· Improve the health of Champaign and Logan county citizens by working collaboratively to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding and human milk feeding.
· Increase the proportion of Champaign and Logan county mothers who nurse/provide human milk to their infants exclusively through the age of 6 months to 42.4%.
· Increase the number of employers who provide worksite breastfeeding support programs.
· Reduce the proportion of newborns who receive formula supplementation within the first 5 days of life.
· Increase public awareness of lactation as a health care intervention and disease prevention strategy for maternal and child health conditions, which include but are not limited to: obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancers, etc.
· Develop networks for sharing and disseminating information among groups and individuals in Champaign and Logan counties interested in improving the health of parents, infants, and children through lactation.