WIC

WIC provides a nutritious food package including:  milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, cereals, peanut butter, dry beans/peas/lentils, or canned beans/peas, fruit juice, fruit and vegetables including fresh, frozen, and canned options; whole grains, including breads, tortillas, brown rice, and oatmeal and other whole grain choices; and canned fish.

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WIC strongly encourages a parent’s choice to provide breastmilk for their child and provides breastfeeding/pumping support for every pregnant person and breastfeeding couplet, along with lactation consultation as needed. Infants who are exclusively fed breastmilk are eligible to receive infant meats starting at 6 months of age. For infants who are not fully breastfed, iron-fortified infant formula is available for the first year of life. At 6 months of age, all infants become eligible to receive infant foods, including fruit and vegetable puree and infant cereal.

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Wondering how to shop for your WIC foods? View this short video to learn more!

• Infant and toddler feeding
• Breastfeeding
• Prenatal weight gain
• Anemia or iron deficiency
• Child growth and development
• Additional nutrition-related health concerns

DHD #10 WIC offers appointments with a Registered Dietitian in each of 11 clinics. Our Registered Dietitians are available to provide individualized nutrition counseling for clients with special medical conditions, nutrition related health issues, or overall nutrition questions or concerns.

Sometimes, you can do an on-line nutrition topic. If your next appointment indicates that it is an internet appointment, visit wichealth.org to complete a nutrition topic. Here you will find a variety of interests to choose from, including age-appropriate feeding tips, meal planning, recipes, exercise tips, and more.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding for the first year of life. DHD#10 WIC offers a breastfeeding peer counselor program, which provides mother-to-mother counseling for our WIC clients. Many of our counties offer community-based support groups as well. DHD#10 WIC has trained breastfeeding staff, such as Certified Lactation Specialists (CLS) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) who are ready to assist and support families throughout their breastfeeding journey. Call your local WIC Clinic to ask about local support groups, or to make an appointment today.

Nothing replaces meeting with a peer counselor or a lactation consultant, but for some quick and reliable breastfeeding information, check out these resources:

• DHD#10 Breastfeeding Info Quick Link Guide
• DHD#10 WIC Breastfeeding Support Facebook Page
• MDHHS/Michigan WIC Breast/Chestfeeding Resources

WIC Produce Connection helps to provide healthy and nutritious produce to Michigan WIC clients, while fostering economic development by promoting our state’s diverse agricultural products. The program provides WIC clients with eligible, locally grown, fresh, unprepared fruits and vegetables from Authorized Growers at farmers markets and roadside stands throughout Michigan.

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DHD #10 and WIC work closely with resources within our community, allowing our agency to receive referrals from private and public health care providers while also providing referrals for our clients as needed, to trusted health and social services, including substance abuse counseling and treatment, prenatal care, smoking cessation, community health workers, and MI Bridges services. For more resources, check out Community Connections or Michigan 2-1-1.

Learn more about blood lead testing

At your WIC appointment, we may have staff available to apply fluoride varnish to your child’s teeth. Click here to learn more.

SNAP and FDPIR NDS

In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: 

1. Mail: USDA Food and Nutrition Service, 1320 Braddock Place, Room 334 Alexandria, VA 22314; or
2. Email: FNSCIVILRIGHTSCOMPLAINTS@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

All Other Programs NDS

In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

1. Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
2. Fax: (202) 690-7442; or
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

De acuerdo con la ley federal de derechos civiles y las normas y políticas de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta entidad está prohibida de discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo (incluyendo identidad de género y orientación sexual), discapacidad, edad, o represalia o retorsión por actividades previas de derechos civiles.

La información sobre el programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas que no sean el inglés. Las personas con discapacidades que requieren medios alternos de comunicación para obtener la información del programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lenguaje de señas americano (ASL), etc.) deben comunicarse con la agencia local o estatal responsable de administrar el programa o con el Centro TARGET del USDA al 202-720 2600 (voz y TTY) o comuníquese con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Retransmisión al 800-877-8339.

Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe llenar un formulario AD-3027, formulario de queja por discriminación en el programa del USDA, el cual puede obtenerse en línea, de cualquier oficina de USDA, llamando al 866-632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida a USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre del demandante, la dirección, el número de teléfono y una descripción escrita de la acción discriminatoria alegada con suficiente detalle para informar al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles (ASCR) sobre la naturaleza y fecha de una presunta violación de derechos civiles. El formulario AD-3027 completado o la carta debe presentarse a USDA por:

1. Correo:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 o (202) 690-7442;
3. Correo Electrónico: program.intake@usda.gov

Esta institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.