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Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Wic Program - Newark WIC Clinics

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  • Name
  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School WIC Program
  • Address
  • 65 Bergen St, Stanley Bergen Building (GA-06)
    Newark, NJ 07101
  • Phone Number
  • (973) 972-3416
  • Fax
  • Operation hours
  • Type
  • Clinic/Application Site
  • Web Site
  • http://njms.rutgers.edu/
  • Services Offered
  • WIC checks for nutritious foods (cashed at grocery stores); Nutrition education and counseling; Breastfeeding education and support; Immunization screening and referrals; Referrals for free or reduced cost health care; Referrals to health or social services
  • Description
  • Women, Infants, Children (WIC) is a feeding program sponsored by the US Department of Agriculture. The University Hospital WIC Program serves approximately one quarter of Newark's Children and expectant and new mothers by providing money to purchase food. The vision of our WIC Based Prevention Program is to append additional preventive services to the core nutritional program. These prevented services include onsite testing for anemia which is a requirement for client participation in WIC. Secondly the program will provide periodic screening for blood lead level. Despite Newark being a high risk community for lead poisoning, heretofore approximately half of the children are appropriately screened. Newark has also had low rates of childhood immunization. Our WIC program provides catch-up immunizations for children participating in the University Hospital WIC program. We are currently introducing a home visit program for the prevention of home injuries such as fire, carbon monoxide poisoning, and poisoning from prescription medicines and household products. A separate remediation program will assist families in eliminating these household hazards. The WIC based prevention programs have been supported in part by Horizon Blue Cross-Blue Shield, the Benjamin Moore Paint Company, the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Americorps, and contributions of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health located at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical.
  • Phone 2
  • Contact Person
  • Robert Smith
  • E-Mail
  • smithr3@njms.rutgers.edu
  • WIC Foods
  • 100% Juice; Breakfast Cereals; Eggs; Beans, Peas and Lentils; Peanut Butter; Baby Food - Meats; Baby Foods - Fruits & Vegetables; Infant Cereal; Infant Formula; Milk; Soy Milk; Cheese; Tofu; Canned Fish; Whole Wheat Bread; Brown Rice; Whole Wheat Tortilla; Whole Wheat Pasta

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