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RS 455_RS 495
Montana. Department of Public
Health and Human Services
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services,
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program
records
1976-2003
2.8 linear ft
This collection is a sub-subgroup
(Program) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.
Montana's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Program operates within the Family and Community Health Bureau, which itself operates under
the Early Childhood and Family Support Division of DPHHS. Please see the primary finding aid
for more Montana
Department of Public Health and Human Services records. These WIC Program
records consist of correspondence, financial records, and subject files, including files on
the Intertribal Policy Board.
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English
The Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was formally
created by an amendment to section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 on September 26,
1972. By the end of 1974, WIC was operating in 45 states. On October 7, 1975, WIC was
established as a permanent program.
The WIC program provides nutritious foods and nutrition assessment and counseling to low
income pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children under the age of five who are
determined to be at nutritional risk. The program is administered by the Food and Nutrition
Service, and agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The WIC program is federally
funded, although some states supplement the federal funds.
Prior to the government reorganization in 1995, the Montana WIC program operated within the
Family/Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Department of Health and Environmental
Sciences. As of 2025, the WIC program operates within the Family and Community Health
Bureau, which itself operates under the Early Childhood and Family Support Division of the
Department of Public Health and Human Services.
The WIC program is regarded as one of the most effective and successful for all federal
programs. Evaluations of the program have found compelling evidence of its effectiveness in
improving the health of participating women, infants, and children. WIC has been linked to
reductions in the incidence of late fetal deaths, low birth weight, prematurity, and anemia,
and to improvements in the diets and nutritional status of its clients. The evaluations have
also produced evidence that WIC results in reduced hospitalization costs and lowers Medicaid
expenditures.
This collection is composed of three series:
1) Correspondence (1976-1990), including incoming and outgoing mail for counties and tribal
reservations; 2) Financial records (1984-1991), including records on budgets and grants; 3)
Subject files (1977-2003), including meeting minutes for the Montana Inter-Tribal Policy
Board.
This collection is arranged by series.
Collection open for research.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana Historical
Society Library & Archives. The Library & Archives does not necessarily hold
copyright to all materials in the collection. In some cases permission for use may require
additional authorization from the copyright owners. For more information contact an
archivist.
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human
Services were integrated under one collection identifier, RS 495, in order to help
facilitate access, reduce redundancy in the Montana Historical Society catalog, and to
follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services' various Divisions
and Bureaus that were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 495. Rather than reprocessing over 100 linear
feet of DPHHS materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those
collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding
aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over
the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding
aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if
this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
WIC Program (U.S.)
Montana
Medicine and
Health
Detailed Description of the Collection
Correspondence
1 / 1
Beaverhead County
1991
1 / 2
Big Horn County
1988
1 / 3
Blaine County
1988
1 / 4
Broadwater County
1988-1990
1 / 5
Carbon County- Unserved Project
1979-1980
1 / 6
Carter County
1989
1 / 7
Carter County – Unserved Project
1979-1980
1 / 8
Cascade County
1988-1990
1 / 9
Indian Health Clinic – Great Falls
1980
1 / 10
Chouteau County
1988-1990
1 / 11
Daniels County – Unserved Project
1979-1980
1 / 12
Dawson County
1988-1990
1 / 13
Deer Lodge County
1988-1990
1 / 14
Eastern Plains
1988-1990
1 / 15
Fallon County
1988-1989
1 / 16
Fallon County – Unserved Project
1979-1980
1 / 17
Fergus County
1988-1990
1 / 18
Fergus County WIC
1976
1 / 19
Fergus County – Contract and Agreements
1978
1 / 20
Fergus County – Activity Reports
1976
1 / 21
Flathead County
1988-1990
1 / 22
Gallatin County
1988-1990
1 / 23
Glacier County
1988-1990
1 / 24
Golden Valley – Unserved Project
1988-1990
1 / 25
Granite County
1988-1990
1 / 26
Hill County
1988-1990
1 / 27
Jefferson County
1988-1990
1 / 28
Judith Basin County – Unserved Project
1977-1980
1 / 29
Lake County
1988-1990
1 / 30
Lewis and Clark County
1988-1990
1 / 31
Helena Indian Alliance – Unserved Project
1980
1 / 32
Liberty County – Unserved Project
1977-1980
1 / 33
Lincoln County
1988-1990
1 / 34
Madison County – Unserved Project
1979-1980
1 / 35
Meagher County – Unserved Project
1979-1980
1 / 36
Missoula County
1988-1990
1 / 37
Park County
1988-1990
1 / 38
Pondera County
1988-1990
1 / 39
Ravalli County
1988-1990
1 / 40
Richland County
1988-1990
1 / 41
Roosevelt County
1990
1 / 42
Rosebud County
1988-1990
1 / 43
Sanders County
1988-1990
1 / 44
Silver Bow County
1988-1990
1 / 45
Stillwater County
1988-1990
1 / 46
Sweet Grass County
1990
1 / 47
Teton County
1988-1990
1 / 48
Toole County
undated
1 / 39
Treasure County
1988-1990
1 / 50
Valley County
1988-1990
1 / 51
Yellowstone County
1988-1990
1 / 52
Fort Peck Reservation
1988-1990
1 / 53
Northern Cheyenne
1988-1990
1 / 54
Blackfeet Reservation
1988-1990
1 / 55
Crow Agency
1988-1990
1 / 56
Lodge Grass
1988-1990
1 / 57
Flathead Reservation
1988-1990
1 / 58
Fort Belknap Reservation
1988-1990
1 / 59
Rocky Boy Reservation
1988-1990
Financial Records
1 / 60-61
Fiscal Year Actual Expenditure Report
1988-1980
1 / 62-67
Fiscal Year Spending Budget
1984-1989
1 / 68
Fort Peck Reservation
1991
1 / 69
Budget - Fort Peck
1991
1 / 70
Northern Cheyenne Reservation
1991
1 / 71
Budget – Northern Cheyenne Reservation
1991
1 / 72
Blackfeet
1991
1 / 73
Budget – Blackfeet
1991
1 / 74
HIS / Crow Reservation
1991
2 / 1
Budget – Crow
1991
2 / 2
Salish and Kootenai (Flathead Reservation)
1991
2 / 3
Budget – Flathead Reservation
1991
2 / 4
Fort Belknap Reservation
1991
2 / 5
Budget – Fort Belknap
1991
2 / 6
Rocky Boy Reservation
1991
2 / 7
Budget – Rocky Boy
1991
2 / 8
Close Out Documents
1991
2 / 9-11
Reports
1989-1991
2 / 12-19
Grant Award Letter
1983-1991
2 / 20-21
Grant Documents
1990-1991
2 / 22
Breastfeeding Workshop Grant Requests from
LAs
1990
2 / 23-24
Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) Grant
Application
1987
2 / 25
Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) Grant
Application(Not Submitted)
1989
2 / 26-28
Biennium Budget
1986-1990
2 / 29
Funding
1985-1991
Subject Files
2 / 30
Staff Meeting Minutes
1990
2 / 31
Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board Contracts and
Agreements
1987
2 / 32-33
Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board -
Correspondence
1984-1987
2 / 34
Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board – Monitoring and
Activity Reports
1985-1987
2 / 35
Inter-Tribal Policy Board
1982
2 / 36
Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board – Nutrition
Surveillance
1983
2 / 37
Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board – Correspondence –
Joyce Evanson
1982-1983
3 / 1
Indian Health Service - Nutrition
Surveillance
1988
3 / 2
Indian Health Service - Correspondence
1977-1988
3 / 3-4
Management Evaluation
1988
3 / 5
A Montana Model Project for Substance Abuse prevention
for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women and Their Infants
1989
3 / 6
Mountain Plains Regional Meeting
1992
3 / 7
State Plan
1993
3 / 8
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Biennium Budget
1982
3 / 9
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Annual Meeting –
Bozeman
1991
3 / 10
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Annual
Meeting
1992
3 / 11
Technical Advisory Committee
2002-2003
4 / 1
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) JAD
Agendas
2003
4 / 2
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) JAD Meeting
Minutes
2003
4 / 3
State Agency Profiles of WIC Information
Systems
1997
4 / 4
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) , Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC)
2003
4 / 5
Covansys (PDA) Software
2000-2003
4 / 6
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Meeting
Minutes
2003
4 / 7
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) New System Plan
Meeting – Inaugural Meeting
2002-2003
4 / 8
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
2002
4 / 9
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Technical Advisory
Committee
undated