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Nurture NC’s Value-Added Benefits Survey

Policy and Systems Change / Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities

If you have North Carolina Medicaid, your health plan is supposed to offer more than the basics. Those “extras” are called value-added benefits, things like breast pumps, baby-related supplies, and […]

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Every Baby Still Needs to Eat: Planning for Infants When Emergencies Hit

Infant Feeding in Emergencies / Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities

When a hurricane, flood, or long power outage hits, the youngest members of a community are often the most vulnerable, and the easiest to overlook. Feeding a baby safely can

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Exciting Opportunities for MPH Students

News and Reports / Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities

Opportunities to Transform Public Health At Breastfeeding Communities, we believe in the power of collaboration and innovation to create healthier, more equitable communities. As part of our mission to advance maternal

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Clean Water Is a First-Food Issue

Infant Feeding in Emergencies / Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities

One of our SAFE Infant Feeding Team research partners has a new paper out, and it puts careful evidence behind something we say all the time: when we talk about

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Durham County: A Model for Comprehensive Change

News and Reports / Love Anderson

What happens when you implement all Ten Steps and center equity? Lives are saved. Durham County, North Carolina, the first county to implement the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Family

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New Statewide Training Series

Infant Feeding in Emergencies / Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities

Addresses Critical Gaps in Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies, hosted by North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition  Raleigh, NC — The North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition, in collaboration with the SAFE

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Step 8: Pharmacy Breastfeeding Outreach – Lessons from the Field

Step 8: Pharmacy Breastfeeding Outreach – Lessons from the Field

Health Care, Ten Steps and Designation / Fariha Rahman

We are excited to share Breastfeed Durham’s Implementation Team Member Jess’s experience connecting with pharmacies in Durham. Disparity data explains where to expand access; it is never an eligibility screen.

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Recruitment Coordinator for Guilford County

Historical Reference, News and Reports / Love Anderson

This post is kept as a historical record and reflects the situation when it was published in February 2026. For current information, see our news page. Position Open for Spring,

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Choosing Language With Communities

Choosing Language With Communities

Communities / Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities

Implementation Insight: Choosing Language With Communities, Not For Them As communities deepen their work, questions of language often surface, especially when national norms, academic standards, and community preferences don’t align

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Building Capacity That Lasts

Communities / Love Anderson

What Communities Are Learning About Sustainability Students, tools, and systems that support long-term progress As communities move from initial action to ongoing implementation, questions of capacity quickly surface. What can

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COMMUNITIES STAY ABREAST!

  • Chatham County: EMBRACe Grows Into an Independent Nonprofit
  • Guidelines for Supporting Breastfeeding Families and Breastmilk Substitute in Disaster Relief Areas
  • Gov. Sanders Proclaims August Arkansas Breastfeeding Month
  • New AAP Policy Statement: Addressing Racism and Bias to Reduce Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding
  • Lactation Makes Dollars and Sense
  • What K–12 Health Standards Teach (and Don’t Teach) About Breastfeeding
  • Everyone Has a Thread: One Cloth, Many Hands
  • A June That Started on Capitol Hill
  • What I’m Still Sitting With After Black Maternal Health Day of Action
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Upcoming Events

Oct 1
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Every Day is Someone’s Emergency: Infant and Young Child Feeding Safety in Disasters and Daily Practice

Oct 1
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Breastfeed Orange & Breastfeed Durham Fall Mixer

Oct 3
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Photovoice Virtual Info Session

Oct 3
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Photovoice Virtual Info Session

Oct 10
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

When the System Stops: Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies in Appalachia

Oct 14
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

USBC Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Constellation

Oct 20
8:30 am - 4:10 pm

2026 Art of Breastfeeding Conference: Lactation Hot Topics

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