WIC breastfeeding peer counselors(o)

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) was awarded a $1.16 million Formula Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to support the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023.

The funding will support the delivery of peer counseling services to breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age five who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in South Carolina. The WIC program, funded under the Child Nutrition Act and identified by Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 10.557, aims to improve the nutrition and health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women as well as infants and children up to five years of age. Peer counseling services are intended to promote breastfeeding through education and referrals to other health and social services.