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."
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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

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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

Lactation Support Provider Constellation's Collaborative Work

• Lactation Support Providers Descriptor Table (August, 2021)
  • Lactation Support Providers Descriptor Video
• Lactation Support Providers Pathways Information
• Lactation Support Providers Training Directory
• Comments responding to the 2021 Breastfeeding Support and Supplies Draft Clinical Recommendations from the Women's Preventive Services Institute (September, 2021)
• Letter to TRICARE expressing concerns about lactation provider classes in the TRICARE Childbirth and Breastfeeding Support Demonstration (December, 2021)