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    • Join USBC
    • Membership FAQs
    • Membership Categories
    • Membership Fee Schedules
    • Membership Interest Form
    • Creating Space Scholarship
  • Policy & Actions
    • Federal Appropriations for Breastfeeding
    • Federal Policies, Programs, & Initiatives
    • PUMP Act >
      • The PUMP Act Explained
    • Take Action
    • Letters & Public Comments
  • Resources
    • USBC Directories >
      • USBC Member Directory
      • Affiliated Coalitions Directory
      • Equity Champions Directory
    • Constellation Developed Resources
    • Breastfeeding In Emergencies
    • Infant Formula Recall and Shortage
    • Lactation Support Provider Training Directory >
      • Lactation Support Providers Pathways
    • Learning Opportunities
    • Monthly Observances >
      • Black History Month
      • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
      • LGBTQIA+ Resources and Pride Month
      • National Breastfeeding Month
      • Hispanic Heritage Month
      • Native American Heritage Month
      • Safe Sleep and SIDS Awareness Month
    • Image Gallery Access
    • State Breastfeeding Reports
    • Workplace Guide
  • News & Events
    • Annual Conference >
      • 2023 Conference
      • 2023 NBCC Marketing
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      • 2022 Conference Notes
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Lactation Support Providers Constellation

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, which ground and guide the group to this day.
Steward:
U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (Amelia Psmythe Seger)

Resources:

  • Lactation Support Providers Descriptor Table
    • Lactation Support Providers Descriptor Video
  • Lactation Support Providers Pathways Information
  • Lactation Support Providers Training Directory
  • Payer Policy Guidance: Innovative Approaches to Coverage Of Breastfeeding Support, Equipment, and Supplies
Letters & Comments:
  • Letter to TRICARE expressing concerns about lactation provider classes in the TRICARE Childbirth and Breastfeeding Support Demonstration (December, 2021)
  • Comments responding to the 2021 Breastfeeding Support and Supplies Draft Clinical Recommendations from the Women's Preventive Services Institute (September, 2021)

Constellation 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."
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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
  • Indigenous Lactation Counselors
  • 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
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