Lactation Support Providers (LSP) Constellation
Steward: United States Breastfeeding Committee (Amelia Psmythe Seger)
The first of the USBC-affiliated Constellations, this group was first convened in June 2014 for an in-person meeting, with funding support for the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention. At this meeting the participants agreed on the Declaration of Intent and Priority Strategies listed below.
Declaration of Intent:
"Whereas all mothers & babies have a right to access to trained lactation support to reach their goals;
Whereas all lactation support providers bring value to the landscape of care;
Therefore we agree to work collaboratively to influence opportunities for change to increase access to lactation support."
Constellation Priority Strategies:
Advancing Equity by Decolonizing the First Foods Landscape & Centering on the Needs of Families.
- Enrich the LSP Constellation’s participation, procedures and collaborative approach
- Develop innovative solutions and tools to achieve equity in breastfeeding and breastfeeding support
- Advocate for lactation support providers and breastfeeding families through targeted communication and participation in policy-making
- Improve and expand the lactation support provider field through equitable routes of training and payment for services
- Increase equitable access for breastfeeding families through engagement, access, and empowerment
Constellation Participants:
Academy of Lactation Policy & Practice
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Breastfeeding USA
Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Childbirth and Postpartum Professionals Association
HealthConnect One
Healthy Children Project
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
La Leche League USA
Lactation Education Resources
Mom2Mom Global
National Association of County & City Health Officials
National Association of Peer & Professional Lactation Supporters of Color
National WIC Association
Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere
United States Lactation Consultant Association