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Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare
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Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care 

The New Hampshire Breastfeeding Task Force aims to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding. With the recent implementation of the Break Time for Nursing Mothers Law under the Affordable Care Act and the 2011 release of the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding Women, more and more women are choosing to breastfeed their baby. When child care programs become strong partners and advocates in encouraging and supporting mothers to continue to breastfeed, the benefits to families are enormous.

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Purpose of the NH Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Award

Child care programs themselves also benefit from the improved health status of the children in their care. Knowing that you actively support and encourage breastfeeding mothers and babies could lead to families choosing your program over others and could make a key difference in a mother's decision to initiate and continue to breastfeed her baby.

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Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Award


The New Hampshire Breastfeeding Task Force recognizes workplaces and childcare programs that
provide exceptional support for breastfeeding families. Applications are accepted January 1–April 1, each
year and awards are presented at the annual conference in June.


Who Can Apply?
Any NH licensed childcare program is eligible to apply that New Hampshire childcare programs that meet the
requirements listed.


Requirements:

  • Is able to answer ‘yes’ to all questions on the breastfeeding friendly childcare self-assessment with

center director signature.

  • Provide a copy of the program’s breastfeeding policy.

  • Provide proof of professional development certificate from training on breastfeeding promotion and

support (in-person or online) within the past two years.

  • Provide copy of printed breastfeeding education material distributed at the center.

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What Makes a Childcare Program Breastfeeding Friendly?

  • Welcoming atmosphere with breastfeeding promotion messages.

  • Designated spaces for nursing or expressing milk.

  • Support for mothers returning to work or school.

  • Staff trained to assist breastfeeding families.

  • Written breastfeeding policy shared with families.


Why Apply?
Applying for the award distinguishes our center, making it more attractive to families while promoting your
center’s commitment to supporting and encouraging breastfeeding to potential families seeking childcare.
Awarded organizations receive recognition at the annual childcare celebration, on the Task Force website and
at the task force annual conference.

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How to Apply:

Complete the self-assessment online or print and email to info@nhbreastfeedingtaskforce.org or mail to:

 

New Hampshire Breastfeeding Task Force
P.O. Box 3914
Concord, NH 03302-3914

New Hampshire Breastfeeding Task Force Child Care Friendly Award Application

Please fill out all fields of the following form in order to submit

Please check one of the following: Required
1. Our center has breastfeeding promotion messages (e.g. posters, brochures) on display.
2. Our center has learning and play materials that normalize breastfeeding for children in the classroom.
3. Our center has accurate written materials on breastfeeding topics (not from formula companies) available for all parents. If yes, please include a sample brochure/handout with application.
4. Our center invites mothers to visit throughout the day to breastfeed their babies.
5. Our center welcomes breastfeeding anywhere in the facility.
6. Our center has a designated private space (not a bathroom), if desired, for mothers (including staff) to breastfeed or express milk.
Our center’s designated private space for breastfeeding mothers includes the following (please circle all that apply): Required
7. Our center has designated space in a refrigerator and freezer for breast milk storage.
8. Our staff members are provided with flexible breaks to accommodate breastfeeding and/or expressing milk at work.
9. Our center helps mothers continue to breastfeed their babies when they return to work or school by coordinating feeding times with the mother and infant’s normal feeding schedule.
10. Our center feeds infants on demand based on the infant’s hunger cues, with full effort to avoid unnecessary waste of expressed breast milk.
11. Our center is aware of breastfeeding-related community resources (i.e., support groups, lactation consultants, NH Breastfeeding Resource Guide) and refers moms as appropriate.
12. Our center has received professional development training (i.e. in-person or online staff training for contact hours or continuing education credits) on promoting and supporting breastfeeding within the past two years.
13. Our center has a written policy that reflects the center's commitment to breastfeeding.
14. Our staff follows the written breastfeeding policy mentioned in Question #13.
15. Our center shares the above-noted written breastfeeding policy with families who have infants.
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Previous Awardees & Photos

Recognized Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare Centers

2025: 

  • White Birch Center, Henniker

  • Kendal, Hanover Early Learning Center, Hanover

  • Above and Beyond Childcare, Hooksett

  • The ARK Learning Center, Hooksett

  • The ARK Learning Center, Londonderry

  • The ARK Learning Center, Tilton

  • World Academy, Nashua

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2024: 

  • A Place to Grow, Brentwood

  • Barrington Village School, Family and Child Enrichment Center, Barrington

  • KidLogic, East Kingston

  • Sunrise Children's Center, Amherst

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2023: 

  • Beckam's Childcare Center, Barrington

  • The ARK Learning Center, Hooksett

  • The ARK Learning Center, Londonderry

  • The ARK Learning Center, Tilton

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2022: 

  • ABC's Child Care Center, New London

  • Applewood Learning Center, Londonderry

  • Kidlogic Early Learning Center, East Kingston

  • World Academy, Nashua

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2021: 

  • Sunrise Children's Center, Amherst

  • The Children's Learning Center at Cheshire Medical Center, Keene

  • A Place to Grow, Brentwood

  • Head Start and Early Head Start, Concord

 

2020: 

  • World Academy, Nashua

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2019:

  • ABCs Child Care Center, New London

  • Childhood Quality Matters, Nurture & Nature Children's Center, Newfield

  • Educare Daycare and Learning Center, Goffstown

  • Kidlogic Learning Center, East Kingston

  • Sunrise Children's Center, Amherst

  • Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties Inc.

  • Applewood Learning Center, Londonderry 

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2018

  • Rise for Baby and Family, Keene

  • The Children's Learning Center at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Keene 

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2017

  • Harris Family Children's Center, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter 

  • The Whole Child Center, Tilton

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2016

  • A Place to Grow, Brentwood

  • Applewood Learning Center, Londonderry

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2015

  •  Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties Early HeadStart/ HeadStart/ Community Child Care, Concord & Laconia

  • Child & Family Development Center, Concord

  • Little Tree Education, Madbury

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2014

  • The Learning Path, Salem

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