WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)

WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. This is a federally funded program that provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support and education, nutritious foods and health referrals. WIC services are provided without cost.

Who is Eligible for WIC Services?
• Pregnant women
• Postpartum and Breastfeeding Women
• Infants and Children up to the 5th birthday

How Do I Qualify?
To receive WIC benefits you must meet the income guidelines and have a medical or nutritional risk. Families who already qualify for Medicaid, Food Stamps and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are already income qualified for WIC. Others may qualify without receiving benefits. For example, a family of four whose weekly paycheck is $689 (before taxes) or less can qualify for WIC.

Benefits: Once qualified for the WIC program, persons receive vouchers to spend at the grocery store for milk, cheese, eggs, cereal and juice. Iron-fortified infant formula infant juice and cereal are also provided. There is also an enhanced food package for breastfeeding women that include extra milk, dried beans or peanut butter, tuna and carrots. Foods bought with WIC vouchers are meant to supplement your food purchases to provide balanced meals for those who receive WIC.

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