Advancing Breastfeeding Continuity of Care for Communities Most at Risk of Not Breastfeeding

Application deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services Chronic Disease Prevention Program (CDPP) is seeking a community organization or organizations (e.g., non-profit, local, or Tribal health department, membership entity, coalition) who will work to improve lactation support in Wisconsin communities who are most at risk of not breastfeeding.

Suggested activities

• Implement a local care coordination system that covers the perinatal period and could include referral systems and hand-off protocols.
• Create community environments that proactively promote, protect, and support breastfeeding.
• Create or enhance a dedicated lactation space.
• Implement a lactation support policy.
• Provide lactation education or offer scholarships for lactation training to anyone who provides services to families.
• Establish community-clinical linkages through relationship-building, leading to memorandums of understanding or other agreements outlining seamless transitions of care for families.

Read the complete Advancing Breastfeeding Continuity of Care for Communities Most at Risk of Not Breastfeeding public notice and application materials.