In this issue:

• USBC Updates
  • Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Budget Process Underway: Appropriations Bill Analysis
  • Policy Priority Survey: Help Inform the USBC Policy Priorities!
  • Join USBC Stakeholder Listening Session: Centering Indigenous and Native American Communities to Inform Five-Year Plan
  • September Technical Assistance Session on USBC Data Survey Tool
• Special Section on National Breastfeeding Month
  International News
  • Guidance Report on the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes
• National News
  • ABM Clinical Protocol on Breastfeeding Promotion Revised
  • LGBTQIA2S+ Guide for Professionals Working With Lactating Families
  • HHS Annual Progress Report Addresses Maternal Health Crisis
  • Surgeon General Advisory on the Mental Health of Parents Cites Paid Leave
• Action Opportunities
• Funding Opportunities
• Upcoming Events
• News & Views
• Journal Publications

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In this issue:

• USBC Updates
  • REMEDY & USBC Launch PSA on Breastfeeding in Public
  • USBC Submits Comment on FEMA Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide
  • Join the Most Unified Voice in Advocating for Breastfeeding Policy and Practice Change in the U.S.
  • USBC Breastfeeding Policy Map Features Proposed Bills and Regulations Related to Infant Feeding
• Special Section on National Breastfeeding Month
• National News
  • SIDS Awareness Month Digital Toolkit Updates
  • Fact Sheet on Updated WIC Food Packages
  • Dads Matter Act of 2024 Introduced in Senate
  • Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act Introduced in House
• State & Community News
  • Illinois House Bill 5142
  • Louisiana Executive Order Maintains Paid Parental Leave for State Employees
• Upcoming Events
• News & Views
• Journal Publications

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In this issue:

• USBC Updates
  • Policy Priority Survey: Help Inform the USBC Policy Priorities!
  • USBC Presentation to NASEM Committee on Macroeconomics of Breastfeeding, Recording Available
  • Stakeholder Listening Sessions for Indigenous and Native American Individuals to Inform Five-Year Plan
  • Our Milky Way Blog Features Q&A with USBC Staff Member Erin Fortuna
• Special Section on National Breastfeeding Month
• National News
  • CDC Website Overhaul and New Breastfeeding Webpage
  • FNS Issues Notice of Supply Chain Disruption for WIC State Agencies
  • Bill to Exempt Military Families from Deployment Introduced in Senate
  • Bill to Provide Newborn Supply Kits Introduced in House
• State & Community News
  • Illinois Bill Signed Into Law Requiring Lactation Space in Department of Corrections Facilities
• Action Opportunities
• Funding Opportunities
• Upcoming Events
• News & Views
• Journal Publications

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