Oklahoma WIC Program >> Shawnee WIC Clinics
Below are WIC Clinics and Programs in Shawnee
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Women Infant, Children program provides supplemental nutritious foods, health and nutrition education, referrals, and nutrition and breastfeeding counseling for eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women as well as infants and children under the age of five years. The program is designed to positively impact prenatal nutrition, infant birth weight, iron deficiency anemia and early childhood nutrition and cognitive development. WIC complies with all applicable Federal and state agency mandates. CPN WIC serves approximately 1,200 participants at its three permanent agency/clinic sites and three mobile satellite sites in central Oklahoma. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
It is the mission of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation WIC Program to provide supplemental foods and nutrition education at no cost to eligible pregnant women, postpartum women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children residing in Oklahoma. The WIC Program shall serve as an adjunct to good healthcare during critical times of growth and development, in order to prevent the occurrence of health problems and to improve the health status of these persons.
The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program is a federally funded nutrition program for pregnant, postpartum, breast feeding women, infants and children from birth to five years of age. The goal of the WIC program in Pottawatomie County is to give our children the best possible start in life. In order to achieve this goal, WIC provides nutrition education, healthy foods, breast feeding support, and health care referrals.