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WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence Awardees

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Each year the Food and Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children announces the WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence program. The award recognizes local WIC agencies that have provided exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support activities. The intent is to provide models and inspire other local agencies to strengthen their breastfeeding promotion and support activities and ultimately increase breastfeeding initiation and duration rates among WIC participants.

The award is given at three levels of performance that build on one another: Gold, Premiere, and Elite. This approach recognizes agencies that are at varying stages of implementing exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support practices, with the highest award provided to agencies demonstrating model practices.

In 2024 there were: 82 Gold Awards, 20 Premiere Awards, and 1 Elite Award.

Click on any state below to view 2024 awardees in that region.

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Mid-Atlantic Region (MARO)

Gold Awards (8)
Premiere Awards (1)
Elite Awards (0)

District of Columbia

  • Mary's Center WIC Program

New Jersey

  • Jersey City WIC
  • Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey WIC (VNACJ)
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School WIC Program

Puerto Rico

  • Puerto Rico WIC Program, Caguas Region
  • Puerto Rico WIC, Fajardo Region

Virginia

  • Norfolk Department of Public Health WIC Program
  • Chesapeake WIC Program

Pennsylvania

  • SCCAP WIC Program
 

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Mountain Plains Region (MPRO)

Gold Awards (15)
Premiere Awards (6)
Elite Awards (0)

Colorado

  • Adams County Health Department

Kansas

  • Wyandotte County WIC Department
  • Meade County Health Department
  • Konza Prairie Community Health Center

Missouri

  • Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center
  • Polk County Health Center

North Dakota

  • Grand Forks County

Nebraska

  • Douglas County Health Department

South Dakota

  • Custer County
  • Turner County
  • Yankton County

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe WIC Program

Wyoming

  • Sweetwater County WIC
  • Fremont County WIC - Riverton
  • Fremont County WIC - Lander

Colorado

  • Arapahoe County Public Health
  • Larimer County Department of Health & Environment

South Dakota

  • Pennington County
  • Roberts County

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

  • Rosebud Sioux Tribe WIC Program

Wyoming

  • Big Horn/Park County WIC
 

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Midwest Region (MWRO)

Gold Awards (21)
Premiere Awards (5)
Elite Awards (0)

Iowa

  • Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc. (MICA)

Illinois

  • Lake County Health Department
  • DuPage County Health Department
  • TCA Health, WIC
  • Southern Seven Health Department
  • McDonough County Health Department
  • Well Child Center

Indiana

  • Neighborhood Health
  • Community & Family Services
  • Northwest Indiana Community Action
  • Western Indiana Community Action Agency
  • Indiana Health Center, WIC AGENCY 51
  • New Hope Services
  • Morgan County WIC
  • Good Samaritan WIC

Michigan

  • Public Health - Muskegon County WIC

Minnesota

  • Anoka County WIC
  • Lake County WIC

Ohio

  • Madison County

Wisconsin

  • Family Health La Clinica WIC
  • Seeds of Health

Iowa

  • MATURA Action Corporation

Indiana

  • Tippecanoe County WIC Program

Michigan

  • District Health Department #10

Minnesota

  • Carlton County Public Health
  • Itasca County WIC Program
 

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Northeast Region (NERO)

Gold Awards (15)
Premiere Awards (3)
Elite Awards (1)

Connecticut

  • Optimus Health Care WIC Program
  • Meriden WIC

Maine

  • Maine Family Planning WIC of Hancock and Washington Counties

Massachusetts

  • Health First Family Care Center, Fall River WIC Program

New York

  • Schoharie County Community Action WIC Program
  • Albany Med WIC Program
  • Brownsville Multi-Service (BMS) Family Health Center WIC Program 279
  • Catholic Charities of Long Island
  • Cayuga County Health Department WIC
  • Chemung County Health Department
  • Livingston/Wyoming WIC
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Onondaga County Health Department WIC Program
  • Pro Action WIC

Vermong

  • White River Junction WIC

Connecticut

  • Day Kimball Hospital

Massachusetts

  • Cambridge Health Alliance

Vermont

  • Vermont Department of Health - Brattleboro

Vermont

  • Middlebury District Office

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Southeast Region (SERO)

Gold Awards (14)
Premiere Awards (3)
Elite Awards (0)

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians WIC Program

Florida

  • Sarasota County Florida WIC Agency

Georgia

  • South Health District - Valdosta
  • North Georgia Health District 1-2 WIC Program
  • North Central Health District
  • Southeast Health District
  • Northeast Health District- Athens

North Carolina

  • Burke County Public Health
  • New Hanover County
  • Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services
  • Craven County WIC
  • Transylvania Co. WIC Program

South Carolina

  • DHEC Upstate Public Health Regional Office

Tennessee

  • Shelby County Health Department

Florida

  • Hernando County WIC & Nutrition

North Carolina

  • Appalachian District Health Department
  • Onslow County Consolidated Human Services
 

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Southwest Region (SWRO)

Gold Awards (5)
Premiere Awards (0)
Elite Awards (0)

Arizona

  • Marana Health Center WIC Program

Oklahoma

  • Tulsa City-County Health

Texas

  • LA 11 Galveston County Health District WIC
  • Medina County Health
  • Cameron County Public Health WIC Program
  

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Western Region (WRO)

Gold Awards (4)
Premiere Awards (2)
Elite Awards (0)

California

  • The Lundquist Institute WIC Program

Washington

  • Island County Public Health
  • Jefferson County Public Health - WIC BFPC Program
  • MultiCare WIC

California

  • Sacramento County Department of Health Services WIC Program

Oregon

  • Multnomah County Health Department
 

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Page updated: August 26, 2024