State & Territory Breastfeeding Reports

Breastfeeding has a profound impact on population health outcomes. The evidence for the value of human milk to the overall health of infants, children, and mothers is scientific, robust, and continually reaffirmed by new research.

*A new iteration of the California, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Ohio reports was released in August of 2023 featuring an updated list of coalitions. If you would like your breastfeeding coalition to be featured in your state or territory's 2024 breastfeeding report, join the USBC Coalitions Directory by completing the USBC Member Interest Form.

Federal Investments in Infant Feeding

Each report describes how breastfeeding rates in the state/territory and other measures compare to national levels, lists the coalitions serving communities in the state, and highlights state and community-based lactation projects made possible through federal funding in 2021 and 2022, including:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs:

Hospitals Promoting Breastfeeding
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) and breastfeeding innovation grants for SPAN recipients
Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC)
State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs)
EMPower Best Practices

Office on Women’s Health (OWH) programs:

Reducing Disparities in Breastfeeding Innovation Challenge
Racial Equity in Postpartum Care Challenge

Health Resources & Service Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (HRSA, MCHB) programs:

Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant
Children’s Healthy Weight State Capacity Building Program (CHW SCBP)
Healthy Start
Healthy Start Doula Supplement
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS)
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nutrition

See how federal investments in infant feeding are making a difference where you live.

Breastfeeding Reports

Click on any state or territory below to download the 2023 report.

The Distribution of Federal Funding for Breastfeeding

To help organizations better understand how federal funding for breastfeeding has been distributed in each state and territory in recent years, the USBC developed The Distribution of Federal Funding for Breastfeeding 2023 Report as a supplement to the 2023 State & Territory Breastfeeding Reports.

Please note: The funding years selected in this report align with the data reported in the 2023 State & Breastfeeding Territory Reports.

This resource visually demonstrates where federal funding has been directed and, wherever possible, which programs include a lactation component. Organizations are encouraged to use the table in this report to identify where there are opportunities to expand breastfeeding programming in each state or territory.

For questions or feedback on this resource, please email us at [email protected].

The 2023 State & Territory Breastfeeding Reports and the 2023 The Distribution of Federal Funding for Breastfeeding Report were developed with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC nor any of its components are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, the content of these reports.