Carolyn Balliet
Mono County Health Dept.
P.O. Box 3329
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
(760) 924-5410
Fax (760) 924-5467
Email: Carballiet@yahoo.com

WIC Inyo and Mono Health departments, Toiyabe WIC Northern Inyo Hospital, Mammoth Hospital, Local pediatrician and certified nurse midwife.

• Established in 1996
• Meets every other month
• Mission and goals: "To empower families to breastfeed their infants for the critical periods of growth and development through education, access to support services, and role models"

• Annual publicity for National Breastfeeding Week on Radio and television
• Display window in library and bookstores
• Infant jumpsuit given to those mothers breastfeeding for 3 months
• 3 day lactation support specialist training for hospital staff, CNM, health departments, WIC personnel and Providers nurses
• Presentation at Childbirth Education Classes in Mammoth and follow up in hospital post partum and contact upon discharge
• Ongoing review of statistics of numbers of women breastfeeding, length of time, and reasons for stopping