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Perth Amboy WIC Clinics

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Perth Amboy Wic Clinic

313 State St., Perth Amboy NJ 08861

WIC is a public health program available in New Jersey, which provides nutrition education, nutritious foods, breastfeeding counseling and healthcare referrals for NJ women who are pregnant or post-partum, infants and children under the age of 5. VNA of Central Jersey is the Sponsor for WIC in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties. In 2014, nearly 34,000 mothers and children under the age of 5 received food and nutritional counseling for their families through the VNA Health Group WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program. The program includes nutritional counseling, anemia screening and vouchers for the purchase of selected nutritious foods. Services of a lactation consultant are also available.

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.