Michigan's Women, Infants & Children program, providing supplemental nutrition, breastfeeding information, and other resources for healthy mothers & babies.
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If you cannot afford child care, payment assistance is available.
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Information on the Food Assistance Program, eligibility requirements, and other food resources.
Information about the health care programs available through Medicaid and how to qualify.
Our migrant program works with a number of organizations to provide services for Michigan’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
A federal program which helps persons admitted into the U.S. as refugees to become self-sufficient after their arrival.
Universal caseload, or task-based processing, is a different way of handling public assistance cases.
Information on the Children's Protective Services Program, child abuse reporting procedures, and help for parents in caring for their children.
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Programs for healthy children & families, including immunization, lead poisoning prevention, prenatal smoking cessation, and many others.
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MDHHS and partners support a continuum of prevention services. The continuum is inclusive of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities. Visit this page to learn more.
Information about injury and violence prevention programs in Michigan
Information on Safe Sleep for your baby, how to protect your baby's life.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' (MDHHS) Division of Environmental Health (DEH) uses the best available science to reduce, eliminate, or prevent harm from environmental, chemical, and physical hazards.
Resources and information to assist in assuring firearm safety for families in the state of Michigan.
The Division of Victim Services (DVS) provides a voice advocating for and responding to all victims of crime in Michigan. Learn more about DVS-funded programs and services, including Michigan’s 24/7, free, confidential, and anonymous domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines.
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Serves as liaison and provides funding to Michigan’s 45 local health departments.
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Every Michigan WIC staff member has received breast/chestfeeding training to support you on your journey. We also have Peer Counselors, a parent in the community with personal breast/ chestfeeding experience who is trained to give information and support to new parents. Each local agency also has an IBCLC (a healthcare professional who specializes in the clinical management of breast/chestfeeding) available to help you.
Call our breastfeeding warmline for help with your questions and concerns.
Available 7 days/week 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Call (833) 649-4223
Watch these short videos from Texas WIC:
Watch this 5-minute video from IABLE on bottle feeding your baby in a way that let your baby to control how much they eat and (maybe) prevent them from wanting a bottle over your breast. It can also prevent overfeeding.
Check out this handout on breast/ chestfeeding positions from NYC Health.
Watch these short videos from Texas WIC:
Visit the First Droplets website for information on first feedings for term and very early babies in English and Espanol.
Visit the KellyMom website for tips on how to breast/chestfeed your baby and how to know if they're getting enough to eat.
Watch these short videos from Texas WIC:
Visit the WIC Breastfeeding webpage for Help for Sore Nipples.
Check out this handout on Painful Nipples from Lactation Education Resources.
If your nipples hurt when your baby is nursing, it’s probably a problem with the latch. Your peer counselor can help you with this. If your breasts hurt all the time, call your healthcare provider.
Watch this short video on how to do lymphatic massage (to relieve breast swelling) from IABLE.
Visit the KellyMom website to help tell the difference between typical nipple pain and nipple/breast pain that requires help from a lactation professional.
If your breasts are red, swollen, and you have a fever, call your healthcare provider.
These handouts from the Physician's Guide to Breastfeeding shows how to reduce swelling in your breasts.
Watch this short video on how to do lymphatic massage (to relieve breast swelling) from IABLE.
These handouts from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) has general information on mastitis, prevention, and updated tips on treatment.
Watch this great, short video “Breastfeeding: What’s a Dad Supposed to Do?”
Watch these short videos from Texas WIC:
Visit the Dad Central website (developed by father for fathers) to help with answers to basic questions about babies and new parents.
A breast pump is not necessary to feed your baby, especially in the first few weeks. When going back to work, a pump can be helpful to collect milk. Insurance companies are required to give a breast pump to parents who request one. Your peer counselor can help decide which pump will meet your specific goals.
We love this blog When is Pumping Too Much, Not Enough, or Just Right? by Nancy Mohrbacher.
Check out these CDC resources on how to keep your breast pump kit clean and how to store and prepare human milk.
Learn how to hand express human milk here
Watch these short videos from Texas WIC:
Watch this 5-minute video from IABLE on bottle feeding your baby in a way that let your baby to control how much they eat and (maybe) prevent them from wanting a bottle over your breast. It can also prevent overfeeding.
This FLSA Protections to Pump a Work website has lots of great information on your rights (by the U.S. Department of Labor).
The Infant Risk Center has information on
Colorado Cannabis website has information on Effects of Marijuana While Pregnant or Breastfeeding