In these handouts, you will see steps, guidelines, and desired outcomes defining community health centers that fully support the breastfeeding dyad.
9 Steps to Breastfeeding-Friendly Clinics
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IBCLC Workforce Overview: August 2023
CWA offers an overview to better understand the need and the cost of becoming an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) for WIC.
Foreground to Horizon: Opportunities for WIC’s Next Half Century
This report presents some forward-looking ideas in the areas of integrating WIC with current opportunities in health care reform and prevention and expanding the use of WIC clinics.
WIC Tech: A Matter of Equity
Modern technology can reduce inequities that prevent access to the program by offering more ways to engage participants and meet diverse needs.
TeleWIC: Keeping Up With the Times
This report introduces videoconferencing as a way to bring WIC services into alignment with the expectations of participants.
Breastfeeding Support in Medi-Cal: Large Return, Small Investment
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Impacts of Breastfeeding Support, Supplies, and Counseling on Health Insurance Premiums and Costs
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Updating WIC for a New Generation
This brief summarizes demographic characteristics, market data, and provides a glimpse of some WIC-related millennial research.
Breastfeeding Support: Community Clinics and the ACA Requirement
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Nutrition and Breastfeeding Interventions Under Health Care Reform
New opportunities for WIC and public health to join efforts are available now and unfolding in the future.
Closing Health Insurance Gaps for Families
For this report, The Children’s Partnership joined with CWA to determine the extent to which WIC sites can increase health insurance for their participants, and the most effective strategies for doing so.