Don't forget the American Breastfeeding Institute’s National Association of Donor Milk Banks!  Does anyone belong to these organizations other than Lois Arnold?
She previously was the CEO of NADMB and is now the coordinator.  The American Breastfeeding Institute is a voting member of the US Breastfeeding Committee.
 
I had to look up ALPP.  Apparently "the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides a national credentialing program in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation for nurses, physicians, dietitians, WIC personnel, peer counselors, independent lactation counselors and others.  Founded in 1999, ALPP is dedicated to improving the foundation of breastfeeding comprehension and understanding throughout the United States by providing certificates of added qualification in breastfeeding."
  In other words, it is the testing portion of Healthy Children.
 
 Perhaps someone could clarify the alphabet soup of the non-profit organizations that surround Healthy Children.  Is this all about having a non profit status to reduce tax burden?  
 
I have been curious about this for a long time.  Thanks for bringing this up.
Sincerely, Rachel Wahl     
 

> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:59:42 -0400
> From: Norma Ritter <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: *advanced* certifications
> 
> Lea has put her finger on the problem. She wrote:
> >Honestly it has always bothered me that BFHI, USA and Healthy Children are
> in essence the same organization and that the Executive Director of Healthy
> Children is also a board member of ALPP, BFHI, USA and owns the property
> that several of the organizations rent.<
> 
> This goes a long way towards explaining why the prerequisites for taking the
> Advanced Lactation Consultant Certification requires "successful completion
> of the Healthy Children course Maternal Infant Assessment for Breastfeeding
> and Human Lactation and either a Healthy Children CLC or an IBCLC."
> 
> Note how a Healthy Children CLC or an IBCLC are considered to be an
> equivalent!
> 
> This may also explain why one of the reports given at the New York State
> Breastfeeding Coalition's Annual Meeting last week, made much of how
> hundreds of maternity unit nurses had taken the Healthy Children CLC course
> in the past year. Goodness knows I am ALL for nurses learning more about how
> breastfeeding works, but an CLC credential is not the same as an IBCLC
> credential. BTW, nobody even MENTIONED the importance of having IBCLCs on
> staff until the US Lactation Consultant Association representative stood up!
> 
> This is one of the reasons I am helping to work towards licensing for IBCLCs
> in New York State.
> 
> 
> Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
> Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
> www.NormaRitter.com
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