State and Territory Breastfeeding Reports

Human milk feeding is a proven primary prevention strategy, building a foundation for life-long health and wellness for infants and parents. See how federal investments in infant feeding made a difference where you live in 2020.

Click on any state or territory below to download the 2020 report. Each report shows how breastfeeding rates and other measures compare to national levels, lists the coalitions serving that area, and highlights state and community-based lactation projects made possible through federal funding in 2020, including: 

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs:
  • Hospitals Promoting Breastfeeding program
  • Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program
  • State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) program and breastfeeding innovation grants for SPAN recipients
  • Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country
  • State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
  • Community assessment of the lactation landscape
• Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture program
  • WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration programs:
  • Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant
  • Children's Healthy Weight Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CHW-CoIIN)
  • Healthy Start
  • Maternal Telehealth Access Project (MTAP) Community Grant Program