1. Change Package
Your Team Name: Community Care Alliance
Topic Area: Breastfeeding
Name of the Intervention: Standardized HFA Feeding Plan
Primary Driver: Standardize internal (agency) policies and practices to support breastfeeding

2. Definition of the Intervention
Standardize the procedure for all FSW when assisting HFA participants with a feeding plan for their child with an emphasis on the benifits of breastfeeding

3. Description of the Intervention
Using the Boston Feeding Toolkit as a guide creating a formalized written procedure for breastfeeding/feeding both prenatally and postpartum

4. How is the intervention carried out?
We got together with HFA and WIC staff and developed a timeline of how we supported families who expressed an interest in breastfeeding and/or a feeding plan for their infants. We brainstormed what we did now and some new ideas From this brainstorming session a written draft of a standardized procedure was developed and then approved by all involved

5. Evidence that the intervention is effective
During subsequental meeting with WIC staff and HFA staff it was learned that the standardized procedure was very useful when discussing feeding plans with families and felt it was easier following a timeline

6. Pre-requisites for the intervention
What is needed in order to have success with this intervention? For example:
Resources
Experience (strategies or model materials/training, QI skills, other interventions that serve as a base for this intervention)
Team members (for example, needs support of a parent/client, or an LIA director…)

7. Advice Barriers / Challenges Key advice to overcome barriers
Getting everyone’s input
Use an existing meeting time
Making sure “family voice” is heard
Ask FSW to talk with families about what they need in the way of feeding information

8. References/ Inspiration (if applicable)
We love the Boston Toolkit and use noodlesoup.com for all our brestfeeding handouts and goodies