Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities

Overview of grant

Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, and Lactation Friendly New York (BFFNY) is a NYS Department of Health funded project that strives to create a coordinated community network to build/expand community-based breastfeeding partnerships and advance policies, system, and environmental changes on breastfeeding protection, promotion, support and care management. We work within community settings and businesses, and with child care and health care providers with a focus on reducing the racial/ethnic and community disparities.