In celebration of National Breastfeeding Month and continuing with our mission and focus to support families in their breastfeeding journeys, Healthy Children Project would like to announce another round of full scholarships in the Accessing the Milky Way initiative!
In August of 2020 Healthy Children Project announced our initiative called Accessing the Milky Way. The goal of the initiative was to provide scholarships to the online Lactation Counselor Training Course for black, indigenous, people of color. Since then, we have offered five rounds of scholarships and awarded over 100 full scholarships and 30 partial scholarships.
The scholarships will cover tuition costs for the Lactation Counselor Training Course. Jones and Bartlett, the publishers of the required textbook, The Pocket Guide to Lactation Management, have graciously donated textbooks for each recipient. Recipients of the scholarship will be responsible for the cost of the CLC exam administered by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice.
We invite anyone who is a Black, Indigenous, Person of Color to apply for the scholarship.
Please only apply once during each round. Any duplicate applications will be disregarded and only the first one received for any individual will be reviewed.
Applications will be open from August 11-15, 2025.
Healthy Children Project is proud to support those who want to help mothers and babies!