Education

As your facility works toward the Ten Steps to a Breastfeeding Friendly Facility certification, you have the opportunity to apply for completion of each 10 steps. Facilities should submit each step's application when they are confident the step-specific policies and procedures in place meet the guidelines for completion. Your facility is able to apply for one or more steps at the same time.

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Application

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Step applications can be found and downloaded on the right side of this page. Application for completion of each of the ten steps consist of:

• A background narrative providing:

  • A brief overview of the step​

  • Highlights of helpful toolkit pages and documents

  • Minimum requirements to qualify for step completion

• A form with:

  • An area for identifying the facility and the person completing the application​

  • A questionnaire for the facility to provide evidence of having met the completion guidelines for each step

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File Submission

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When submitting a completed application, the files should be named according to the following file naming conventions below. These guidelines should be ensured facilities receive credit for their progress

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FacilityName_Application_Step#

Example: FirstFoodNetwork_Applicaiton_Step5

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If a facility has multiple locations with the same name, please identify the location within the file name.

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When supplemental materials are submitted, please name those files according to the application question number:

Example: FirstFoodNetwork_Application_Step5_1.2c

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Please submit all step applications to breastfeeding@paaap.org.

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Step Completion

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As each application for step completion is reviewed and approved or returned for further action, the person who completed the application will be notified by PA AAP staff via application contact information.

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Step applications will be reviewed within two weeks of submission.