HEALTH DEPARTMENT: FAMILY HEALTH DIVISION:

The Minnesota Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) provides specific supplemental foods and nutrition education services to Minnesota residents who meet specific categorical and income requirements; the CSFP has been providing benefits in Minnesota since 1988. The CSFP is designed to identify and serve those individuals who are within a target population of low income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children up to six years of age, as well as participants 60 years of age and order.

The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program was started in Minnesota in early 1974, and works with many local agencies covering all 87 counties in Minnesota. The WIC Program was established on the basis of findings presented to the U.S. Congress which indicated that pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and young children who had inadequate nutrition and/or health care were at risk with respect to their physical and mental health. The Program consists of three major components: 1) nutrition assessment, counseling and education services; 2) health education and referral services; 3) prescribed supplemental foods high in key nutrients. These integrated components provide intervention during the critical times of growth and development to prevent the occurrence of health problems and to improve the overall health status of eligible persons.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Family Health. Supplemental Nutrition Programs Section Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2023-24

Processing Information:

Processed by: Charles Rodgers, February 2023

Catalog ID number: 9989834040204294

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Breastfeeding -- Minnesota.

Childbirth -- Minnesota.

Children -- Nutrition.

Children -- Health and hygiene -- Minnesota.

Health -- Societies, etc.

Health planning -- Minnesota.

Health services administration -- Minnesota.

Health systems agencies -- Minnesota.

Infants -- Nutrition.

Infants -- Health and hygiene -- Minnesota.

Maternal and infant welfare -- Minnesota.

Medicine, Preventive -- Minnesota.

Mothers -- Minnesota.

New mothers -- Minnesota.

Newborn infants -- Minnesota.

Nutrition -- Minnesota.

Older people -- Minnesota -- Governmental policy.

Older people -- Nutrition -- Minnesota.

Postpartum depression -- Treatment -- Minnesota.

Pregnancy -- Minnesota.

Preventive health services for children -- Minnesota.

Preventive health services for older people -- Minnesota.

Public health -- Minnesota.

Women -- Nutrition -- Minnesota.

Women -- Services for -- Minnesota.

Organizations:

Minnesota. Department of Health.

Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (U.S.)

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