Nutrition and Health Education Resources

• FAQ for local agencies to help with implementation.
• Introduction to the wichealth Academy.
• Staff Flyer highlighting benefits of wichealth.org.

• Flyer with lesson topics and titles. (English, Spanish)
• How to Register: a detailed guide for the process. (English, Spanish)
• Flyer with steps, benefits, and lesson examples. (English, Spanish)
• Checklist for completing nutrition education. (English, Spanish)

• Printable flyers
  • CVB Benefit Flyer (PDF)(JPG)
  • CVB Benefit Flyer Spanish (PDF)(JPG)
• Weblinks
  • www.fruitsandveggies.org: Recipes, nutrition information, storage, and handling information on a variety of fruits and vegetables.
  • www.myplate.gov: Learn more about food groups, portion sizes, and download activities and handouts for families.
• Handouts
  • Focus On Whole Fruits/Enfóquese en las Frutas Enteras: Tips for eating more fruits as part of a healthy lifestyle.
  • Vary Your Veggies/Varíe Sus Vegetales: Tips to fit more vegetables into each day through meals and snacks.
  • Eating Healthy for Families/Alimentación Saludable para Familias: Tips for families to build healthy eating habits.
• Recipes
  • Overnight Oats; Avena remojada durante la noche
  • Homemade Granola Bars; Barras de granola caseras
  • Egg Muffins; Panqués de huevo
  • Sausage, White Bean, and Spinach Soup; Sopa de salchicha o salchichón, con frijoles blancos y espinacas

• Apply for Food and Nutrition Services (Food Stamps)
• Use the USDA National Hunger Clearinghouse to find food assistance and other nutrition and social service information.
  • Call the National Hunger Hotline at 1-877-8-HUNGRY (1-877-8-HAMBRE) from 7am-10pm Monday-Friday.
  • Text 914-342-7744 with a keyword like “food,” “summer,” or “SNAP” for an automated reply.
  • Follow the Hunger Hotline on social media.

• Healthy Beverage Consumption from birth to age 5.
• Fruit Drinks & Toddler Milk: English and Spanish videos and a toolkit with sample social media, newsletter, or blog posts to help share the videos.
• Nutrition Bite of the Month Education Resources: A collection of resources on the topics from the Nutrition Bite of the Month promotion.
• Health Educator’s Nutrition Toolkit with handouts, PowerPoint slides, infographic, evaluation tools, and sample social media graphics.

• March of Dimes Ready for Life NC is an initiative that champions preconception health interventions for healthier moms and stronger babies.
• Oral Health During Pregnancy
• Food Safety for Moms to Be
• New Mom Health is a site dedicated to New Mom Health and Postpartum Health & Self-Care Resources.

• USDA’s Infant Nutrition and Feeding: A Guide for Use in WIC
• Breastfeeding Support, Formula Recalls, and Formula Shortage Information
• FDA Guidance and Resources on Metals in Baby Foods & Juice
  • The North Carolina WIC Program is aware of the recent news surrounding heavy metals in baby foods. More information as shared with NC WIC staff on February 9, 2021, and below for links to various reports from the FDA and Congress.
  • Committee on Oversight and Reform Report: Baby Foods are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury
  • FDA Constituent Update: FDA Letter to Industry on Chemical Hazards, including Toxic Elements, in Food and Update on FDA Efforts to Increase the Safety of Foods for Babies and Young Children
  • FDA Reminder: FDA Letter to Manufacturers
  • FDA’s Closer to Zero: Action Plan for Baby Foods
  • FDA Draft Guidance to Industry on Action Levels for Lead in Juice
  • Infant Food and Metals Resources from FDA, USDA, and AAP

• Vaccines 101 for WIC Staff: Your quick-reference guide to talking with families about vaccines.
• 2025 Immunization Update Webinar for WIC Staff: Vaccinate Your Family hosts a webinar annually for WIC staff to provide an update on recommended immunizations and support for WIC providers discussing vaccines with their clients. The 2025 Webinar features remarks from Georgia Machell, President and CEO of the National WIC Association, speaker Theresa Chapple-McGruder, PhD, MPH, and a personal story shared by Maurine Neiman who lost her son JJ to flu.

• Supporting Maternal Mental Health in Public Health Nutrition Practice
  • Highlights programs that use mental health screening and training
  • Offers resources to screen and treat maternal depression
• NC MATTERS for primary care providers
  • NC MATTERS Services for effective screening, assessing, and treating behavioral health concerns in pregnant and postpartum patients.
  • NC MATTERS Mental Health Care Package.

• Give Your Baby a Healthy Start: the Dangers of Smoking, Drinking and Taking Drugs | Dele a su bebé un comienzo saludable: Los peligros de fumar, tomar alcohol y consumir drogas
• You Quit Two Quit: A program of the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health supports comprehensive tobacco use screening and cessation counseling for pregnant and postpartum women. Training is available for WIC staff.

• Toolkit for Assessing WIC Certification Practices with ideas and examples for making certification easier for WIC families.
• NC Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Toolkit – fact sheets and communication tools about NC Medicaid recertification.
• Medicaid and CHIP Renewals Outreach and Educational Resources to help those with Medicaid or CHIP renew or replace coverage.

Find more information on nutrition and breastfeeding by visiting the websites below.

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• CDC Breastfeeding
• CDC Developmental Milestones
• FoodSafety.gov
• MyPlate
• Nutrition.gov
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
• WIC Works Resource System