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Women, Infants and Children

Olmsted County Public Health Services

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Project Impact(s): Basic Needs, Food, Governance/Public Policy

This project is in Available Phase.

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Collaborators, Project Type, Impacts, Related Projects

 

Collaborators 

Lead Organization: Olmsted County Public Health Services

Contact: TBD ; Email: TBD ; Phone: TBD

Known/Likely Collaborators: County of Olmsted, MN ; Olmsted County Community Services ; Olmsted County Public Health Services

Potential Collaborators: Christmas Anonymous

Related Projects

Impacts 

Major Impact:  Basic Needs

PlanScape Impacts :

Level 1: Basic Needs, Food, Governance/Public Policy

Level 2: Financial Stress/Homelessness, Food, Governance/Public Policy, Health & Wellness

DMC Impacts:

Community Health Impacts:

Financial Stress/Homelessness

Type of Project

 

 

 

Detailed Description

WIC serves babies and children up to age 5, pregnant women, and new mothers. Dads, grandparents, foster parents of young children, and working families are welcome at WIC too!

WIC is a health and nutrition program for growing families. Choosing healthy foods while you're pregnant, learning how to breastfeed and taking care of you and your family's nutrition is a big job. WIC is here to support you. We help families by providing nutrition education, breastfeeding support, healthy foods, and referrals to healthcare and other community services."

The benefits of the WIC Program include: 

  • Nutritious foods, such as milk, whole grains, cereal, eggs, fruits and vegetables, peanut butter or beans.
  • Breastfeeding information, support and breastfeeding counselors
  • Infants who are partially or not breastfed may receive iron-fortified formula
  • Nutrition and health information
  • Referrals to health and social services when appropriate

To find out if you qualify or to find out more information, call us at 507 328-7555.  Our staff can help answer your questions and schedule your appointments.  If participants do not understand English well, let our staff know and we can schedule an interpreter to be with you at your appointments.

If you do not live in Minnesota or Olmsted County call 800 WIC-4030 to find the WIC clinic closest to you.

 

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Metrics
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Last modified by support on 2021/09/05
Created by support on 2019/12/07

 

 

 

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    demonstration
  5. Pre-concept Phase - an early idea or a requirement.
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