The New WIC Way - Foods and Focus

Information for WIC Staff

• Overview of the new food package
• Breastfeeding and the new food package (PDF, 81 KB)
• Comparison of the current and new packages (PDF, 41 KB) 
• Frequently-asked questions for January 2009 (PDF, 133 KB) 
• Health care provider fact sheet (PDF, 98 KB)   
• New food package rationale (PDF, 58 KB) 

Educational Materials for Participants

• Drink low-fat milk 
  • Milk handout in English (PDF, 100 KB)
  • Milk handout in Spanish (PDF, 100 KB)
  • Milk module in English  (PDF, 82 KB)
  • Milk module in Spanish  (PDF, 84 KB)
  • National Dairy Council WIC kit  (exit DHS) 
  • MilkPEP resources for WIC  (exit DHS) 
  • Milk comparison in English (PDF, 2 MB) 
  • Milk comparison in Spanish (PDF, 7 MB) 
  • Milk lesson plan (PDF, 17 KB) 
• Eat more whole grains; make half your grains whole
  • WIC Approved Breads and Tortillas (English and Spanish)
  • Whole grains module in English (PDF, 614 KB)
  • Whole grains module in Spanish (PDF, 580 KB) 
  • Make half your grains whole (English) (PDF, 370 KB)
  • Make half your grains whole (Spanish) (PDF, 361 KB) 
  • Rice bowls (English) (PDF, 35 MB) 
  • Rice bowls (Spanish) (PDF, 35 MB) 
  • Whole grains: six ways to eat more
    • WIC Projects can obtain P-00060 (English) 
      and P-00060S (Spanish) through the WIC ordering system. 
  • Whole grains lesson plan (PDF, 16 KB)
• Eat a variety and more fruits and vegetables
  • Fruits and vegetables module in English (PDF, 475 KB)
  • Fruits and vegetables module in Spanish (PDF, 476 KB)
  • Fruits and vegetables: seven ways to eat more
    • WIC Projects can obtain P-00059 (English) 
      and P-00059S (Spanish) through the WIC ordering system. 
  • Fruits and vegetables lesson plan (PDF, 11 KB)
• Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
  • Introduction to FMNP in English (PDF, 3.7 MB)
  • Introduction to FMNP in Spanish (PDF, 3.8 MB) 
  • FMNP checks in English (PDF, 1.6 MB) 
  • FMNP checks in Spanish (PDF, 1.7 MB) 
  • FMNP seasonal foods in English (PDF, 3.5 MB) 
  • FMNP seasonal foods in Spanish (PDF, 3.5 MB) 
• How to use the new WIC fruit and vegetable checks
  • Brochure in English (PDF, 122 KB) 
  • Brochure in Hmong (PDF, 122 KB)   
  • Brochure in Spanish (PDF, 125 KB) 
  • Module in English (PDF, 847 KB)
  • Module in Spanish (PDF, 921 KB)
• Infant feeding
  • Feeding your older baby (English) (PDF, 275 KB) 
  • Feeding your older baby (Spanish) (PDF, 252 KB) 
  • Starting solids module in English (PDF, 243 KB) 
  • Starting solids module in Spanish (PDF, 236 KB) 

Promotional Materials for Participants

• New WIC foods are here 
  • English (PDF, 213 KB) 
  • Spanish (PDF, 213 KB)
• New WIC foods are coming in 2009 
  • English (PowerPoint, 1.4 MB) 
  • Spanish (PowerPoint, 1.4 MB)
• New WIC foods newsletter
  • English (Word, 3 MB) 
  • Spanish (Word, 3 MB) 
• WIC foods for children 
  • English (PDF, 51 KB) 
  • Spanish (PDF, 51 KB)
• WIC foods for breastfeeding mom and baby 
  • English (PDF, 51 KB) 
  • Spanish (PDF, 51 KB)
• WIC foods for non-breastfeeding mom and baby 
  • English (PDF, 51 KB) 
  • Spanish (PDF, 51 KB)
• WIC foods for pregnancy 
  • English (PDF, 51 KB) 
  • Spanish (PDF, 51 KB)
• Food packages and benefits for mom and baby
  • English (PDF, 97 KB) 
  • Spanish (PDF, 98 KB) 

PDF: The free Adobe Reader^® software is needed to view and print portable document format (PDF) files. Learn more.

WIC Home

Last Revised: June 14, 2011