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  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • The Baby Café Service Model >
      • In the News
      • Baby Café USA History
    • Director and Board
    • Baby Café USA Administration >
      • Development Team
      • State Coordinators
      • Advisory Group
    • Baby Café Annual Reports
    • Baby Café Bulletin Board
  • For Parents/Para Padres
    • Find a Baby Café
    • Baby Café Locations
    • Parent Forms / Formularios Para Padres >
      • Parent Registration Form
      • Formulario de Registro Para Padres
      • Parent Session Attendance Form
      • Formulario de Asistencia a la Sesión Para Padres
    • FAQs for Parents
    • Know Your Rights - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act & Title IX
    • Parents Charter
    • Breastfeeding Help
    • Donating Milk
    • Informal Milk Sharing
  • Open a New Café
    • FAQs for Professionals
    • Funding Possibilities
    • Baby Cafe Sample License Agreement
    • Staffing Guidelines
    • Baby Cafe Fee Structure
  • BC Staff Portal
    • For Facilitators >
      • Café Chat Forum Survey
    • NEW BC Facilitator Features
    • BCBC Mentorship Program
    • For Administrators
    • Baby Café Current Reports
    • Baby Café History Reports
    • Expense & Operations Survey Links
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Baby Café Tier Staffing Guidelines 

​The optimal scenario for a Café is to have an IBCLC present at every Café meeting. ​

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In cases where there may be no IBCLC available to lead every Café, see guidelines below for Tiers 2 and 3 alternate staffing. 
  • *Tiers 2 and 3 are required to have IBCLC care available, free-of-charge, to any Café mom presenting with an issue requiring immediate intervention (mastitis, thrush, failure to thrive, weight loss, etc.) 
  • Outpatient lactation clinics using third-party insurance billing are acceptable. In areas where there is no clinical IBCLC availability, and only upon approval of Baby Café USA, a suggested donation by a private IBCLC referral may be asked of the mother. 

Tier 1 - IBCLC present at all Café meetings 

Tier 2 - IBCLC present some Café meetings, other meetings may have Alternate Staffing (as defined below) 

Tier 3 - Alternate Staff (a minimum of 2) present at every Café meeting 
  • Alternate Staff may consist of the following: 
    • CLC, CBS, BCBC, CLE, Trained Breastfeeding Counselor (DPH, or Hospital/Clinic-based program) 
    • WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor, La Leche League Leader 
    • Midwife/OB/MD/RN 
    • In special cases, and on approval of BCUSA, alternate staffing adjustments can be made. 
    • *Please note: 2 Peer Counselors without certified training is not adequate staffing to handle emergent issues with babies/mothers unless there is an IBCLC/MD/Midwife on the premises 
* Tiers 2 and 3 include:
  • Weekly verbal/text report given to an IBCLC by the alternate staff 
  • Quarterly face-to-face or conference call meeting between IBCLC and alternate staff to discuss case studies/issues 

Following are links to some online breastfeeding training programs: 
  • Breastfeed LA Education Courses
  • Lactation Consultant Training Program - Core Phase I
  • Breastfeeding Study Lactation Courses- #1,2,3,4,5,7 
  • Breastfeeding USA - Accepted depending upon group counseling experience 
  • First 100 Hours Masterclass
  • ​Certified Lactation Educator (CLE)


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Baby Cafés are free, drop-in, informal breastfeeding support groups offering ongoing professional lactation care and intervention. ​Most are open for 2 hours at least once a week. Some communities have more than one Café, each holding meets on different days of the week. 
Baby Café USA is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization supporting the development of licensed U.S. Baby Cafés. ​ ​Registered Non-profit No. 80-0787743

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