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Allegheny County WIC - Turtle Creek - Turtle Creek WIC Clinics
- Name
- Allegheny County WIC - Turtle Creek
- Address
- 519 Penn Avenue
Turtle Creek, PA 15145
- Phone Number
- (412) 823-1333
- Fax
- (412) 823-1598
- Operation hours
- Mon - Fri: 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Type
- Clinic/Application Site
- Web Site
- http://www.achd.net/
- Services Offered
- Supplemental Foods; Breastfeeding Promotion; Nutrition Education; Referrals
- Description
- WIC (Women, Infants and Children) serves income-eligible and medically or nutritionally at-risk pregnant women, breastfeeding and bottle-feeding mothers, infants and children up to the age of five. WIC offers nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, and food vouchers redeemable at participating grocery stores for infant formula, milk, eggs, cheese, cereal, juices and other nutritious foods. The WIC Program is a health and supplemental nutrition program for pregnant women; breastfeeding women up to 12 months postpartum; non-breastfeeding women up to 6 months post-partum; infants and children up to 5 years of age who have a medical/nutritional risk and meet financial eligibility criteria. Funding is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. WIC is administered by the Department of Health at the State level, and the Allegheny County Health Department at the local level.
- Phone 2
- Contact Person
- WIC Foods
- Cow’s Milk; Cheese; Soy Products; Tofu; Infant Formula; Infant Cereal; Infant Fruits and Vegetables; Infant Meats; Juice for Children; Fruits; Vegetables; Cereals; Whole Grains (Whole Wheat or Whole Grain Bread & Rolls, Whole Grain Brown Rice, Soft Corn or Whole Wheat Tortillas); Juice for Women; Canned Fish; Peanut Butter; Chicken Eggs; Legumes (Beans)
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WIC Resources
- WIC Breast Feeding Support
Breastfeeding is essential in infant development and is recommended by the Women, Infant, and Child Program to be the best way of feeding babies. - WIC Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for WIC benefits, applicants must meet Categorical, Residential, Income and Nutritional Risk Requirements.