Family Nutrition Program

The Family Nutrition Program's mission is to support Alaskan families in making nutrition decisions for life-long health and well being through:

• Science-based nutrition education
• Breastfeeding support
• Delivery of supplemental foods through Family Nutrition Programs:
  • Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)
  • Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
  • Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
  • Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed)

Items of Current Interest:

• Family Nutrition Programs Fact Sheet​​​
• WIC Outreach Brochure
  describes services, how the program works, who qualifies and approved foods.
• WIC Public Service Announcement (Video)
• Arctic Food Security & Nutrition Network
  

Please view the current WIC Authorized Food List to see the WIC foods authorized in Alaska:

• Alaska WIC Food List
• Learn how to use your WIC checks. (Video)
  

• WIC Breastfeeding Posters
• Alaska Breastfeeding Coalition

Text4Baby

Text4Baby is a new resource for pregnant mothers. This is a service designed to provide free, health –related text messages to pregnant women and new mothers. Women who sign up for this service by texting BABY to 511411 will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. Visit the WIC Resources page with outreach information for Text4Baby.

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