The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater

Technical assistance - breastfeedla provides training, technical assistance, and project management to hospitals, clinics, and employers working to improve Breastfeeding outcomes.

Seminars - breastfeedla provides continuing education in lactation for over 1500 lactation and health care professionals each year. Seminars are held each month throughout Greater los angeles county as well as through webinars.

Education (ibclc training) - breastfeedla offers a 45 hour and 90 hour lactation education curriculum. The course satisfies The baby-friendly hospital initiative education requirements as well as The lactation specific education required to sit for The exam towards becoming a board certified lactation consultant. Breastfeedla also hosts baby cafes, providing free, accessible support and education to Breastfeeding families in a welcoming community environment led by students in The ibclc training program.

Educationlactation education program: breastfeedla's lactation education program was developed to provide access to lactation education for underrepresented communities. Witnessing The serious deficit of black, indigenous, and people of color (bipoc) lactation consultants across The nation, breastfeedla saw The need for a culturally competent, intersectional, holistic, and financially accessible lactation course. Since inception, we have provided over 150 scholarships to bipoc individuals to take The course.continuing professional education: breastfeedla provides evidence-based continuing education for nurses, lactation consultants, and breast/chestfeeding advocates by offering eleven seminars per year and biannual summits reaching 1500+ people annually.outreachtechnical assistance: we provide technical assistance and training to over 40 hospitals and clinics to improve breast/chestfeeding outcomes. Breastfeedla co-leads The regional Breastfeeding consortiums (rbc), a forum of hospital administrators, public health officials, Breastfeeding experts, and community members for discussing policies and procedures that support infant feeding in The four regions of lac.culturally congruent support groups: in 2021, we launched three baby cafs in an effort to increase culturally congruent lactation support. Baby caf is a free, infant feeding support group open to parents throughout lac. In The breastfeedla baby cafs, lactation students from The community lead The groups while being actively mentored by international boardcertified lactation consultants. The dede diner centers The filipino community in long beach. The chichi lounge centers The latinx and chicanx community in east los angeles. The african american infant and maternal mortality initiative (aaimm) baby caf centers black families in south la. We initially received funding for 1 year to support these baby cafe's. We need additional funding to continue and maintain these vital support groups.collaboration with cultural workgroups: in 2017, breastfeedla along with community members and partners formed The asian pacific islander (api) Breastfeeding Task Force to address The low breast/chestfeeding rates of api families living in lac. The Task Force implemented a photo project to normalize breast/chestfeeding among The api community and is creating a directory of api lactation professionals and expanding The number of lactation professionals through workforce development.since 2019, breastfeedla has actively partnered with The (aaimm) initiative to address The breast/chestfeeding disparities that exist at The 54 birthing hospitals in lac and create ways to remove 3 barriers to breast/chestfeeding. Additionally, we provided 60 scholarships for aaimm stakeholders to become lactation educators.online resource directory: breastfeedla created The most comprehensive breast/chestfeeding resource directory in lac. This directory is available free of charge and serves as a comprehensive breast/chestfeeding resource for new families, hospitals, and others. Httpwwwbreastfeedlaorgresourcesma... and policy change: breastfeedla works for institutional policy change to support breast/chestfeeding families in schools and The workplace by advocating for paid family leave and lactation accommodations.