Menominee Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program

The purpose of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is to promote and maintain the health and well-being of nutritionally at-risk pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children.

WIC provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education and support, supplemental nutritious foods, and referrals to other health and nutrition services.

WIC offers:

• Information to help you and your family eat well and be healthy
• Help with breastfeeding
• Help getting a breast pump
• Healthy foods or infant formula to add to what you already provide for your self and your family
• Farmers’ Market vegetables, fruits or herbs in summer/early fall
• Help in getting other health-related services

Income Eligibility: www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/wic/income-guidelines.htm

Contact Information:

Bethany Miller, WIC Program Assistant: 715-799-5444

Kathy Lewandowski, RD,CD,IBCLC

Other sources of breastfeeding help if the WIC office is closed:

• Call the hospital where you delivered and ask for the lactation or breastfeeding specialist
• www.kellymom.com
• www.breastfeeding.com

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

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 Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form(link is external), (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html(link is external), 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
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.