A New WIC Clinic in Portland!

On today's episode, we focus on WIC: the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. WIC is a federally funded program that provides healthy foods, nutrition education and breastfeeding/chestfeeding support to low-income families in Multnomah County, and across the country. In 2025, Multnomah County's WIC program served over twenty thousand people in four clinics. By the end of Fiscal Year 2026, County WIC clients will have received over eight and a half million dollars worth of healthy foods. This helps make sure the babies have sufficient nutrition and food security to make it to their fifth birthday healthy and thriving. The County has served the largest and most diverse WIC client base in Oregon for the last 52 years. On this episode, we feature an interview with Multnomah County WIC Specialist Rocio Gutierrez, who tells us about the WIC program and about the grand opening of a new WIC clinic in the Rockwood neighborhood of Portland.