Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Project
NEW FEDERAL LAW Requires Unpaid Breaks for Nursing Mothers in Workplace
About the Florida
Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Award
The Florida Breastfeeding Friendly Employer Recognition Program is an award program to recognize businesses who are providing support in the workplace to their breastfeeding employees.  Businesses will be evaluated based on a set of criteria for three levels of breastfeeding support: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Businesses that meet the criteria outlined in the above brochure and application will be recognized with a plaque and recognition on this web site as well as in press releases to local media. Applications can be emailed, mailed, faxed or by the online application form above.
Helpful Infomation on Implementing Breastfeeding Friendly Worksites Below:
Workplace Breastfeeding Programs: Employer Case Studies. Developed by the Business Group’s Center for Prevention and Health Services in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau, this 12-page issue brief presents exemplary employer case studies to provide guidance regarding the development, implementation and evaluation of workplace breastfeeding programs.
The Business Case for Breastfeeding is a comprehensive program designed to educate employers about the value of supporting breastfeeding employees in the workplace. The program highlights how such support contributes to the success of the entire business. Developed by the Business Group’s Center for Prevention and Health Services in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau. FBC developed and began promoting the Breastfeeding Friendly Employers in Florida recognition award in 2010.The Business Case for Breastfeeding is a comprehensive program designed to educate employers about the value of supporting breastfeeding employees in the workplace. The program highlights how such support contributes to the success of the entire business. Developed by the Business Group’s Center for Prevention and Health Services in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau. FBC developed and began promoting the Breastfeeding Friendly Employers in Florida recognition award in 2010.

"Flashpoint" Channel 6 WKMG - Tackles Topic of Employed Breastfeeding Mother & Workplace IssuesLauren Rowe, WKMG Orlando, FL reporter, talks with experts about mothers breastfeeding their children in public places and in breastfeeding mothers in the workplace. Click here for the video.

Congratulations to the efforts being made for Florida's public school employed breastfeeding mothers to have pumping break times and a private place to do so. Orange and Leon Counties have district wide breastfeeding employee support policies.  See news article on Flagler High School accommodations for their school breastfeeding employers.

Colorado Breastfeeding Coalitions offers to Workplace Breastfeeding Support Videos on YouTube for Employers
Recognition
for the
Florida Breastfeeding Friendly Employers Award
(Several applications are in various stages of processing,
check back frequently for new business being added.)

GOLD Level
Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL -2011
Baptist Medical Center South, Jacksonville, FL -2011
Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Jacksonville, FL-2011
Baptist Hospital Medical Center Nassau, Fernandina Beach -2011
Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, FL-2011
Borinquen Medical Centers of Miami-Dade-2011
Exactech Inc, Gaineville, FL -2010
Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, FL-2011
Flagler Palm Coast High School - 2011
Florida Hospital East, Orlando, FL - 2011
Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL-2011
Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade-2011
J. P. Morgan Chase, Lake Mary, FL-2011
Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL-2011
Miami Beach Community Health Center, Miami, FL-2011
Navy Federal Credit Union, Pensacola, FL - 2011
NCH Healthcare System, Inc. Naples, FL - 2010
Orange Co WIC, Orlando, FL 2011
Parrish Medical Center, Titusville, FL - 2011
Shands Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 2011
St. Joseph's Women's Hospital, Tampa, FL-2011
St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL - 2011
Sunshine Pediatric, Maitland, FL - 2010
West Palm Beach Public Library, WPB - 2011
Wolfson Children's Hospital, Jacksonville, FL-2011
West Boca Medical Center, Boca Raton, FL-2011


SILVER Level
Applied Research Associates, Central FL Division - 2010
CITI Family Center, Jacksonville, FL -2010
Internal Medicine Group, Orlando - 2011
MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc. Orlando - 2011
Walmart, Greenacres, FL-2011


BRONZE Level
BodyLogicMD, Boca Raton - 2011
Enterprise Holdings, Gainesville - 2011
Florida Hospital-Orlando, FL-2011
Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) - 2011
Office Depot, Gulf Breeze, FL -2010
Nationwide Insurance, Gainesville - 2011
Paramount Urgent Care, Clermont, FL-2011
Port Orange Nursing and Rehab, Port Orange, FL -2010
Total Marketing Concepts, Longwood, FL-2011
University of Miami, Miami, FL-2011

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