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East Side Health District WIC - East St. Louis - East Saint Louis WIC Clinics
- Name
- East Side Health District WIC - East St. Louis
- Address
- 638 N 20th Street
East Saint Louis, IL 62205
- Phone Number
- (618) 874-4713
- Fax
- (618) 874-4737
- Operation hours
- Mon - Fri: 8:00am - 4:30pm
- Type
- Clinic/Application Site
- Web Site
- http://www.eshd.org/
- Services Offered
- Screening for nutrition and health needs; Information on how to use WIC foods to improve health; Coupons to buy foods that help keep you and your children healthy and strong; Referrals to doctors, dentists, and programs like Food Stamps, Healthy Start and Head Start; WIC foods; Information on healthy eating during pregnancy and breastfeeding; Breastfeeding support or infant formula; Immunization referrals; Parents/caregivers receive information on taking care of babies
- Description
- WIC is a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) designed to help you and your family build healthy eating and living habits that will last a lifetime. It helps to promote and maintain the health and well-being of nutritionally at-risk pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children. WIC provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition and breastfeeding information, and referral to other health and nutrition services. WIC promotes and supports breastfeeding.
- Phone 2
- Contact Person
- WIC Foods
- Milk; Juice; Eggs; Cheese; Cereal; Dry Beans or Peas; Peanut Butter
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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.