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Austin Street WIC Clinic - Amarillo WIC Clinics

  • Name
  • Austin Street WIC Clinic
  • Address
  • 411 South Austin
    Amarillo, TX 79106
  • Phone Number
  • (806) 371-1119
  • Fax
  • (806) 342-1577
  • Operation hours
  • Mon, Tues: 9:00am - 5:30pm, Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:00pm; Wed: 1:00pm - 5:30pm; Thurs, Fri: 9:00am - 5:30
  • Type
  • Clinic/Application Site
  • Services Offered
  • Supplemental Nutritious Foods; Nutrition and Breastfeeding Information; Referrals to other Health and Nutrition Services
  • Description
  • The Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program, popularly known as “WIC”, helps pregnant women, new mothers, and young children learn about nutrition to stay healthy. Nutrition education and counseling, nutritious foods, and help accessing health care are provided to low-income women, infants, and children through the WIC program. WIC also refers clients to a variety of health and social service agencies and programs. Studies show that WIC plays an important role in improving birth outcomes and containing health care costs. WIC has a positive impact on children’s diets. WIC improves infant feeding practices by actively promoting breastfeeding as the best method of feeding infants. WIC clients have improved rates of childhood immunizations and a regular source of health care. Other health benefits of WIC include: Improved infant-feeding practices; Premature births reduced; Fetal death rate reduced; Infant low birth weight reduced; Long-term medical expenses reduced; Improved dietary intake; Improved cognitive development; Fewer premature births
  • Phone 2
  • Contact Person
  • E-Mail
  • WIC Foods
  • Cereal; Whole Grains (Bread (Whole-Wheat), Tortillas (Corn or Whole-Wheat), Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Whole-Wheat Pasta); Fruits and Vegetables (Fresh and Frozen Fruits and Vegetables, Vitamin C-Rich 100% Juice); Dairy/Soy (Fat-Free and Low-Fat (1%) Milk For Women and Children 2 to 5 Years, Whole Milk for Children 12 to 24 Months, Cheese, Kosher Milk and Cheese, Soy Milk and Tofu, Yogurt); Protein Foods (Eggs, Dry Beans, Split Peas or Lentils, Canned Beans, Peanut Butter, Canned Tuna and Salmon For Exclusively Breastfeeding Mothers); Baby Foods (Baby Cereal, Baby Food Fruits and Vegetables, Baby Food Meats For Exclusively Breastfeeding Babies, Formula)

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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.