Hi Ginger

Please note that although there are no IBCLCs at your WIC  clinics now, 
they are being encouraged. The National WIC Association Strategic  Plan 
recommends IBCLCs at WIC clinics and encourages training for staff to  prepare for 
the exam. 
Over 50% of the babies born in the US are eligible for  the WIC program. 
There is great potential for providing follow up care for WIC  breastfeeding 
mother through the WIC program.
So although it is not there  where you are now, it is coming! For example 
in Indiana we have 65 IBCLCs  working for the WIC program with approximately 
30 more sitting for the exam this  summer. For 63 local agencies, Indiana 
will have 95 IBCLCs. We are working hard  dto make these services available to 
our mothers.

Carole Peterson MS,  IBCLC
NWA Breastfeeding Committe Chair





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