The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand the causes and forces at that work that explain the data behind "breastfeeding rates for WIC clients".

What's Helping What We Do? These are the positive forces at work in our strategy/ program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Breastfeeding Peer Counselor

• Outreach efforts

• Consistent follow-up with clients

What's Hurting What We Do? These are the negative forces at work in our strategy/program that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Need to meet clients where they are

• COVID-19

• More innovative ways to connect with clients

• Funding

The following actions have been identified by our partners as ideas for what can work for this performance measure to make a difference on mental health.
(A) Actions and Approaches Identified by Our Partners These are actions and approaches that we
think can make a difference for this performance measure.
These will be identified as the program is implemented
(B) No-cost and Low-cost Ideas Identified by Our Partners These are no-cost and low-cost actions
and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.
These will be identified as the program is implemented
(C) What your customers think would work to do better These are actions and approaches that our customers think can
make a difference for this performance measure.
These will be identified as the program is implemented
(D) List of Questions/Research Agenda These are questions to follow-up on for this performance measure. If you still need more
information about what works to do better, make these questions part of your information & research agenda.
These will be identified as the program is implemented