WIC breastfeeding peer counselors(o)

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $240,963 Formula Grant to the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant funding supports the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA #10.557) by providing breastfeeding peer counselors. Two subawards were issued under the grant to the Yellowstone City-County Health Department (doing business as Riverstone Health) and the Missoula City-County Health Department to deliver WIC services. The WIC program aims to improve the nutrition and health of low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to five years of age by providing nutrition education and supplemental foods. The breastfeeding peer counselors funded under this Formula Grant will support the objective of the larger WIC program.