Each year the Food and Nutrition Administration, 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 2026 there were: 112 Gold Awards, 44 Premiere Awards, and 3 Elite Awards.
Click on any state below to view 2026 awardees in that region.
Mid-Atlantic Region (MARO)
| Gold Awards (12) | Premiere Awards (2) | Elite Awards (0) |
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District of Columbia Maryland - Greater Baden Medical Services WIC Program
- Harford County WIC Program
New Jersey - Children's Home Society of New Jersey - Mercer WIC Program
- Norwescap WIC
- Gloucester County Department of Health
Pennsylvania Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico WIC Program - Ponce Region
- Puerto Rico WIC Program - Bayamón Region
- Puerto Rico WIC Program - Arecibo Region
Virginia - Fairfax County WIC Program
West Virginia - Shenandoah Valley WIC Program
| New Jersey - North Hudson Community Action Corporation
Pennsylvania - North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission
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Mountain Plains Region (MPRO)
| Gold Awards (15) | Premiere Awards (14) | Elite Awards (0) |
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Kansas Missouri - Clay County Public Health Center
- Phelps Maries County Health Department
- Washington County Health Department-WIC
- Vernon County WIC
Nebraska - Blue Valley Community Action Partnership
- Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska
- Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska WIC
South Dakota - Dewey County WIC Office
- Fall River County WIC
- Grant County WIC - Milbank
- Haakon County WIC Office
- Marshall County - Britton
- Moody County - Flandreau
- Perkins County WIC Office
| Colorado - Adams County Health Department
- Denver County WIC
- Sunrise Community Health WIC
Nebraska - Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department
Missouri - Joplin City WIC
- Morgan County WIC
- Saline County Health Department
- Springfield-Greene County WIC
- Stone County WIC
South Dakota - Clark County WIC
- Dewey County WIC Office
- Spink County
- Ziebach County WIC Office
Northern Arapaho - Northern Arapaho WIC Program
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Midwest Region (MWRO)
| Gold Awards (26) | Premiere Awards (13) | Elite Awards (0) |
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Illinois - Adams County Health Department
- CEDA (Community Economic Development Association)
- Coordinated Youth and Human Services
- Stephenson County Health Department
- Winnebago County Health Department
Indiana - Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County
- Interlocal Community Action Program, Inc.
- Steuben County Health Department
Iowa - Community Health Care, Inc.
- Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association
- Mid-Sioux Opportunity, Inc.
Michigan - Mid-Michigan District Health Department
- Oakland County Health Division
Minnesota - Goodhue County Health and Human Services
- Meeker McLeod Sibley Community Health Services
Ohio - Champaign County WIC
- Clermont County Public Health - WIC Program
- Columbus City Health-Franklin County WIC
- Delaware Public Health District
- Lorain County Public Health WIC
- Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County WIC Program
- Sandusky County WIC
- Summit County Public Health WIC
Wisconsin - Jefferson County WIC
- La Crosse County WIC
- Outagamie County WIC
| Iowa - Hawkeye Area Community Action Program
- Mid-Iowa Community Action, Inc.
- North Iowa Community Action Organization
Illinois - Bond County Health Department
- McDonough County Health Department
Indiana - Centerstone, Inc.
- Open Door Health Services
Minnesota - Human Services of Faribault and Martin Counties
- Itasca County
- Lake County
Ohio - Medina County Health Department
- Paulding County Ohio WIC
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Northeast Region (NERO)
| Gold Awards (23) | Premiere Awards (4) | Elite Awards (2) |
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Massachusetts - Chelsea/Revere WIC Program
- Dorchester South/South Boston WIC Program
Maine New York - Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center WIC
- Brookdale Hospital WIC Program
- Cattaraugus County Health Department WIC
- Clinton County Department of Public Health WIC
- Cornerstone Family Healthcare WIC
- Cortland County Community Action Program WIC
- Elmhurst Hospital Center WIC
- Jamaica Hospital WIC
- Monroe County Health Department WIC
- North Country Family Health Center WIC
- ODA of Williamsburg WIC
- St. Barnabas Hospital WIC
- Staten Island University Hospital WIC
- Sun River Health WIC
- Sunset Park Family Health Center WIC
- Tioga Opportunities, Inc. WIC Program
- Westchester Community Health Center WIC Program
- William F. Ryan Health WIC Program
Vermont - Vermont Department of Health Bennington District Office - WIC
- Vermont Department of Health Rutland District Office - WIC
| Connecticut New York - Livingston County Department of Health
- WIC Oak Orchard Health WIC Program
Vermont - Vermont Department of Health St. Albans District Office – WIC
| Vermont - Vermont Department of Health Barre District Office – WIC
- Vermont Department of Health White River Junction District Office – WIC
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Southeast Region (SERO)
| Gold Awards (22) | Premiere Awards (6) | Elite Awards (0) |
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Florida - Clay County WIC
- Duval County- Nutrition & Chronic Disease Prevention/WIC
- Escambia WIC
- Miami-Dade County WIC Program
- Monroe County WIC
- Nassau/Baker County WIC
- Okeechobee County WIC
- Putnam County WIC
Georgia - Clayton County Health District
- Fulton County Board of Health WIC District 3-2
Kentucky - Greenup County Health Department
- Laurel County Health Department
- Lawrence County Health Department
Mississippi - Leflore County Health Department
North Carolina - Cleveland County WIC Program
- Guilford County Health Department - WIC Program
- Henderson County WIC
- Lincoln County Health Department
- Macon County Public Health
Tennessee - East Tennessee Region WIC Program
- Hamilton County Health Department
- Tennessee Southeast Region
| Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians WIC Program
Florida - Florida Dept. of Health - Bay County WIC Program
- Volusia County WIC
North Carolina - Burke County Public Health
- Cabarrus Health Alliance
- Transylvania County WIC Program
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Southwest Region (SWRO)
| Gold Awards (8) | Premiere Awards (1) | Elite Awards (0) |
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Arizona - Maricopa County Department of Public Health WIC
- Yuma County WIC
Inter-Tribal Council - Inter-Tribal Council WIC Program
Osage Nation Texas - LA059 CommuniCare WIC
- South Plains Community Action Association
Utah - Bear River Health Department
- Salt Lake County Health Department
| Texas - Texas Local Agency 051 - San Patricio County WIC
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Western Region (WRO)
| Gold Awards (6) | Premiere Awards (4) | Elite Awards (1) |
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Alaska - Municipality of Anchorage WIC Program
California - Merced County Community Action Board
- Solano County Health and Social Services WIC Program
Oregon - Linn County Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Program
Washington - San Juan County Health and Community Services
- Moses Lake Community Health Center
| California - Community Bridges
- County of Riverside Department of Public Health
- San Francisco City & County WIC Program
Oregon - Multnomah County Health Department
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Page updated: July 30, 2026
