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Qualifications and Roles: Local Agency Breastfeeding Coordinator/Supervisor

The local agency ensures that the Local Agency Breastfeeding Coordinator/Supervisor has all of the following qualifications:

  1. Meets the qualifications for a CPA.
  2. Has experience in program management.
  3. Has, at minimum, 1 year of experience in counseling breastfeeding women.
  4. Has successfully completed specialized training in lactation management and care (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) is preferred, but individual may be exam-eligible or have successfully completed other State-approved specialized training).

The local agency ensures that the Local Agency Breastfeeding Coordinator/Supervisor performs the following roles and responsibilities (depending on a local agency’s organization, the local agency may assign some of these responsibilities to another staff member):

  1. Oversees the planning, implementation and evaluation of local agency breastfeeding activities.
  2. Ensures that local agency staff is properly trained on breastfeeding education and support.
  3. Provides ongoing supervision and support of local agency breastfeeding staff.
  4. Keeps current with up-to-date breastfeeding information and disseminates this as well as FNS-provided information to other local agency staff.
  5. Identifies, coordinates and collaborates with community breastfeeding stakeholders.
  6. Monitors local agency breastfeeding rates.
  7. Ensures that breast pump issuance, inventory, and maintenance are logged and monitored.
  8. Performs the roles and responsibilities of a CPA.