Session 7 – Homework Summary
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- Review Handouts
- Learn your community’s Breastfeeding Baseline statistics
- Work on the 10 Steps to a Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Self-Assessment
- Continue creating your community resource list
- Complete the evaluation for this session
- Make a suggested donation of $5 per session (optional, but appreciated!)
Additional handouts and resources at the bottom
1. Review Handouts
The handouts listed below are new this session unless noted.
Handout List (Jump to links)
- Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities – 10 Steps Overview
- Breastfeeding Baseline for IYCF-E & 10 Steps
- 10 Steps to a Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Self-Assessment
- Resource List Guide for IYCF-E Connections*
- Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities Resources
- CDC Breastfeeding report card
- WIC Breastfeeding Data & WIC Breastfeeding Data Local Agency Dashboard
- Ready, Set, Baby – Downloadable resources & Online Classes
- Medicaid Coverage of Breastfeeding Support & Supplies – Report
- Breastfeeding Celebration Weeks 2025 Image
*Indicates previously distributed handouts.
2. Learn Your Community’s Breastfeeding Baseline Statistics
Knowing where things stand is essential for planning and seeing progress as you move forward. Use this worksheet to gather that data.
https://safeinfantfeeding.org/app/uploads/2026/03/Breastfeeding-Baseline-for-IYCF-E-and-10-Steps.pdf
3. Work on the 10 Steps to a Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Self-Assessment
Use these questions to evaluate your community’s status on the 10 Steps to a Breastfeeding Family-Friendly Community.
https://safeinfantfeeding.org/app/uploads/2026/03/10-Steps-BFFC-Self-Assessment-Tool-3-2026.pdf
4. Continue (or Start) your Resource List
Most organizations serving low-resource people will still operate after an emergency. Start compiling a list of these organizations that would be great referral partners during an emergency. While you are searching, look for the emergency services and disaster planning organizations and contacts that serve your area. See more details here.
5. Complete the Evaluation
To track your attendance and help us improve, please complete the short evaluation as soon as possible. This will allow us to verify your attendance for the certificate of completion at the end of the series. https://forms.gle/VeeMBUYYdXYzVJsXA
Please Support Our Efforts
If you find this training helpful, please support our efforts with a financial donation. Click below and select “SAFE Team” to earmark for IYCF-E education and disaster response support.
Handouts, Links & Resources
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities – 10 Steps Overview
What a breastfeeding family-friendly community is, and an overview of the 10 Steps.
https://safeinfantfeeding.org/app/uploads/2026/03/10-Steps-Breastfeeding-Friendly-Overview-BFFC.pdf
Breastfeeding Baseline for IYCF-E & 10 Steps
A worksheet for compiling baseline infant feeding statistics in your area.
https://safeinfantfeeding.org/app/uploads/2026/03/Breastfeeding-Baseline-for-IYCF-E-and-10-Steps.pdf
10 Steps to a Breastfeeding-Friendly Community Self-Assessment
Questions to use to evaluate your community’s progress on the 10 Steps to a Breastfeeding Family-Friendly Community.
https://safeinfantfeeding.org/app/uploads/2026/03/10-Steps-BFFC-Self-Assessment-Tool-3-2026.pdf
Continue (or Start) Your Resource List
Suggestions on how to start your community resource list.
https://safeinfantfeeding.org/app/uploads/2025/12/Resource-List-Guide-for-IYCF-E-Connections.pdf
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities Resources
Tips, guidelines, handouts, technical assistance, and more for supporting implementation of the 10 Steps to a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community.
CDC Breastfeeding Report Card
https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding-data/county-initiation/index.html
WIC Breastfeeding Data
https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/breastfeeding-data
WIC Breastfeeding Data Local Agency Dashboard (includes most recent reported year):
https://www.fns.usda.gov/data-research/data-visualization/wic/breastfeeding
Ready, Set, Baby
Downloadable resources:
Ready, Set, BABY – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Live online classes:
https://sph.unc.edu/cgbi/ready-set-baby-live-online-classes/
Medicaid Coverage of Breastfeeding Support & Supplies
Independent landscape analysis report by Health Management Associates (HMA) examining Medicaid coverage of breastfeeding services and supplies in six states: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, Oregon, and Vermont.
Thanks to our Sponsors
We express our gratitude to our sponsors that made this training possible:
Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation
The Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to supporting charitable organizations that align with its mission of giving back.
Grants are made only as a result of the Foundation’s own initiative.
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities
Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities provides technical assistance to breastfeeding coalitions and health departments across the US, including Breastfeed Durham, Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities of Asheville, and the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition. Our newest project, the SAFE Team, revealed national gaps in infant and young child feeding during emergencies. Our core mission of systems change uses the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Family Friendly Community to train and educate non-lactating community members to better welcome families, normalize breastfeeding, and prepare for safe infant feeding in emergencies. Together, we build environments where every family can thrive.
Confident Pregnancy (DBA Melinda Delisle Innovations)
We help people be healthier, feel more confident, and find their inner strength so we can show up as our best selves. Learn foundations for staying calmer and more resilient under stress in our upcoming program, Surfing Emotional Currents, or view tips and stress reduction techniques at melindadelisle.substack.com
Birthstone Center for Appalachian Perinatal Resilience
The Birthstone Center for Appalachian Perinatal Resilience strengthens perinatal health in Western North Carolina by centering families, uplifting birthworkers, and advancing equitable access to lactation, doula, and maternal mental health support—building resilience in mountain communities before, during, and after birth. Starting as a small private practice, Birthstone has grown into a regional nonprofit that creates innovative solutions to providing a village for Mountain Families.
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