2026-03-18T19:33:45Z 2025-12-31 990EZ 2025-01-01 710875339 INLAND EMPIRE BREASTFEEDING COALITION INLA 9512881920 PO Box 642 RIVERSIDE CA 925020642 Laurie Haessly Treasurer 9512881920 2026-03-18 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X https://iebreastfeeding.org X X 192261 X 175368 0 16882 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192261 3710 0 93884 85336 0 2533 7919 193382 -1121 33307 32186 33307 32186 0 0 0 0 33307 32186 33307 32186 Our Inland Empire Breastfeeding Coalition (IEBfC) is a group of dedicated health care professionals and community members who have a desire to raise awareness of the importance of breastfeeding and to create collaborative efforts among hospitals and health care agencies. Our IEBfC provides required lactation continuing lactation education, networking and support for perinatal health care professionals who provide breastfeeding and birth support and assistance to families in various settings throughout the Inland Empire (San Bernardino and Riverside Counties in So California) including hospitals, public health settings and in-home. Virtual 'General Continuing Education' Webinar Sessions for Perinatal Health Care Professionals, 4th Tuesday of Every Month. We provide FREE excellent evidence-based education sessions. We also provide the required continuing education units (CEUs, CERPs, BRNs, etc) for Health Professionals (RNs, Dietitians, Lactation Consultants, etc.) - FREE for members and $30 per session for non-members for the Continuing Education Units. 2025 Session Topics Included: - Hand Expression Techniques: Go Milk Yourself: You Have Power: Express it!! - Mothers Milk, Many Voices: Cultural Conversations on Breastfeeding - The Father Factor in Maternal Health - Supporting Feeding Skills of Late Preterm Infants - Simplifying Breastfeeding: Lactation Education Through Easy-To-Understand Analogies - How Lactation Research can Impact Exclusive Breastfeeding and The Next Generation of Physicians - Examining issues of PMAD's (Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders), Lactation, and Leave in the Workplace - Critical Thinking: Herbal Options in Lactation Care - Milk Banking and Donor Milk: More than Just Nutrition - Nestle 2.0: Lactation Professionals and Infant Formula Marketing in the Digital Age - Breast Health: A Lifetime of Transformations **All sessions are recorded and uploaded to our website for viewing by those who cannot attend live. 905 Health Care Professionals attended who serve 1000s of families each year! 169936 36964 Virtual 'Monthly Check-Ins & Resource Sharing' Webinars for Perinatal Health Care Professionals, Second Tuesday of Every Month. We provide a platform for information and resource sharing. 2025 Session Topics/Resources included: California Breastfeeding Coalition 2025 Summit Scholarship Recipients' Presentation Summaries - Disrupting Burnout - Advancing Pasteurized Donor Human Milk: National, State, and Local Efforts for NICU Care - Diaper Diagnostics: Decoding Infant Elimination - The Role of Lactation Professionals in Infant Care: Case Studies on Collaborative Success - Breastfeeding Blues: An Integrated Approach to Understanding and Supporting the Relationship Between Perinatal Mental Health and Infant Feeding Challenges - Letting Down While Hot Flashing: A Perimenopausal Guide to Lactation - Efforts to Reduce Breastfeeding Disparities: Differential Hospital Reported and Patient Experience of Maternity Care Practices by Race/Ethnicity Fuels Quality Improvement - Understanding the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, Why it Matters Now More Than Ever 554 Health Care Professionals attended who serve 1000s of families each year. 169936 24844 LATCH On IE (Lactation, Assessment, Training, Competencies for Hospitals) Inland Empire Course Birthing Hospital Registered Nurses (RNs)Training Developed by University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health for us to meet the new CA State (SB402) Baby-Friendly Hospital mandates, including training for ALL RNs working in birthing hospitals in CA. LATCH on IE is a three part course offered by the Inland Empire Breastfeeding Coalition. This course provides each cohort all the didactic knowledge (2 days) and skills/competency assessments (1 day) required. DIDACTIC DAYS - The 2 full virtual didactic education days, taught by IBCLCs and RNs, include engagement with open discussion, poll questions and breakout sessions. SKILLS DAYS - competency assessments with our collaborative partner, Inland Empire Health Plan. There are a total of 72 skills/competencies each RN must be assessed on by a Lactation Professional Examiner during the 6 station rotation Skills Days. During Skills Days, nurses are able to communicate, network and share ideas from their own worksites about strategies for implementation of the 10 Steps. We provide the required continuing education units (CEUs, CERPs, BRNs, etc) for Health Professionals (RNs, Dietitians, Lactation Consultants, etc.) SUCCESSES: In 2025 we conducted 4 LATCH on IE Training cohorts - 2 classes in the Spring and 2 classes in the Fall. Of the 28 Inland Empire Hospitals (16 San Bernardino Co and 12 Riverside Co), 19 hospitals were represented including 2 of the lowest breastfeeding performing (SB Co) hospitals in CA. 300+ RN Nurses have attended who serve 1000s of families annually. 169936 74881 136689 Kayellen Young Board President 1.00 0 0 0 Jasmine Creighton Board President Elect 1.00 0 0 0 LeeAnn Contreras Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Janice Ferrer Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Cecilia Maldonado Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Renee Armstrong Board Member 1.00 0 0 0 Laurie Haessly Programs Manager/Treasurer 19.00 43360 0 0 Amanda Lindberg Programs Coordinator 21.00 43155 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false CA Laurie Haessly 4579 9th Street Riverside CA 92501 9512881920 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 91187 93755 150470 164021 192261 691694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91187 93755 150470 164021 192261 691694 691694 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 691694 1.00000 1.00000 X Part I, Line 10 Our Coalition awarded 11 Members Full-Scholarships to attend the January 2025 Annual Virtual California Breastfeeding Coalition Summit. Part I, Line 16 Line 16 includes Insurance and Workers Compensation premiums; Fees for providing Continuing Education: International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners and the Board of Registered Nurses; Food provided at in-person meetings and education sessions; and Travel expenses