Program Description
The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk. To be fully eligible for the WIC Program, applicants must be determined by a health professional, at no cost, to be at nutritional risk (i.e., have certain medical-based or diet-based conditions such as anemia, underweight, overweight, history of pregnancy complications, or failure to meet the dietary guidelines).
General Program Requirements
Pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to 5 years of age are eligible if they: 1) are individually determined by a health professional to be at nutrition risk; (2) meet a State residency requirement; and, 3) meet an income standard, or are determined automatically income eligible. A person who participates or has family members who participate in certain other benefit programs, such as the Food Stamp Program, Medicaid or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, automatically meets the income eligibility requirement.
The following information will lead you to the next steps to apply for this benefit.
Managing Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/
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