Application for Recognition as a
Breastfeeding Friendly Health Department:
Step 10
To apply for completion of Step 10:
Complete this form electronically using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader 9.1 or later. Adobe Reader is a free
application that can be downloaded from the internet. Save the form to your computer and submit it by email as an
attachment to [email protected], along with any required supplemental documents (see below), a cover sheet,
and applications for the other steps your health department has completed. See the web page or the cover sheet for
more details about the application process.
Note: Any place you are asked to attach a document or enter text it is acceptable to provide a link to a current web
page instead. An attachment is also acceptable as an alternative to entering text directly on this form.
Step 10: Facilitate access to information and training for local child care centers or family
child care providers on how to support a breastfeeding mother
A. Identify organizational capacity to host training
Describe
organizational
capacity to host
trainings
B. Identify available training for child care providers in person and online
Note: If the child care provider wishes to receive MDH recognition as a Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Provider, the
two approved trainings are Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care Programs and Let's Move Child Care: Nutrition,
Beverages and Infant Feeding. These trainings are offered through the Minnesota early childhood professional
development system, in-person or online, usually through Child Care Aware. Child care providers can contact their
local Child Care Aware agency for a schedule of upcoming trainings.
List trainings
C. Work collaboratively with child care associations for training dissemination of resources
Attach resources you provide to child care associations
E. Honor local breastfeeding friendly child care centers/providers/schools through community task force/coalition
Provide an example
of how you have
honored at least
one local
breastfeeding
friendly child care
program or plan to
in the future.
Photos encouraged.
Office Use:
Minnesota Department of Health
Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives
P.O. Box 64882, St. Paul MN 55164-0882
www.health.mn.state.us/divs/oshii
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