Become a member

NOLAC welcomes support from parents, professionals, and community members with an interest in promoting and protecting lactation for the families of Northern Ohio.

Dues are $25.00 annually for general membership, $15.00 annually for students and retired persons.

 Membership Objectives

Membership works together as a change agent to achieve the following objectives:

  1. Support and protect human milk feeding in Northern Ohio.

  2. Support existing lactation resources through educational offerings.

  3. Expand lactation services through provision of opportunities for mentoring and/or lactation certification.

  4. Bring together community and hospital resources so that human milk feeding support is provided in the prenatal, intra-partum, and postpartum periods.

  5. MICH-15 Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed exclusively through 6 months of age to 42.4% https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/infants/increase-proportion-infants-who-are-breastfed-exclusively-through-age-6-months-mich-15

  6. MICH-16 Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed at 1 year to 54.1% https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/infants/increase-proportion-infants-who-are-breastfed-exclusively-through-age-6-months-mich-15

 

Current NOLAC Members