Benefits
Received
by WIC Participants
All participants receive:
- Screening for nutrition and health needs.
- Information on how to use WIC foods to improve health.
- Checks to buy foods that help keep you and your children
healthy and strong.
- Referrals to doctors, dentists, and programs like Food Share,
Healthy Start and Head Start.
Women receive:
- WIC foods.
- Information on healthy eating during pregnancy and
breastfeeding.
- Breastfeeding support.
Infants receive:
- Breastfeeding support or infant formula.
- Immunization referrals.
- Parents/caregivers receive information on taking care of
babies.
Children receive:
- WIC foods.
- Immunization referrals.
- Parents/caregivers receive information on food shopping, recipes and
feeding a child.
Health benefits of WIC:
- Premature births reduced.
- Low birth-weight reduced.
- Long-term medical expenses reduced.
Food Benefits:
- Milk, eggs, cheese.
- Cereals.
- Peanut butter, dried beans and peas.
- Tuna fish.
- Carrots.
- Fruit juices.
Formulas and Medical Nutritionals:
- Standard contract formulas.
- Exempt (special) formulas for infants and children with special
needs.
- Medical foods for children and women with special needs.
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Last Revised: June 30, 2008
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