WIC

WIC provides services to pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to five years of age who are at nutritional risk, based on medical and income eligibility. The formal name of WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. The primary services provided are health screening and risk assessment, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding promotion and support, referrals to services specific to individual needs such as health care providers and social services agencies, and issuing food instruments for supplemental nutritious food prescriptions.

Who is WIC for?

Women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or whose pregnancy recently ended.
Infants under 12 months old.
Children under 5 years old.

What you can get from WIC:
Checks to buy foods to keep you healthy.
Nutrition and health education to help you and your children eat well and be healthy.
Personal counseling about nutrition.
Support and help with breast-feeding.
Referrals to other health programs for you and your family.

To get WIC, you need to:
Meet the WIC income guidelines.
Have a need for improved nutrition.

What should I do to help the WIC program work for me?
Keep your WIC appointments. If you can't keep an appointment, please call your local WIC office right away. The WIC staff works hard to see you at your appointment time, so please try your best to be on time.
Always take your WIC ID Folder to your WIC appointments and to the store. Take your WIC Approved Food List with you to the stroe to help your shop.
Buy the right foods and the right amount with your check.
Use your WIC foods for you and your family. They can't be returned to the store for money or given away or sold to someone else.
Be sure to bring the information that the WIC staff needs when they ask for it.
Tell the WIC staff about any changes in your name, address or phone number.
If you are going to move, notify your WIC staff.