KBC’s definition of a breastfeeding coalition:
- Three (3) or more individuals meet at least quarterly for the purpose of improving breastfeeding support in their community.
- At least two (2) organizations or agencies participate in the coalition.
- Has been meeting for at least six (6) months
Community Coalition Directory
| Coalition Name(alphabetical by city or county) | Name | ||
| Black Breastfeeding Coalition of Topeka | Jaliyah Moss | blackbreastfeedingcoalition@gmail.com | |
Breastfeed El Dorado |
Jamie Downs | breastfeedingeldorado@gmail.com | |
| Breastfeeding Advocates of Cowley County | Alicia Ramey RD LD IBCLC | aramey@cowleycountyks.gov | |
| Breastfeeding Coalition of Douglas County | LDCHD | breastfeedingcoalitiondgco@gmail.com | breastfeedingcoalitiondgco.wordpress.com |
| Central Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition (Rush Barton Stafford Ellsworth Pawnee and Rice Counties) | Beverly Frizell | BFrizell@bartoncounty.org | |
| Ellis County Breastfeeding Coalition | Jill Rozean | jill.rozean@haysmed.com | |
| Community Breastfeeding Coalition of Garden City (Finney County) | Janet Colson | Janet.Colson@ModernLactation.com | |
Coffey County Breastfeeding Coalition |
Clarissa Sents | csents@ksu.edu | |
Dickinson County Breastfeeding Coalition |
Michelle Stephens or Cassy Wilson | breastfeedingcoalitiondkco@gmail.com | www.facebook.com/bfcoalitiondickinsoncounty |
| Flint Hills Breastfeeding Coalition (Riley & Potawatomie Counties) | Cathy Jones | cjones@rileycountyks.gov | |
Ford County Breastfeeding Coalition |
Jennie Toland | executivedirector.fcbc@gmail.com | |
Franklin County Breastfeeding Coalition |
Karol Frack | karol.frack@adventhealth.com | |
| Frontier Breastfeeding Coalition (SW KS) | FrontierBFC@gmail.com | ||
| Geary County Breastfeeding Coalition | |||
| Harvey County Breastfeeding Coalition (Newton) | Mallorie Coffman | Mallorie.coffman@gmail.com | |
| Indigenous Birthworkers Collective of Kansas | Stephanne Rupnicki | srrupnicki@gmail.com | |
| Johnson County Breastfeeding Coalition | Kate Clark | Kate.Clark@jocogov.org | |
| Lactancia Latina en el Suroeste de Kansas | Carmen Valverde | carmenyrigo@hotmail.com | |
| Leavenworth County Breastfeeding Coalition | Jody Hammerschmidt | jhammerschmidt@leavenworthcounty.gov | |
| Lactation Advocates Teach Community Health – LATCH (Lyon Co.) | Diana Moore | dmoore@carearc.org | |
| The Lactation Club – TLC (Marshall/Cloud/Clay/Republic/Washington counties) | Chelsea Frerking ; Debbie Krohn | frerkingc@gmail.com dkrohn@rphospital.org | |
| Mitchell County Breastfeeding Coalition | Alice Thompson | heartbeat@nckcn.com | |
| Montgomery County Breastfeeding Coalition (Mama’s Milk Brigade) | Ami Standridge | astandridge@mgcountyks.org | |
| Northwest KS Breastfeeding Coalition | Emily Strange | estrange@thomascountyks.gov | |
| Northeast KS Breastfeeding Coalition | Mallory Pope | mallorypope21@yahoo.com | |
| Pawnee County Breastfeeding Coalition | Robin Rziha | rrziha@pawnee.kscoxmail.com | |
| Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Breastfeeding Coalition | Stephanne Rupnicki | srrupnicki@gmail.com | |
| Pratt Area Breastfeeding Coalition | Brenda Blankenship | bblankenship@prmc.org | |
| Reno County Breastfeeding Coalition | Heather Peterson | heather.peterson@renogov.org | |
| Republic County | Angie Hanel | ahanel@rphospital.org | |
| Saline County Breastfeeding Coalition | Mona Hargrave | breastfeedingcoalition.saline@gmail.com | |
| SEKMCHD Breastfeeding Coalition (Bourbon/Woodson/Allen/Anderson) | Brittany Frishman | brittany@sekmchd.com | |
| Smith County Breastfeeding Coalition | Sara Dilley | 785-282-6656 | |
| Southeast Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition | Diane VanBecelaere | dvanbecelaere@crawfordcohd.org | |
| Southwest Kansas Breastfeeding Friends Coalition (Seward Co.) | Susan Lukwago | slukwago@sbcglobal.net | |
| Topeka Breastfeeding Coalition | Donna Wiens | topekabreastfeeding@gmail.com | |
| Wichita Area Breastfeeding Coalition Inc. | Kris Nicholson | kris.nicholson@ks.childcareaware.org | |
| Wichita Black Breastfeeding Coalition | Joyea Marshall | joyeamarshall13@gmail.com | |
| Wyandotte County Breastfeeding Coalition | Ashley Lause | alause@wycokck.org | |
| Wyandotte Melanin Breastfeeding Coalition | Shalese Clay | sclay@wycohealth.com |
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