About, and where our facts come from
We are an independent publisher. We are not a medical provider, a referral network, or a booking service, and we are not affiliated with IBLCE, ILCA or USLCA.
What we check
State licensing rules are read from the state’s own health department or legislature where we have done that work, and otherwise from the national professional body’s tracker. Every state page says which of those two it is, and links what it read. The dataset was compiled on ; 37 of 51 jurisdictions have been researched directly so far. How every figure is produced.
Crisis and support phone numbers were verified against the issuing organisation on .
What we will not do
- Publish a fact the source does not state. Where something is not published, we say it is not published rather than leaving a blank that reads as a no.
- Write listing descriptions by machine. If we have nothing to say about a practitioner beyond what is already on a map, we say nothing.
- Take money from formula or feeding-product brands, or put affiliate links inside feeding-comparison content.
- Tell you whether you have postpartum depression. We will tell you who can, at any hour.
When we get something wrong
Licensing rules change — Connecticut’s came into force in July 2026 and most published lists have not caught up — and a page that was right last year can be wrong today. Every correction we make is dated and kept on the corrections page, including the ones we found ourselves.