Providing free nutrition education, breastfeeding support, healthy food, health referrals, and other related services, WIC’s goal is to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under the age of 5 healthy.

WIC is open to all kinds of families in Colorado: married or single parents, working or not working. If you’re a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent, or other legal guardian of a child under 5, you can apply for WIC.

The program is created to help:

• Pregnant women
• Breast-feeding women (up to one year postpartum)
• Non-breastfeeding postpartum women (up to 6 months postpartum)
• Infants
• Children up to the age of 5 years

You can participate in Colorado WIC if you:

• Live in Colorado
• Are pregnant or breastfeeding , and/or have a child younger than 5 years
• Have a family income less than WIC guidelines
• Currently get Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), food stamps or Medicaid
• Have a foster child under age 5
• Meet certain financial requirements and be “nutritionally at risk”

To schedule an appointment, or for more information, call:

Hinsdale County

Kim Bemis
WIC Coordinator
Gunnison, Colorado
970-641-7911

Mineral County

WIC office
Monte Vista, Colorado
719-852-2256