Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition Awards Grants to Support Breastfeeding in Kansas

Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc.

With a goal of supporting breastfeeding families throughout Kansas, six local breastfeeding coalitions received funding totaling approximately $5,000 from the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (KBC) Mini-Grant Initiative.

The following local breastfeeding coalition projects received funding from the KBC:

  • African-American Breastfeeding Coalition of Wyandotte County – Taking Community Service to the Community
  • Ellis County Breastfeeding Coalition – In My Mother’s Arms: Breastfeeding Photography Exhibit
  • Johnson County Breastfeeding Coalition – Community Awareness of Johnson County Breastfeeding Coalition
  • Lactation Advocates Teaching Community Health (LATCH) – Lyon County William Allen White Auditorium Lactation Room
  • Wichita Area Breastfeeding Coalition – Wichita: Enhancing Community Breastfeeding Support for Black Mothers
  • Wyandotte County Breastfeeding Coalition – Mom & Baby Health Fair 2019

Breastfeeding provides immediate and lifelong nutrition and health benefits for mother and child, as well as larger economic, environmental and social benefits to families and communities. It is estimated suboptimal breastfeeding rates are costing Kansas $26 million each year in medical costs alone.

If Kansas is to realize the long-term benefits of breastfeeding, communities need to work together. All grantees will work in coordination with health care systems, health care providers, public health professionals and community efforts.

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