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- Provides breast feeding promotion and support - Makes health referrals to registered dieticians, maternity and child health nurses, physicians and other providers. - Provides nutrition education and vouchers for food.

A supplemental food and nutrition program for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, and infants and young children who area at a nutritional risk. The purpose of the WIC Program is to prevent health problems and to improve the health of program participants during critical times of growth and development. The WIC Program provides nutrition education, access to health services, referrals to health and other social services and vouchers for supplemental foods. The food vouchers list the types and quantities of WIC foods that are consistent with the participant's nutritional needs.

- - Buffalo Baby Café weekly breastfeeding support group: https://www.wrightcountymn.gov/559/Breastfeeding - Children's dental services: sliding scale fee clinic, for ages 0 - 26 years and pregnant women - Child and teen checkups - Child passenger safety - Clinics for older adults age 60+, including education, referrals, blood pressure checks, and foot care - Disease prevention and control - Emergency Preparedness - Environmental Health - Family home visiting - Family planning program - Follow along program - Help me grow - - Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) and LiveWright.org- - Support groups and classes: https://www.wrightcountymn.gov/575/Statewide-Health-Improvement-Partnership - Student clinical and internships - Wellness Done Right Clinic - - Wellness On Wheels (WOW) Program: Providing mobile health and immunizations, https://www.wrightcountymn.gov/304/Wellness-On-Wheels-WOW-Program

- Child and teen check-ups (Eligible children ages 0 - 20 years who are enrolled in Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare) - Dental, hearing, and vision screening for school children - Growth, development assessments, and physical exams - Maternal and Child Health Programs offering home and office visits for pregnant women and families with children - Referral and follow-up services for children with special needs - Reproductive and Sexual Health Services include: ?- Birth control options and reproductive health consultations, free condoms, and pregnancy testing - Cervical cancer, Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and Syphilis screening - Routine Gynecological and Breast Examination - Sexual health education, testing, and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - Vaccinations Other services include: - Activities to reduce child abuse - Foot care (Visit website for location hours and services) - Health screenings for individuals such as blood sugar, cholesterol, and hemoglobin - Minnesota Senior Health Options - Nursing home visits - Public health preparedness activities/information including infectious disease outbreaks - Presentations for students about health issues - Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) interventions to prevent obesity by implementing policy, systems, and environmental changes to increase physical activity and intake of healthy food choices

MAC is a food commodity program for children 5 and 6 years of age, 12 months postpartum women, non-breast feeding and not utilizing WIC Food provided includes: - Canned fruit - Vegetables - Juices - Milk - Meat - Dry beans - Peanut Butter - Cereal - Rice or pasta - Cheese Program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Must be income eligible