Coalition Facebook page- There are189 Those who us see “likes”! “like” daily posts about breastfeeding news, photos, interests, etc. submitted by Karen and/or Kathy. NICHQ Best Fed Beginnings- On Sept 11 and 12th at the Stadium Hilton in St. Louis there will be a NICHQ meeting with the representatives from the CDC and USBC to assist task forces from 30 hospitals selected to participate in this project. Diane is going to represent the Mo Breastfeeding Coalition and as a rep for the only Baby Friendly Hospital in MO. Erin O’Reilly may attend if another MO Breastfeeding Coalition rep is needed. Missouri Breastfeeding are no updates from last meeting as legislators aren’t in session currently. Once they are back in session, the new bill will be submitted. 3 aspects of the new bill are: the word will be taken out, nursing moms will be exempt from jury duty if “discretion” they choose too and that nursing mothers can not be charged with sexual molestation. Kathy to keep us informed. New Business Strategic Plan-Kathy worked on this after the USBC conference. We discussed edits and the changes are in the attachment. IBCLC Credential Licensing in Missouri Part of strategic plan? Yes? We hope to further discuss this at our next meeting in November. Kathy to see if she can get someone from the MO Division of Professional Registration to attend our next meeting to provide information on the process of obtaining licensure for IBCLCs. Kathy to buy 2 recorded sessions from the recent USBC conference on this topic. One is for Debbi. suggested we contact MO RD’s who recently went thru the process of licensing. Discuss changing our meeting structure to be able to accomplish more projects-On even months, the Coalition board will meet via teleconference at noon, on the 3rd Friday of the month (unless it’s necessary to reschedule) to get us more organized, making our member and guest meetings during the odd number months more efficient. Other WIC Update-
Coalition Facebook page- There are189 “likes”! Those who “like” us see daily posts about breastfeeding news, photos, interests, etc. submitted by Karen and/or Kathy. NICHQ Best Fed Beginnings- On Sept 11 and 12th at the Stadium Hilton in St. Louis there will be a NICHQ meeting with the representatives from the CDC and USBC to assist task forces from 30 hospitals selected to participate in this project. Diane is going to represent the Mo Breastfeeding Coalition and as a rep for the only Baby Friendly Hospital in MO. Erin O’Reilly may attend if another MO Breastfeeding Coalition rep is needed. Missouri Breastfeeding are no updates from last meeting as legislators aren’t in session currently. Once they are back in session, the new bill will be submitted. 3 aspects of the new bill are: the word “discretion” will be taken out, nursing moms will be exempt from jury duty if they choose too and that nursing mothers can not be charged with sexual molestation. Kathy to keep us informed. New Business Strategic Plan-Kathy worked on this after the USBC conference. We discussed edits and the changes are in the attachment. IBCLC Credential Licensing in Missouri Part of strategic plan? Yes? We hope to further discuss this at our next meeting in November. Kathy to see if she can get someone from the MO Division of Professional Registration to attend our next meeting to provide information on the process of obtaining licensure for IBCLCs. Kathy to buy 2 recorded sessions from the recent USBC conference on this topic. One is for Debbi. suggested we contact MO RD’s who recently went thru the process of licensing. Discuss changing our meeting structure to be able to accomplish more projects-On even months, the Coalition board will meet via teleconference at noon, on the 3rd Friday of the month (unless it’s necessary to reschedule) to get us more organized, making our member and guest meetings during the odd number months more efficient. Other WIC Update-
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