Member Minute

Board in Action, Education in Action, Advocacy in Action, Members in Action…

Fed is Best Joint Letter, Infant Feeding During Disasters, Webinars for Relief, Cost Savings Calculator, Women’s Preventive Services Initiative, Food & Nutrition, Public Health Institute, Upcoming Webinars, Become a Chapter, Members Make a Difference…

Hurricane Harvey, National Breastfeeding Month, 2019 Conference, Conference Webinars, USLCA Webinars, USLCA Committees, Regional Workshop, NICHQ Webinar, Members Make a Difference, Advertise with USLCA…

Annual General Meeting, Chapter Highlight, Involvement Opportunity, Work Opportunity, Conference Webinars, USLCA Webinars, Regional Workshop, NICHQ Webinar, Members Make a Difference…

Congrats to Newly Passed and Recertifying IBCLCs! Request for research participation, Upcoming Regional Workshop, Upcoming Live Webinars…

Congratulations to our USLCA Award Winners! Please visit the USLCA website to learn more about our winners and their accomplishments. On May 18, 2017 please join Commercial Alert, Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), 1,000 Days, Best for Babes Foundation, and Public Citizen for A Day Of Action to Protect Parents and Babies…

USLCA Award Nominations Due April 15! We can hardly believe the deadline is almost here to nominate your colleagues for USLCA’s Award of Excellence or the Terry Jo Curtis Award. USLCA’s Award of Excellence honors someone who has worked to advance the IBCLC through leadership, advocacy, professional development, and/or research…

Board Member Elections. Following a vote by our members, USLCA is proud to welcome two new Directors to our Board! Please join us in congratulating them!…

Registration is Now Open! 2017 is the year to explore #NewHorizons in Clinical Lactation at our May 3-6, 2017 Conference. We’re supporting today’s IBCLC® with the latest research, techniques, and concepts to help advance your practice! Our lineup of respected plenary speakers, fascinating breakout sessions, and great networking activities and opportunities make this an opportunity you won’t want to miss…

Warmest greetings this holiday season! We have wonderful news to share with you: USLCA’s peer-reviewed journal, Clinical Lactation, has been indexed! This is a gift that truly will keep on giving. As an indexed journal, the articles in Clinical Lactation will be served in searches through databases…

Have you saved the dates? #NewHorizons in Clinical Lactation is the theme of our May 3-6, 2017 USLCA Conference.
We’re supporting today’s IBCLC® with the latest research, techniques, and concepts to help advance your practice! We’re busy lining up excellent plenary speakers, fascinating breakout sessions, and great networking activities and opportunities…

We know you’re busy! Many of our members tell us they wear many hats as an IBCLC. Give us 3 minutes to read this newsletter and we’ll remind you how you, too, can give back! …

Your Voice Reaches Across the Nation! We are highlighting opportunities for your professional expertise and voice to contribute to national conversations on the progress of breastfeeding advocacy as well as policy recommendations and even FDA guidelines…

USLCA is proud to announce that Maureen Dann has accepted the position of Director of Professional Development after Genae Strong resigned due to personal reasons. Maureen supports educational efforts for the IBCLC in both her local community of Western New York and nationally through USLCA. Maureen helped to start USLCA in 2006 as an inaugural…

USLCA is happy to note that one of the breastfeeding metrics in the Healthy People 2020 Goals has been surpassed! Baby-Friendly USA recently announced that 17% of births in the US now occur in Baby-Friendly designated hospitals. Across the nation, IBCLCs and aspiring IBCLCs are involved in many ways in the effort to assist their hospitals…

Our Membership Grant program has been wildly successful! One grant awardee was so excited that she even posted on Facebook about her award. This program selects applicants quarterly to receive full membership in USLCA and is funded entirely by donations. Your donation can mean a full year of membership in our national professional organization, a…

USLCA has created a Facebook Group called “Aspiring IBCLCs” as a way to share information and foster connections between IBCLCs and those working toward their credential. We invite your participation and hope you will bring your knowledge about the profession to this conversation to help the next generation get started off on the right foot!…

Our amazing new member benefit of 8 free CERPs per year is just one reason to get involved and join your professional association today! Members also receive a print subscription to the journal Clinical Lactation as well as full digital access to the entire archive, a customizable profile on the Find an IBCLC feature at…

Chapters should have all official documents submitted to the national office to assure that your Chapter is listed in the official website directory. This includes membership renewal fees, Chapter agreements, and membership rosters. Remember that Chapter presidents are required to be a USLCA member, as well as 25% of all Chapter members. Group memberships…

We are proud to share the new publication from the National WIC Association encouraging IBCLC coverage and availability for the WIC population. This document is referenced and supports the addition of IBCLCs to ensure the highest level of lactation expertise will be accessible to all mothers participating in the WIC program. This clear explanation of…

USLCA works hard to meet your professional needs. We also listen carefully to what you tell us. You asked for low cost educational opportunities, so how about 8 free CERPs a year! 2 webinars will be highlighted each quarter at no cost to members. Order your webinars today to ensure you don’t miss out on…

Save the Date–USLCA Regional Workshop You asked—we listened!! USLCA members have consistently asked for low cost educational opportunities—well here it comes. June 24, 2016 Education Center Kern County Public Health Department 1800 Mt Vernon Ave Bakersfield, CA 93306 Topics: LOL, FOMO, BFF: Using social media to reach moms and expand your business…

CIBCLCs-Have you seen low milk supply that you believe is related to hormonal contraception? Research is underway to catalog the effects of various hormonal birth control options on lactation. Many health organizations and healthcare providers currently recommend the use of hormonal birth control without regard for the potential effects on breastfeeding and lactation or with…

State and local USLCA Chapters are a place to find great networking and collaboration activities, as well as ideas on how to grow and strengthen your IBCLC presence in your community. They also can be the foundation for efforts to achieve licensure for IBCLCs in your state. There are currently just 21 states, plus Washington…