WIC is a program that provides supplemental foods for the low-income breastfeeding or expectant women, and your preschool children (not older than 5 years). You can reserve your application for this program in any of the state agencies countrywide and have access to supplemental foods, and nutrition education. If you do qualify to be a participant of this program, the United States government will issue you with monthly checks or vouchers to purchase supplemental foods.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Women Infant, Children program provides supplemental nutritious foods, health and nutrition education, referrals, and nutrition and breastfeeding counseling for eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women as well as infants and children under the age of five years. The program is designed to positively impact prenatal nutrition, infant birth weight, iron deficiency anemia and early childhood nutrition and cognitive development. WIC complies with all applicable Federal and state agency mandates. CPN WIC serves approximately 1,200 participants at its three permanent agency/clinic sites and three mobile satellite sites in central Oklahoma. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The WIC program is designed to improve the nutritional health of women, infants and children, with the goal of improving the overall health of families. WIC serves pregnant women, non-breastfeeding postpartum women (up to 6 months after delivery), breastfeeding women (up to 1 year after delivery as long as they are breastfeeding), infants and children up to their 5th birthday.
The Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program (PHFE WIC) is a nonprofit agency that has been providing WIC services in the Los Angeles area, including the Orange and San Bernardino Counties, for over 30 years. Over 60 WIC Centers are strategically located to provide services to over 300,000 individuals per month. WIC (The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). WIC provides healthy foods to supplement the dietary needs of participants to ensure good health, growth and development. The amounts and types of foods WIC provides was redesigned in 2009 to include fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grain foods. WIC supports breastfeeding as the ideal method of feeding and nurturing infants. Breastfeeding helps mothers feel close to their babies and breast milk contains all the nutrients that infants need to grow and develop.
WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children that serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious supplemental foods, health and nutrition screening and education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to healthcare.
The WIC Program provides free food, nutrition counseling, and health screening services for pregnant women, women who have just had a baby, and children up to age five. You do not need to be receiving government assistance to qualify. InterCare Community Health Network is the local WIC provider for residents and migrants in Cass, Van Buren, Ottawa, and Allegan Counties, and for migrants in Berrien and Kent Counties.
WIC is a nutrition education program that provides growth and health assessments, referrals to community resources and breastfeeding support. WIC also provides nutritious foods that include fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains that build positive eating habits which can be established and reinforced from the start. There is no cost to eligible families.