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MIBFN 310 Connect flint 2016-2020 Project Report
table of
contents
01 Letter from Leadership
02 How it Started
08 Recent Successes
16 2020 Flint Community Conversation Report
21 What is Next?
letter from leadership
Dear Reader,
What an abundance of listening, learning and growing these past four years have been - the highs and the
lows, and everything in between. It’s been a true honor for MIBFN, humbly leaning into the pivot during these
challenging times, alongside so many powerful leaders in the work. We are full of gratitude to share this
report with you and have found ourselves filled with emotion in putting this together, finding only one
word that seems fitting enough to describe it all: Resilence.
This project was created to fill a gap in community-based lactation support in the Flint and greater surrounding
area, as breastfeeding rates in the area lag behind national and state rates. Data supports that most families
want to breastfeed, however, due to systemic racism, oppression and significant barriers to access, families
oftentimes are unable to reach their individual breastfeeding goals. COVID-19 further magnified how racist our
systems really are. Many believe the pandemic to have been unprecedented, however, for Flint families, noth-
ing about this past year has been unprecedented at all. From the recession to the Flint water crisis and now
COVID-19, Flint families have and continue to persist, trusting those that reflect the community and are deeply
emboldened to the work of community, and service. The solutions have always been in the community.
You Overcoming Lactation Obstacles (YOLO), InvolvedDad, Baby Cafe’, and Genesee County Breastfeeding
Coalition have all been through so much, yet collectively each organization has pressed onward for the love of
the families they serve. What an immense testimony to the servant leaders they each are!
A core value of MIBFN is TRANSPARENCY and we are humbled to have the opportunity to share the remark-
able work that has and continues to occur with Flint families at the center and specifically Black families at its
core. We are incredibly grateful to the Community Foundation of Greater Flint for their commitment, dedication,
and trust. The continued investment into the work of Black-led, community-based organizations is seen, deeply
appreciated and is shifting the paradigm of leadership. Their significant support has been a critical driving
component that has allowed this work to move forward for these past four years and beyond.
To all of those reading who continue to serve, persevere and fight for justice, thank you for all that YOU
do and for your consistent commitment to the work. You are seen and deeply valued.
Onward.
With Love, Strength, and Solidarity,
Gayle Shipp, PhD, PHP, CLS
Chairwoman, Board of Directors
Shannon McKenney Shubert, MPH, CLC
Executive Director
Jennifer Day, IBCLC, RLC, CLS, BD
Community Building Project Manager
01
how it started
How it started
In response
to the Flint water
crisis in early 2016, MIBFN
previous Board leadership, and
Michigan WIC partnered to release
Lead and Exposure Issue Statement
and Recommendations and reached
out to Genesee County Breastfeeding
Coalition to work together on
widespread implementation of
breastfeeding messaging.
MIBFN previous Board
leadership, Coffective, and
Michigan WIC began planning
community-wide project to support
Baby-Friendly Designation at
local hospitals and community
collaboration in 2016.
With generous support from the
Community Foundation of Greater
Flint, MIBFN 310 Flint project
began mid-2016.
MIBFN 310 Connect Logic Model (2016-2017)
Overarching Goal: To change the culture of maternity care to improve health outcomes of mothers and infants in Flint.
Guiding Principles: The Collective Impact Framework and the Baby-Friendly 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
SHORT-TERM
INPUTS STRATEGIES OUTPUTS
OUTCOMES (1 YEAR)
SUPPORTERS • Educate & motivate HOSPITALS • All 3 Flint hospitals adopt Infant
• Community pregnant women • # of staff trained in breastfeeding support Feeding Policy that outlines
Foundation of prenatally about • # of hospitals implementing optimal feeding support and
Greater Flint breastfeeding and the Coffective System the delivery of evidence-based
• WK Kellogg evidence-based • # of hospitals that create & convene maternity care practices
Foundation maternity care a Baby-Friendly Task Force • All 3 Flint hospitals engage in
• Michigan in the hospital • # of hospitals engaged in 310 the Baby-Friendly pathway
Department Connect community events Improved
• Implement 10 • 80% of mothers and families
of Health and
Steps to Successful
• # of new mothers receiving info about
participate in evidence-based Maternal
Human Services breastfeeding, evidence-based practices
Breastfeeding in & community support prior to discharge practices on the birthing centers & Child
STRATEGIC
PARTNERS
Flint area hospitals
PRENATAL CLINICS, WIC AGENCIES, • 100% of pregnant women, new Health
• Coffective, LLC • Increase & DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS mothers and their families are
• Mother Nurture utilization of WIC, • # of staff trained in breastfeeding support referred to community-based
Lactation College home visitation • # of clinics & agencies that support for breastfeeding
• Genesee County programs, and implement the Coffective System
MEDIUM-TERM
Health Department community-based • # of staff/agencies engaged in 310
OUTCOMES (3-5 YEARS)
COMMUNITY breastfeeding Connect community events
PARTNERS support groups • # of pregnant women & new mothers who
• Breastfeeding initiation
• Flint Area Hospitals early in pregnancy receive info about breastfeeding, evidence-
increases to 80%
• Flint Area WIC and after discharge based practices, & community support
• Breastfeeding exclusivity
• Flint Area
during postpartum hospital
Prenatal Clinics
stay increases to 70%
• Flint Area Home
Visitors... and more! • Breastfeeding continuation at
3 months increases to 50%
www.mibreastfeeding.org
YEAR I SUCCESSES
240
hospital staff from all 3 birthing
hospitals in Flint completed
training on the evidence-based
36
community stakeholders attended
benefits of breastfeeding and the MIBFN 310 Connect Kick-
the maternity care practices that off Event that introduced the
support it using the 20 hour Baby- collective impact project to the
Friendly Coffective Complete community in January 2017
Curriculum
72
direct service providers (home
61
direct service providers attended
visiting, outpatient clinic and an In-Person Breastfeeding
WIC staff) completed the 5 hour Training that builds on the
Coffective Core Curriculum Coffective Core Curriculum
70
home visitors attended Certified
Lactation Counselor (CLC)
training
05year II SUCCESSES
CLC
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CTL Visitor CLC’s
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TRAINING
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MIBFN 310 LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS TO
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CALHOUN SUPPORT STATE-WIDE WORK
06
COUNTY
3 FLINT AMBASSADORS TRAINED BATTLE CREEEK PARTNERSListening, Trusting and
Investing in Black leaders and
Black families (2018 and beyond)
What began as a project centered around hospital & medical provider
awareness, through learning and changes in leadership/partnership, has
now grown into a community-driven, Black-led movement that centers
Black families in reclamation of traditional breastfeeding practices for
every family throughout Flint.
“we are the
change
we’ve been
waiting
for.”
Dr. Kimarie Bugg, President, CEO, and
Change Leader of ROSE
07recent
successes
MIBFN 310 Connect Flint lead collaborators:
Black-led, Flint-based, trusted breastfeeding support
organizationsYou overcoming
lactation Obstacles YEARS I-IV
collaborator
(YOLO)
about
YOLO Breastfeeding was founded in 2015 and was created to fill a gap in community-based
lactation support in Genesee County and surrounding areas. YOLO’s mission is to improve
breastfeeding initiation and duration rates by educating, empowering, and supporting
families. Their vision is to improve access to skilled lactation services that are culturally
competent and empower families to reach their breastfeeding goals. YOLO aims to make
their services accessible to all families in Genesee County, regardless of economic status.
YOLO currently provides breastfeeding education and skilled lactation consults for families in
the Flint area.
“ YOLO is excited to have the
ability to serve families in Flint
and Genesee County through
our partnership with MIBFN. We
appreciate the relationship
we have established with
MIBFN, it is embedded in trust
and empowerment. Our
organization over the years
has felt heard, valued, and
appreciated. We look forward
to continuing to support
breastfeeding families in years
to come in our continued
partnership with MIBFN.”
- Shonte’ Terhune-Smith, BS, IBCLC, founder &
director of YOLO Breastfeeding
09“YOLO is an amazing
business helping Genesee
County mothers with any
lactation need. The owner
ensures she provides
continuous support and
knowledge from lactation,
supply tips, and even
motherhood. Shonte’ was my
biggest supporter during
COVID-19 with breastfeeding
tips and knowledge.”
- Chakara Wheeler
10YO S
LO S E
SU CCES
100
families served
10 10 700+
views on Facebook
breast pumps given breast pumps given educational interviews
with varying needs
to Hurley Lactation to Hurley Lactation with a local midwife,
including latching
Consultants to support Consultants to support birth doula, hypno-
issues, issues with the
breastfeeding families breastfeeding families birthing trainer, and
breast, referrals, and
after discharge after discharge yoga instructor
nursing items
Conducted
community-wide
outreach of Served with Represented Flint
services to Nurse Presented Great Southeast Michigan in the founding of
Family Partnership, Lakes Breastfeeding IBCLCs of Color, Mi Milk Collective
Hurley Maternal Webinar on including in virtual and co-hosted
Infant Health “Breastfeeding in support groups the reading of the
Program, Genesys Color” curriculum and Mama’s Mobile Black Breastfeeding
Hospital, and Milk Week proclamation
Hurley Medical
Center
20 8
families provided 12 9
care baskets prenatal breastfeeding one-on-one
distributed to families participants utilized
education in breastfeeding classes
that needed baby or the self-paced online
partnership with Metro taught in-person and
household items breastfeeding class
Detroit Hypno-birthing virtually
launched the Took part in the
“She’s Ready” Participated in virtual Community
breastfeeding box MDHHS workgroup Chaired the Conversation
and also creating/ as Flint Genesee County in partnership
selling “My Milk representative Breastfeeding with Michigan
Matters” t-shirts Coalition Breastfeeding
Network
6 5
pregnant women in a
2 6
families provided
lactation spaces breastfeeding cheat
church group took part sheets created for pumps via porch
furnished in breastfeeding class dropoffs
familiesinvolveddad
YEARS I-IV
collaborator
about
InvolvedDad empowers men to be engaged fathers by providing training, coaching, and peer
support in a safe environment to other men. InvolvedDad’s mission is to EMPOWER and
promote males to become actively engaged fathers or father figures in the life of every child;
to ERADICATE fatherlessness by turning the heart of the father back to the heart of children,
one father at a time; to MOTIVATE fathers to become active in the lives of their children,
leading the way, making a difference; and, to TRAIN fathers in the best parenting practices to
thereby empower and influence their children to walk in continual success.
“ Whenever I needed to get some
of my questions answered
from some of my fathers on
how a father can support a
mom during her breastfeeding
trials, her successes, how to
celebrate, how to support her,
how to walk side by side, that
was not initially my lane, but
(MIBFN) made it my lane. They
equipped me with some of the
strategies and tools, not just
through words, but through
trainings, and webinars, and
seminars... I have a model, and I
always say this, don’t be aver-
age, you might as well be elite,
because the 310 Network and
MIBFN is definitely elite.”
- Shon Hart, BS, founder of InvolvedDad
12involveddad successes
- Michigan State University, “Preventing burnout while
working with fragile families”
- MIBFN Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinar, “Engaging
8
Fathers to create a strong family”
- Genesee County Health Systems, “ How to engage fragile
fatherhood families’’
engagement - State of Michigan Friend of the Court, “How to support
trainings conducted
men to create strong and healthy families’’
76 61
M2M peer-to-peer
support group
18
phone consultations
fathers went
through the
workshops hosted completed Man2Man
averaging 7-10 University program
fathers weekly
“InvolvedDad has been amazing
to my son and I. Prior to
enrolling in InvolvedDad, I did
not know how to strengthen my
relationship with my son without
the interference of his mom.
InvolvedDad helped me with legal
support, peer to peer support
groups, and parenting education
to get through the challenges...
We need more organizations
like InvolvedDad that focus on
strengthening families through
fatherhood support and
education.”
- Isaac Kemp
13Baby cafe’ of YEARS I-IV
genesee county
collaborator
about
Baby Cafe’ of Genesee County provides weekly breastfeeding support for pregnant and
breastfeeding moms, dads, and/or families.
“ Working with moms and
families at Baby Cafe
actually doesn’t feel like
“work” at all. It’s a safe
nonjudgmental space where
we come together mom to
mom. A space where we share
our experiences, laugh and
even cry together. For me
having the opportunity to
help ease breastfeeding
concerns is merely the icing
on the cake.”
- LaTashia Perry, CLC, MSU Extension
breastfeeding educator
SUCCESSES
Pivoted during
46 81% 39
the COVID-19
pandemic to
provide Baby contacts self-reported as being breastfeeding
Cafe’ referrals to African American mothers
YOLO and MSUE
6 1
for representative
community-
based skilled pregnant women support person
breastfeeding
support.
14genesee county breastfeeding
coalition (GCBC) successes
70
providers attended the
4
collaborative sessions with
Center for Breastfeeding’s Terry Wisner of Partnering
Healthy Children Project for Success, LLC to
CLC training reimagine and reboot
GCBC
3
Officers of the Executive
2
community-wide events
Committee were elected, hosted during 2019,
to expand the elected including Milk & Cookies
leadership from 1 (chair) at the CRIM festival of
to 3 (chair, secretary, and races and Chocolate Milk
treasurer) Documentary Screening
and the Flint Public Library
152020 flint community conversation report
what is
next?
COVID-19 has forever changed the way we work.
Breastfeeding is not a lifestyle choice. It is central to
birth justice. As we move forward, access to commu-
nity-based, family-centered birth and breastfeeding
support must be at the center of everything we do.flint work
informs
statewide
strategy
statewide
work informs
flint strategy
22Black families are dying at alarmingly high Clinical practices and hospital systems are not
rates. centering their needs.
what is happening in michigan
Governor Whitmer signed Executive Orders Hospitals are creating their own policies
ensuring that a partner and doula may restricting doula support, which is dangerous for
accompany a laboring parent. families, especially Black and Indigenous families.
At a time when lactation support is needed the
Families continue to need lactation support most, there are reports across the state of
during the pandemic. lactation support programs at hospitals and
health departments being downsized.
This separation limits breastfeeding in the
Families are being separated unnecessarily. maternity care setting and perpetuates centuries
long oppression of Black and Indigenous families.
Michigan WIC does not have grocery This creates barriers and unnecessary danger
delivery or pick-up options for participants. for already high-risk families to access their food.
Breastfeeding supporters are forming new Independent IBCLCs are seeing clients and
status of
services
doula programs. are available via telehealth and in-person.
Doulas are convening to create collaborative MIBFN is here as a key collaborator to support
power to dismantle oppressive systems. grassroots organizations and partners to meet
the needs of families in their communities.
equitably distribute resources center Black and Indigenous families in streamline breast pump communication
all covid-19 interventions with insurance, WIC, families and also
physically transferring breast pump to
recommendations
families
create universal birth and breastfeeding establish family-supportive solve care access problems for some
standards that center Black and Indigenous hospital policies increasing access to families due to barriers including no internet
families lactation support access and distrust due to the current and
historical exploitation of health information
of Black and Indigenous peoples
increase access to internet and hipaa- ensure collaborative care across providers
compliant telehealth for lactation support and intentional communication on who is
providing services in each community
equitably compensate skilled lactation as the pandemic unfolds, continue to
care provide accessible opportunities to
educate families, free from financial
burden, on breastfeeding and covid-19
this document was created based on the conversations at the april 2, may 7, and november 12, 2020
local breastfeeding supporter meetings. learn more at mibreastfeeding.org/local-meetings.REPRESENTATION MATTERS!
the work continues!
amplifying and supporting
growth of yolo:
- Birth and postpartum doula support
- Childbirth education baby cafe’:
- In-home and virtual skilled breastfeeding support
- Booby Trap Shop, featuring: Mocha Box, Prenatal Gift Box, Connecting families with
Mocha Breastfeeding Box, and She’s Ready for Breastfeeding resources in the community
Box as they reach out for support
- Our Voice, Our Health advocacy campaign
- Trap Chat every Friday at 7pm est on Facebook Live
- Village Model
- Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace Initiative
- Ongoing Community Conversations
- IBCLC Mentorship Program
- And, more!
gcbc:
Leveraging Carrying on with hosting
the great lakes coalition meetings and
breastfeeding events for Genesee County
webinars to participants
demonstrate how
this model is
moving
involveddad:
Continuing to provide
fatherhood engagement
trainings, support group
workshops, and Man2Man
University for fathersa special thanks to
the 310 connect flint
families, collaborators,
and community
foundation of greater
flint for making this
work possible.
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