Program Activities

USDA Loving Support Award of Excellence

The USDA Loving Support Award of Excellence Program recognizes and celebrates local WIC agencies that provide exemplary breastfeeding programs and support services. These awards are presented in 3 levels of Gold Award, Gold Premiere Award (mid-level) and Gold Elite Award (highest level). The Iowa BFPC program is pleases to have local agencies receive these awards in recognition of the outstanding support that they are giving to WIC breastfeeding moms.

2021 Gold Winners
- USDA Midwest Breast Feeding Awardees 2021 Video
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- MATURA - Gold Winner 2021
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- Pottawattamie County - Gold Winner 2021
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2020 Gold Winner
- Siouxland District Health Department - Gold Winner 2020
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2019 Gold Winner
- Broadlawns - Gold Winner 2019
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USDA Loving Support Award of Excellence Gold Award Evaluation Instructions - PDF 2020

USDA Local State Agencies Awardees - PDF 2020

BFPC QI Storyboards

WIC BFPC programs, highlighting quality improvement activities targeted at developing partnerships with local birthing hospitals, created the following storyboards.

Fiscal Year 2020

USDA Nondiscrimination Statement:

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

05/05/2022