The Lake Cumberland District Health Department has been
awarded the Gold Level Loving Support Award of Excellence for 2019.
Each year the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and
Nutrition Service, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants
and Children presents the award. The program was established to recognize local
WIC agencies that have provided exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support activities.
The intent is to provide models and motivate other local agencies to strengthen
their breastfeeding promotion and support activities and ultimately increase
breastfeeding initiation and duration rates among WIC participants. This award
is a national recognition for breastfeeding best practices at the agency to
support WIC moms and babies.