What Does A Peer Counselor Do?
• Gives basic breastfeeding information and support to new mothers. • Helps mothers achieve their own breastfeeding goals. • Regularly contacts mothers during their pregnancy, during the early days of breastfeeding, and until the mother chooses to wean her baby. • Refers mothers with concerns outside the peer counselor’s scope of practice to appropriate lactation experts or healthcare professionals. • Refers non-WIC mothers to other community breastfeeding resources, if they are not eligible for WIC. • Is a role model for other WIC mothers. How to find a peer counselor? Missouri currently has 49 WIC agencies with peer counselors on staff. You can use the interactive Missouri map to find out how to contact the nearest peer counselor. How to Apply? Applications for the Breastfeeding Peer Counseling (BFPC) program are sent to local WIC providers in May to apply for the program the following fiscal year. In addition to submitting an application, the applicant must complete a breastfeeding
Related Questions
- Do State and/or local WIC agencies that currently have peer counseling programs have to terminate those programs if they don’t meet the components of the Loving Support Model?
- Can we buy breastfeeding resources for the peer counselor coordinator/supervisor with this money? Can we buy resources for other WIC clinic staff?
- What Does A Peer Counselor Do?
