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What is WIC?

WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) is a program that helps keep moms and young children healthy. It supports families with lower incomes by providing:

  • Healthy food to add to what you already eat.

  • Information about healthy eating for you and your family.

  • Support and help with breastfeeding.

  • Connections to doctors and other health services.

Is WIC Right for You?

WIC is for pregnant women, new moms, babies, and young children who have a low income and need support to get enough healthy food.

You may be able to join WIC if you are in one of these groups:

  • Pregnant Women: During pregnancy and up to 6 weeks after giving birth.

  • Breastfeeding Moms: Up to your baby’s 1st birthday.

  • New Moms (Not Breastfeeding): Up to 6 months after giving birth.

  • Infants: Up to their 1st birthday. WIC helps more than half of all infants born in the United States!

  • Children: Up to their 5th birthday.

Winding Waters Medical Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Provider.

Established as a pilot program in 1972 and made permanent in 1974, WIC is administered at the federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Formerly known as the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, WIC's name was changed under the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, in order to emphasize its role as a nutrition program.

Most state WIC programs provide vouchers that participants use at authorized food stores. A wide variety of state and local organizations cooperate in providing the food and health care benefits, and 46,000 merchants nationwide accept WIC vouchers.

WIC is effective in improving the health of pregnant women, new mothers, and their infants. A 1990 study showed that women who participated in the program during their pregnancies had lower Medicaid costs for themselves and their babies than did women who did not participate. WIC participation was also linked with longer gestation periods, higher birthweights and lower infant mortality. More information about how WIC helps can be found by clicking here.