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 | Phone | |
African-American Breastfeeding Coalition of Wyandotte County | DeLetha Kelley | deletha.kelley@gmail.com | |
Black Breastfeeding Coalition of Topeka | Jaliyah Moss | blackbreastfeedingcoalition@gmail.com | |
Wichita Black Breastfeeding Coalition | Joyea Marshall | joyeamarshall13@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 |
Erin Laurie | elaurie@franklincoks.org | |
Frontier Breastfeeding Coalition (SW KS) | FrontierBFC@gmail.com | ||
Geary County Breastfeeding Coalition | Rilee Smith | rsmith@gearycounty.org | |
Harvey County Breastfeeding Coalition (Newton) | Mallorie Coffman | Mallorie.coffman@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 | |
Mitchell County Breastfeeding Coalition | Alice Thompson | heartbeat@nckcn.com | |
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 | Sara Gay | breastfeedingcoalition.saline@gmail.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@ks.childcareaware.org | |
Wyandotte County Breastfeeding Coalition | Ashley Lause | alause@wycokck.org |
Thinking about building a local breastfeeding coalition? Do you have a local breastfeeding coalition that you would like to grow? Visit Tools for Coalitions.