Breastfeeding Promotion and Support

• Promoting, Protecting, and Supporting Breastfeeding: A North Carolina Blueprint for Action (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• North Carolina Breastfeeding Blueprint Status Update December 2011 (PDF, 1.27 MB)

• North Carolina Maternity Center Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation Program

Resources and Services

• WIC Program Breastfeeding and Support
• Child Care Sheet: How to Handle Pumped Milk (PDF, 124 KB)
  • Cuidado de niños: Manejo de la leche materna (PDF, 133 KB)
• Businesses Leading the Way in Support of Breastfeeding

"Eat Smart North Carolina: Businesses Leading the Way in Support of Breastfeeding" is a planning and resource primer for any employer who is looking for suggestions on becoming a breastfeeding-friendly worksite or business. File Download Options High Resolution (PDF, 2 MB) Low Resolution (PDF, 833 KB) Low / Reduced Ink (PDF, 1.15 MB)

• North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition

The NCBC brings together breastfeeding advocates, health care providers, agencies, individuals, organizations and families to support, protect and promote breastfeeding in the state of North Carolina.  Founded in 2005, the NCBC provides a forum for development and exchange of resources for families and breastfeeding professionals. The vision of the NCBC is to ensure that exclusive and continued breastfeeding is the norm in North Carolina.

• US Breastfeeding Committee

The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is an independent nonprofit organization that was formed in 1998 in response to the Innocenti Declaration of 1990, of which the United States Agency for International Development was a co-sponsor. USBC is now a coalition of more than 40 organizations that support its mission to improve the Nation’s health by working collaboratively to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.

• Office of the Surgeon General

On January 20, 2011, Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin released The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding . This document calls on all of us to provide support for the breastfeeding mother-baby dyad.

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