WIC Breast Feeding Services

Every human infant is born expecting to be breast fed. Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for an infant and WIC offers mothers breast feeding education and support. Beginning prenatal, WIC offers a series of 3 breast feeding classes designed to educate women about the advantages of breast feeding for both herself and her infant. The classes also provide information on how to actually breast feed an infant.

When a women delivers her infant and begins to breast feed, WIC offers support and guidance through the help of trained breast feeding peer counselors. These are women who have breast fed and completed a training course to equip them to offer support to other women who are breast feeding.

Breast feeding mothers can remain on the WIC program for one year after the birth of their infant. They also receive a larger food package when they are breast feeding.