About

Mission Statement

The Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles is dedicated to improving the health and well being of infants and families through education, outreach, and advocacy to promote and support breastfeeding.

Board of Directors

Staff

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee provides programmatic leadership to the organization, and serves at its brain trust. Its members contribute energy, time, and resources to help develop, guide, and further our goals and objectives. Its members share a passion for and a willingness to work to make breastfeeding the cultural norm in Los Angeles.

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Other Volunteer Positions

• Advocacy Committee
• Education Committee

Goals

• Facilitate the acceptance of breastfeeding as the societal norm for infant feeding.
• Create a supportive public environment for breastfeeding and the use of human milk.
• Capacitate the healthcare system to effectively support exclusive breastfeeding and the provision of human milk to human babies.
• Establish the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles as a trusted source of breastfeeding information and resources.

Objectives

• Facilitate the acceptance of breastfeeding as the societal norm for infant feeding.
• Create a supportive public environment for breastfeeding and the use of human milk.

• Conduct outreach and facilitate networking to broaden the base of active breastfeeding support.·
• Increase the incidence of positive breastfeeding messages in the media.·
• Work together towards systemic change by educating public officials, institutions and the community about policies and practices that promote, protect and support breastfeeding.·
• Educate both employers and employees about the benefits of supporting breastfeeding in the workplace, and how to create a breastfeeding-friendly work environment.

• Capacitate the healthcare system to effectively support exclusive breastfeeding and the provision of human milk to human babies.

• Advance a breastfeeding-friendly model of health care delivery to effectively support exclusive breastfeeding and the provision of human milk to human babies.·
• Promote breastfeeding awareness and education for healthcare providers and administrators.·
• Highlight the cost-effectiveness of breastfeeding as a way to manage health care costs.

• Establish the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles as a trusted source of breastfeeding information and resources.

• Provide comprehensive web-based information and resources for lactation and other healthcare professionals and consumers.·
• Produce, maintain, and distribute a free print and web-based publication listing breastfeeding resources and information in Greater Los Angeles.·
• Provide educational programs tailored for professional, paraprofessional and lay audiences.·
• Foster the development of local expertise as well as facilitate learning opportunities from nationally renowned breastfeeding experts.·

History

The Task Force was formed in 1994 by a group of dedicated volunteers who wanted to make a difference in the breastfeeding rates in Los Angeles County.

The Task Force incorporated as a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation in September of 2001.