The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five.
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- For eligibility and benefits details and other information, see the Colorado WIC website.
- Watch a Welcome to WIC video.
- Please schedule your appointment 1 week in advance by calling:
- Durango and Ignacio: (970) 335-2026
- Pagosa Springs: (970) 264-2409
- Your first WIC visit will last approximately one to two hours. Bring your identification, physical address and income documents with you. A WIC professional will screen you and your children for height, weight, and Hemoglobin (finger sticks to check your blood for anemia). They will also review your nutrition questionnaire and provide appropriate nutrition education and referrals. If you qualify, you will receive WIC checks to use that day at your local grocery store to purchase specific nutritious foods.
- Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in WIC.
Research has shown that there is no better food than breast milk for a baby’s first year of life. Breastfeeding provides many health, nutritional, economical and emotional benefits to mother and baby. Since a major goal of the WIC Program is to improve the nutritional status of infants, WIC mothers are encouraged to breastfeed their infants. WIC has historically promoted breastfeeding to all pregnant women as the optimal infant feeding choice, unless medically contraindicated.