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Resource Types: Guidance


WIC to 5: Pocket Guide for Health Care Providers

The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) WIC Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants, and Children (Illinois WIC), is partnering with faculty at University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of […]


Six Steps to Achieve Breastfeeding Goals Checklist

The Six Steps to Achieve Breastfeeding Goals for WIC Clinics is an integral part of the NWA National Breastfeeding Strategic Plan to assist agencies in improving and sustaining breastfeeding rates […]


Facebook Quick-Start Guide

Part of the National WIC Association’s Social Media Starter Toolkit, this section introduces Facebook as a social media tool for WIC clinics and agencies, lists the basic advantages of it […]


National WIC Association Social Media Toolkit

The National WIC Association’s Social Media Starter Toolkit is tailored to local WIC agencies to help them with the first steps in getting on social media and practices and measures […]


Evidence-Based WIC Advocacy

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource explains how to effectively use data and statistics in your advocacy messages.


Telling Your WIC Story: Why and How

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource provides guidance for effective WIC storytelling, through verbal and written stories as well as photography and videos.


Engaging the Media to Promote WIC

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource provides tips on how to engage traditional press as well as social media to advocate for WIC.


Contacting Elected Officials

Part of the National WIC Association’s Advocacy Toolkit, this resource provides tips for contacting policymakers, leading effective WIC advocacy meetings, hosting site visits, and other activities involving elected officials.