A federally funded supplemental food program for infants and children, pregnant, postpartum, and lactating women.  

Participants must be income eligible and at nutritional risk.  Participants receive nutritional education along with vouchers

 for basic nutritional foods to supplement their diet.

Before you or your children can be screened for WIC we need to see proof of:

Your Identity – bring "one" of these for yourself and the person being screened

• Current Medicaid Card            

• Birth Certificate

• Driver’s License                        

• Social Security Card

• Work or School ID                                

• Voter Registration Card

• Hospital Birth Record                        

• Immunization Record 

Your Residence – bring "one" of these

• Current Medicaid Card

• Current bill for electric, gas, telephone, or cable

• Current lease or receipt

• Driver’s License

• Current Medicaid Card            

• Food Stamp Letter

• Current Pay Stub

• Signed Statement From Employer

• W-2 Forms

• Income Tax Forms For Most Recent Year

• Unemployment Letter/Notice

• Check Stub/Award Letter From Social Security

• Recent Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) for Military

• Foster Child Placement/Award Letter

• Tax Forms or Accounting Records for Self-Employed

• Copies of Alimony or Child Support Checks

• Statement From Person(s) That Provide You Money/Resources

** Remember**

• If you or anyone that lives with you receives Medicaid, bring the Medicaid card to the clinic.  This card may meet the proof requirements.

• Proof of household income must be provided when you have the purple KCHIP III card.

• If you do not have proof and cannot get proof, please let us know.

During the cold and flu season, many mothers are looking for

information on non-prescription (e.g., over-the-counter [OTC])

medicines they can use to treat their own cold symptoms.

In general, mothers who want to use a medication should:

her, her baby and her symptoms;

medications;

make mom sleepy and the alcohol can pass to the baby.

There are four or so families of medications commonly used for

colds. They include:

1) antihistamines 3) antitussives

2) decongestants 4) analgesics

Research shows that most of these medications work rather poorly

Dr. Tom Hale, a breastfeeding pharmacologist, suggests using the

non-sedating kind such as Claritin (loratadine), Clarinex

(desloratadine), Allegra (fexofenadine), or Zyrtec (cetirizine ).

Recent studies have shown that the older sedating antihistamines,

such as chlorpheniramine, diphenhydramine (Benadryl) and others,

produce significant sedation, including problems with driving

relatively equivalent to drinking alcohol. In addition, they really don't

help much with cold symptoms.

airways, particularly the nose. Those containing pseudoephedrine

(e.g., Sudafed ) may reduce milk production significantly, so

caution is recommended for mothers with low milk supply or in late

lactation (10+months). Many medicines have been reformulated to

remove pseudoephedrine and replace it with phenylephrine.

Theoretically, phenlyephrine (Sudafed PE) should not pass into

breastmilk*, and there are no indications of it affecting milk supply.

Intra nasal (spray) decongestants such as Afrin (oxymetazoline )

and several others of this family, are quite useful for a short term.

But, they are highly addicting because rebound congestion occurs

uniformly after 12 hours and doses are needed again, and again,

and again. So, if a mom must use a nasal decongestant, use one

of the sprays, but stop using it after 3-4 days.

chest congestion. Two, guaifenesin and dextromethorphan, are

fairly ineffective. However, they are safe for use while

breastfeeding. Short-term use of cough syrups containing codeine

appear safe. If codeine is used, the infant should be monitored for

sedation and decreased milk intake or other changes in feeding

habits. Carbetapentane , benzonatate (tessalon perles)* or

pentoxyverine* are newer antitussives but have not been studied

for transfer into human milk.

use as pain relievers on an occasional basis. They do pass into

mother’s milk in small doses and long term use can produce GI

symptoms in some infants.

*no data on transfer into human milk