WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence Awardees

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2023 Awardees (307.65 KB)

Each year the Food and Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children announces the WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence program, formerly known as the Loving Support Award of Excellence. The award program was established to recognize local WIC agencies that have provided exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support activities. The intent is to provide models and motivate 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 three groups of agencies that include those that are demonstrating model practices, as well as those who are at varying stages of implementing exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support practices.

In 2023 there were: 111 Gold Awards, 13 Premiere Awards, and 1 Elite Award.

Click on any state below to view 2023 awardees in that region.

Mid-Atlantic Region (MARO)

Gold Awards (9)

Premiere Awards (2)

Elite Awards

District of Columbia

Unity Health Care WIC Program

Maryland

Baltimore County WIC Program

New Jersey

Burlington County WIC
Plainfield WIC Program
Passaic WIC Program
St. Joseph WIC Program
The City of East Orange WIC Program

West Virginia

Central WV WIC
Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department WIC

Maryland

CCI – Montgomery County WIC

Pennsylvania

Hope Enterprises Inc. Bi-County WIC

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Mountain Plains Region (MPRO)

Gold Awards (25)

Premiere Awards (3)

Elite Awards

Missouri

Carroll County Health Department
Family Care Health Centers
Stone County Health Department
University Health WIC

Northern Arapaho Tribe

Northern Arapaho Tribe WIC Program

South Dakota

Aurora County
Butte County - Belle Fourche
Charles Mix County - Wagner
Charles Mix County - Platte
Clark County
Deuel County - Clear Lake
Edmunds County Public Health
Hanson County
Lawrence County - Deadwood
Lawrence County - Spearfish
Lincoln County - Canton
Lake County - Madison
McCook County WIC
Meade County Community Health
Minnehaha County - Sioux Falls
Miner County Community Health
Oglala Lakota County - Pine Ridge
Pennington County - Rapid City
Day County

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Rosebud Sioux Tribe WIC Program

Colorado

Jefferson County Public Health WIC

Missouri

Saline County WIC Program

Montana

Ravalli County WIC

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Midwest Region (MWRO)

Gold Awards (17)

Premiere Awards (2)

Elite Awards

Iowa

Broadlawns WIC Program
HACAP

Illinois

Crawford County Health Department
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District
VNA Health Care
Peoria City/County Health Department

Indiana

Centerstone, Inc. WIC Agency 20
Vanderburgh County WIC

Michigan

Detroit Health Department WIC Program
District Health Department 4
Shiawassee County Health Department

Minnesota

Polk-Norman-Mahnomen CHB-WIC

Ohio

Crawford County WIC
Delaware Public Health District
Franklin County WIC
Erie Huron County WIC

Wisconsin

St. Croix County WIC

Indiana

Elkhart County Health Department, Healthy Beginnings

Michigan

Health Department of Northwest Michigan

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Northeast Region (NERO)

Gold Awards (15)

Premiere Awards (2)

Elite Awards (1)

Connecticut

Day Kimball Hospital WIC

Massachusetts

Springfield North WIC
Franklin/Hampshire/North Quabbin WIC
Taunton/Attleboro WIC

New York

Anthony L. Jordan Health Center WIC
Commission on Economic Opportunity for the Greater Capital Region
Community Action Partnership for Madison County WIC
Coney Island Hospital WIC Program
Essex County WIC Program
Morrisania Diagnostic & Treatment Center WIC
Research Foundation of SUNY Stony Brook
Tompkins County WIC Program
Urban Health Plan WIC Program
Whitney M Young Jr Health Center

Rhode Island

Scalabrini Dukcevich Center WIC Program

Vermont

Vermont Department of Health - Barre District Office
Vermont Department of Health - St. Johnsbury District Office

Vermont

Vermont Department of Health - Morrisville WIC Program

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Southeast Region (SERO)

Gold Awards (24)

Premiere Awards (2)

Elite Awards

Florida

Hernando County WIC
Okaloosa County WIC
Pasco County WIC

Georgia

District 2 - Gainesville

Kentucky

Allen County Health Department
Bell County Health Department
Lake Cumberland District Health Department
Martin County Health Department
Whitley County Health Department

Mississippi

District 2-Alcorn County Health Department
District 2-Lee County Health Department
District 3-Attala County Health Department
District 3-Bolivar County Health Department
District 3-Sunflower County Health Department

North Carolina

Appalachian District Health Department
Catawba County Public Health - WIC
Granville Vance Public Health
Haywood County WIC
Iredell County Health Department
Piedmont Health Services WIC Program

South Carolina

Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services
Pee Dee Public Health Region, DHEC

Tennessee

Knox County Regional Office
Madison County Health Department

North Carolina

Buncombe County WIC
Pender County WIC

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Southwest Region (SWRO)

Gold Awards (12)

Premiere Awards (1)

Elite Awards

Arkansas

Arkansas WIC Program

Arizona

Cochise County WIC Program
El Rio Health WIC
Mountain Park Health Center WIC Program
Navajo County WIC Program
Pima County Health Department

Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Citizen Potawatomi Nation WIC - Oklahoma City Southside Office

Oklahoma

NSO WIC
Oklahoma City-County Health Department WIC
Variety Care WIC

Utah

Weber-Morgan Health Department

Wichita, Caddo & Delaware Enterprises, Inc.

Wichita Caddo Delaware WIC Program

Arizona

Yavapai County WIC

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Western Region (WRO)

Gold Awards (9)

Premiere Awards (1)

Elite Awards

California

County of Alameda
Native American Health Center
Northeast Valley Health Corporation
PHFE WIC
Shasta County WIC

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

CNMI WIC Program

Hawaii

Kokua Kalihi Valley WIC

Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada

Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada WIC

Oregon

Multnomah County Health Department

Washington

Sea Mar Community Health Centers WIC

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