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Staying Abreast: Weekly Wire: AIR PUMP Act Introduced & more

5/26/2023

 

In this issue:

  • USBC Updates
    • USBC Conference: Celebrating the Awardees & Last Chance to Register
    • Call for Stories on Workplace Lactation Support
    • Action Alert: Urge Congress to Invest in Breastfeeding
    • USBC in the Media: PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act News Coverage
    • Creating Space Scholarship for New Member Organizations
    • USBC Supports...
  • International News
    • USAID Interactive Webpage on Ending Malnutrition
  • National News
    • Call for Information on Priority Research for Pregnant and Postpartum Populations
    • Scholarship Opportunity for Aspiring IBCLCs
    • AIR PUMP Act Introduced to Extend Workplace Lactation Protections to Airline Crewmembers
    • DOL Issues Guidance on Enforcement of the PUMP Act
    • House Releases Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations Bill
    • Wise Investment in our Children (WIC) Act Introduced
    • Food Labeling Modernization Act Introduced
    • WIC Healthy Beginnings Act Introduced
    • EEOC Resource on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
    • FDA Infant Formula Webpage 
    • Report on Medicaid Innovation and Child Health
  • State & Community News
    • Florida Bill Requiring Lactation Spaces in Courthouses Signed Into Law
    • Paid Parental Leave Bill Introduced in Maine
    • Pennsylvania Bill Introduced to Require Insurer Coverage of Donor Milk
    • New York Bill Introduced to Require Insurer Coverage of Donor Milk
  • Funding Opportunities
  • News & Views
  • Journal Publications

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Weekly Wire: NBM Proclamation Toolkit, Special Sections on FAMILY Act & Black Maternal Health Momnibus, and more

5/19/2023

 

In this issue:

  • USBC Updates
    • Just Released: 2023 National Breastfeeding Month Proclamation Toolkit
    • USBC Existing Legislation Webpage Updated
    • Last Call to Sign Up for Marketing Opportunities and Register for the 2023 USBC Conference
    • USBC in the Media: Conde Nast Article on Lactation Accommodations for Airline Crewmembers
    • USBC Supports...
  • Special Section on Introduction of the FAMILY ACT
  • Special Section on Introduction of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus
  • International News
    • Seventy-Sixth World Health Assembly
  • National News
    • BABES Act Reintroduced
    • Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM) Upcoming Public Meeting
  • State & Community News
    • Webinar on Michigan Prison Doula Initiative & Lactation Support
    • Paid Parental Leave Law for Teachers Signed Into Law in South Carolina
    • Paid Parental Leave Law for Teachers Signed Into Law in Tennessee
    • Paid Family and Medical Leave Bill Introduced in Michigan
    • New York Bill Introduced to Expand Medicaid Coverage 
    • Texas Bill Introduced to Create a Tax Exemption for Lactation Supplies
  • Funding Opportunities
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  • Journal Publications

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Weekly Wire: May Is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Conference Session Spotlight and more

5/11/2023

 

In this issue:

  • USBC Updates
    • This Mother’s Day, Donate in Honor of Mom!
    • Conference Session Spotlight: Partnering for Progress: Strategies to Build Partnerships for Greater Impact
    • Join USBC Coalitions Directory to be Featured in 2023 State Breastfeeding Reports
    • Welcoming New USBC Members: Coalición para la Lactancia Materna en Puerto Rico and Nitamising Gimashkikinaan “Our First Medicine”
    • May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
  • International News
    • USAID Webinar on Data Collection Methods for Dietary Data
  • National News
    • Public Comment Notice on WIC Breastfeeding Awards of Excellence
    • EEOC Webinar on How Doulas and Midwives Can Support Clients' Pregnancy Workplace Protections 
    • HRSA 2023 Healthy Grants Workshop Web Series
    • Hearing on FDA Oversight and Responsibility for the Infant Formula Shortage Crisis
    • Reports on Impact of WIC Program Flexibilities Implemented During the Pandemic
  • State & Community News
    • Maryland Passes Law Implementing Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
    • New North Carolina DHHS Breastfeeding Website 
    • Coalition of Oklahoma Breastfeeding Advocates PUMP Act Webinar
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