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Canton City Health Department WIC Program - Canton WIC Clinics
- Name
- Canton City Health Department WIC Program
- Address
- 420 Market Avenue North
Canton, OH 44702
- Phone Number
- (330) 489-3326
- Fax
- (330) 489-3335
- Operation hours
- Mon - Fri: 8:00am - 4:30pm
- Type
- Clinic/Application Site
- Web Site
- http://cantonhealth.org/
- Services Offered
- Nutrition Education; Breastfeeding Education and Support; Supplemental, Highly Nutritious Foods; Referral to Prenatal and Pediatric Health Care and other Maternal and Child Health and Human Service Programs
- Description
- Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture. It is a health program that provides nutrition education, supplemental foods, screening and referrals to other health and social service agencies. WIC helps income eligible pregnant and breastfeeding women, women who recently had a baby, infants, and children under five years of age, who are at medical or nutritional risk. WIC helps to: Improve pregnancy outcomes by providing or referring to support services necessary for full-term pregnancies; Reduce infant mortality by decreasing the incidence of low birth weight; Increase breastfeeding rates among newborns; Give infants and children a healthy start in life by providing nutritious food.
- Phone 2
- Contact Person
- WIC Foods
- Milk: Cow’s Milk, Nonfat Dry Milk, Low Lactose or Lactose Free Milk, Soy Milk; Juice; Cereals: Cold Cereals, Hot Cereals (Regular or Original Flavor Only); Whole Grains: Whole Wheat or Whole Grain Bread, Buns, Tortillas, Brown Rice, Oatmeal; Peanut Butter; Beans or Peas: Dried Beans or Peas, Canned Beans; Eggs; Cheese; Tofu; Fruits and Vegetables; Fish: Canned Tuna, Canned Salmon; Dry Infant Cereal; Baby Foods; Formulas
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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.