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County health staff propose lactation support and in‑jail home‑visiting pilot using Parents as Teachers funding
Summary
Public Health staff described plans to purchase breast pumps and provide lactation support for incarcerated parents and said they applied for a $50,000 Parents as Teachers special‑project grant to adapt in‑jail home visiting in Cascade County.
Cascade County Public Health staff told the Board of Health they are working with the county jail to provide lactation education, breast‑pump access and milk‑pickup logistics for lactating people who are incarcerated.
Megan, the family health public health nurse, said the program would provide inmates who are lactating with electric multi‑user breast pumps and storage and would arrange milk pickup and delivery to the…
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