Promoting, Protecting and Supporting Breastfeeding
Through advocacy, awareness campaigns, media projects, professional education and material development, the Illinois State Breastfeeding Task Force strives to create change that results in breastfeeding as the cultural norm. Our goal is that all families will live, work and receive health care in a breastfeeding friendly culture.
Upcoming Meetings – 2026
WebEx 10AM-12PM; Contact Courtney.Adams2@illinois.gov for access.
- January 20, 2026
- April 21, 2026
- July 21, 2026
- October 20, 2026
https://iphionline.org/breastfeeding/– resources for moms, partner/family, hospitals, worksites, early care and education providers, lactation and family support, strategic planning
Additional Resources
Website links are provided for your convenience and are not endorsed by the Illinois State Breastfeeding Task Force.
- Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Breastfeeding
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Baby Friendly USA (Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative-BFHI)
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Breastfeeding
- Human Milk Banking Association of North America
- Illinois Birth Justice
- International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)
- La Leche League International
- March of Dimes: Breastfeeding
- NCSL: Breastfeeding State Laws
- A Better Balance: Breastfeeding While Working (legal hotline)
- Office of Women’s Health: Breastfeeding
- The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding, 2011
- United States Breastfeeding Committee
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- U.S. Department of Labor – FLSA Protections to Pump at Work
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in WIC
- World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)
- WHO (World Health Organization)
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System
- IL PRAMS Poster-English
- IL PRAMS Poster-Spanish
- IL PRAMS Trifold Brochure-English
- IL PRAMS Trifold Brochure-Spanish
- IL PRAMS Website and Data Access
HUG Your Baby
- “HUG Your Baby”
- Roadmap to Breastfeeding Success Flyer
Contact
Courtney Adams, MS RDN LDN IBCLC
WIC Breastfeeding Manager
Illinois Department of Human Services
823 E. Monroe St
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: 312-965-8115
email: Courtney.Adams2@illinois.gov
Join us in creating positive change in the community.
