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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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
• News & Views
• Journal Publications

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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
• News & Views
• Journal Publications

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