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Cape Girardeau County Health Department WIC - Cape Girardeau WIC Clinics
- Name
- Cape Girardeau County Health Department WIC
- Address
- 1121 Linden Street
Cape Girardeau, MO 63702
- Phone Number
- (573) 335-4330
- Fax
- Operation hours
- Type
- Clinic/Application Site
- Web Site
- http://www.cgcohealthdept.com/
- Services Offered
- Health Screening; Risk Assessment; Nutrition Education; Breastfeeding Education & Counseling; Referrals For Health Care
- Description
- WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) is funded and administered at the national level by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). At the state level, the program is operated by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Nutrition Services and WIC. The Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center operates the program at the local level. WIC is a nutrition education and supplemental food program for pregnant women, infants, and children under the age of five. Income and medical nutrition guidelines apply. Services that are provided include health screening, risk assessment, nutrition education, breastfeeding education & counseling, and referrals for health care.
- Phone 2
- Contact Person
- WIC Foods
- Cheese; Milk; Goat Milk; Soymilk; Yogurt; Tofu; Eggs; Peanut Butter; Beans; Cold Cereals; Hot Cereals; Fruit Juice - Women; Juice 100% - Children; Bread; Brown Rice; Tortillas; Fruits; Vegetables; Infant Foods (Infant Cereals, Infant Fruits and Vegetables, Infant Formula, Infant Meats); Canned Fish;
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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.