Recent News

Board Nominations Open

The USLCA Board of Directors is now accepting nominations for a board seat beginning spring 2020.  Nominations will be accepted through November 30, 2019 for installment at the 2020 Annual Membership Meeting. Qualifications include: Current IBCLC USLCA member in good...

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USLCA Position on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The US Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA) exists to support the advancement of the lactation profession across the United States so that all families have access to appropriate lactation care.  Advancing the profession requires increasing education and training...

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USLCA Launches Advisory Board

The Establishment of a USLCA Advisory Board When the USLCA board undertook its organizational examination in 2017-2018, it did so with the purpose of identifying how it could enhance its value to its members and grow in both numbers and prominence as an organization....

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IBCLC Hub

Whether you are currently practicing as an IBCLC in the United States or aspiring to be one, USLCA is working on launching a special section of our website dedicated to you! In order to meet the needs of IBCLCs working in 2019, we are hoping to gather your feedback to...

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Awards Nominations

Nominate yourself or a colleague by April 15, 2019! Now is the time to nominate yourself or a colleague to be recognized for outstanding contributions in our field. IBCLCs are doing great work every day and USLCA values the opportunity to highlight this devotion....

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Providing Additional Clarity

To those who have taken the time to email, call, or post regarding yesterday’s announcement of our new Guiding Principles, thank you.  The breadth of responses and engagement is exciting and we are grateful for the dialogue.  We are also saddened by some of the...

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USLCA Adopts New Organizational Guiding Principles

Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 – The United States Lactation Consultant Association (USLCA) has adopted new organizational guiding principles. The development of this new foundational profile, that includes USLCA’s Mission, Vision and Values, follows a year of organizational...

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Comment to HP2030

The USLCA submitted the following comment regarding the updated HP2030 objectives: The decision to eliminate all but one of the breastfeeding objectives from HP2020 is a surprising departure and raises concern for public health. Lactating parents and their infants...

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Breastfeeding Disparities

In honor of Black Breastfeeding Week, we have compiled a list of Clinical Lactation articles that pertain to breastfeeding disparities.  We hope that these will prove to be a useful resource to educate.   Breastfeeding and Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality:...

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Celebrate National Breastfeeding Month!

What does National Breastfeeding Month look like for you? Celebrating breastfeeding/chestfeeding parents? Advocating for family-friendly feeding policies? Normalizing breastfeeding/chestfeeding? Educating about the power of human milk? Tell us what you are doing for...

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