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Nutrition and WIC Services
Dave Thomason, Director
1000 SW Jackson, Suite 220
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: (785) 296-1320
Toll Free: (800) 332-6262
FAX: (785) 296-1326
The mission of Nutrition & WIC Services is to improve the health status and nutritional well-being of Kansans through access to:
- Quality nutrition intervention services by a registered/licensed dietitian;
- breastfeeding promotion and support;
- substance abuse identification, nutrition education, and integration with and referral to other health services.
Nutrition & WIC Services contracts with local agencies to provide services in Kansas.
The Nutrition & WIC Services Section administers one USDA - funded program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) . This program provides nutrition education and supplemental foods to income eligible Kansas women who are pregnant, postpartum or are breastfeeding. Services are also provided to infants and children.
The Nutrition & WIC Services Section also provides nutrition support for the variety of programs within the Bureau of Family Health.
