 2022 to July 2023. Two grantees are still implementing this project through December 2023. This funding opportunity aimed to support the implementation of Continuity of Care (CoC) strategies by local-level organizations among oppressed communities with historically low rates of chest/breastfeeding. Check out their Success Stories HERE.

2021/2022: Implementing the Continuity of Care in Breastfeeding Support Blueprint: Cohort I

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. Check out their success stories HERE.