Connecticut WIC Program >> Bridgeport WIC Clinics >> Southwest Community Health Center WIC
Southwest Community Health Center WIC - Bridgeport WIC Clinics
- Name
- Southwest Community Health Center WIC
- Address
- 1020 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06605
- Phone Number
- (203) 330-6000
- Fax
- Operation hours
- Mon, Wed: 8:30am - 7:00pm; Tues, Thurs, Fri: 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Type
- Clinic/Application Site
- Web Site
- http://www.swchc.org/
- Services Offered
- Nutrition education through consultations with a nutritionist; Breastfeeding education and assistance through consultations with a lactation consultant; Vouchers for the purchase of supplemental healthy foods. Infant formula supplements are also provided for babies who are formula fed; Referrals for health care and other social services
- Description
- The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – better known as the WIC Program – serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritional assessment and education, referrals to health care and nutritious foods to supplement diets.
- Phone 2
- Contact Person
- WIC Foods
- Eggs; Milk; Cheese; Tofu; Cereal; Fruit/Vegetable Juice; Baby Foods in Jars; Infant Formula; Infant Cereal; Fruits; Vegetables; Bread/Grain: 100% Whole Wheat Bread, Whole Grain Bread, Whole Wheat Tortillas, Corn Tortillas, Brown Rice, 100% Whole Wheat Pasta/Macaroni Products; Peanut Butter; Beans; Peas; Lentils; 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.