This week, we are celebrating the Inaugural Deaf and Hard of Hearing Breastfeeding Week, announced by the DC Breastfeeding Coalition! The 2026 theme is: Close the Gap, Strengthen the Bridge: Community, Care & Connection, and will be recognized from September 16-22, 2026. As an allied partner with the Deaf community, the DC Coalition fostered the […]

This week, we are celebrating Semana de La Lactancia Latina! This year’s theme is: Roots of Love: Breastfeeding with Pride and Power. Created in 2023 by the Union de Lideres de Lactancia Latino (Latinx Lactation Collective), this week is being celebrated on September 8-14, 2026. The observance aims to uplift voices from the Latino/x community, […]

On April 17, 2026, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in Illinois published a proposed update to its Medical Assistance program. Within the proposal were suggestions to change which lactation support provider types are eligible for reimbursement and their maximum fee schedule rates (1). Alongside ALPP’s colleagues from HealthConnect One, ten total comments were […]

This week, we are celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week! This year’s theme is: We All We Got. Black Breastfeeding Week was created in 2014 by a collective of Black leaders from the breastfeeding field and is celebrated annually from August 25-31. The observance was developed as a response to the high black infant mortality rate, the […]

This week, we are celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Week was created in 2021 by the Asian Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Task Force. This year, the theme is: Better Data, Better Care for AANHPI Families. This week is celebrated annually from August 15-21. The mission of this dedicated week is to decrease […]

We are celebrating Indigenous Milk Medicine Week this week (August 8-14)! The 2026 theme is – Keep the Fires Lit: Rising Through Milk Medicine. Indigenous Milk Medicine Week was created in 2019 by the Indigenous Milk Medicine Collective and is celebrated annually from August 8-14. Formerly known as Native Breastfeeding Week, the observance was created […]

This year, the World Breastfeeding Week campaign focuses on what works when helping families and their babies have a sustainable start in life. The slogan “recognises that globally, exclusive breastfeeding has reached 47%, close to the World Health Assembly’s 2025 target of 50%, which has now been extended.”(1) However, as of 2023, just 29.8% of […]

We are officially in our first week of National Breastfeeding Month! Each week this month, ALPP will be sharing opportunities to celebrate, to learn and to share! The first week of August is known as World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), and the theme is “Breastfeeding for a Sustainable Start in Life: Strengthen What Works.” “WBW is […]

ALPP submitted their letter of complaint on 7/22/2026. A copy of that later can be found below: UnitedHealthcare Attn: Reimbursement Policy Department Commercial Reimbursement Policies 950 Winter Street, Suite 3800, Waltham, MA 02451 Re: Objection to revision of HCPCS S9443 in the June 2026 Commercial Reimbursement Policy Update Bulletin (Preventive Medicine and Screening Policy, Professional), […]

Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Cory Booker (D-N.J), and Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), Alma Adams (D-N.C.) introduced the Mamas First Act, which would expand access to maternal health care for mothers who rely on Medicaid. “Across this nation, 40 percent of moms depend on Medicaid when they give birth. […]