The WIC program aims to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
Please see the below updated Income Guidelines to see if you qualify for this great program.
If you feed your baby powdered infant formula, it is important to know how to prepare and store it properly. When powdered infant formula is not prepared or handled safely, it can expose your baby to Cronobacter, a bacteria known to live in the environment.
Getting sick from this bacteria does not happen often, but infections in infants can be deadly. Cronobacter infections in infants less than 12 months old have been linked to powdered infant formula. If you feed your baby powdered infant formula, follow these simple steps to protect your baby from sickness.
For more information on how to safely prepare and store infant formula visit:
WIC Participants
If you are pregnant, have just had a baby, or have a child under the age of 5, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) may be able to help you.
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Attention WIC Participants:
Offering to sell WIC formula or your eWIC card verbally, in printed classifieds, on-line web sites, or social media is a program violation and could possibly disqualify you or your child from receiving WIC benefits. WIC foods are for the person for whom they are prescribed. Misuse of benefits may result in removal from WIC or you may be asked to repay the value of the food received.
Be informed – Read the eWIC Benefits card pamphlet provided to you at your WIC certification visit.
Pregnant, breastfeeding, postpartum women up to six months after delivery, infants and children through age four can receive nutrition education, screening,and ental (tube feeding) foods. Activities and information are provided to promote positive breastfeeding experience.
For more information call 270-821-5242
If you are pregnant or a new mom, there is a free service called Text4baby. Text BABY to 511411 and get Free messages on your cell phone to help you through your pregnancy and your baby’s first year.
Families enrolled in the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) nutrition program are now able to use their mobile phones to find the nearest WIC – approved grocer, & see current benefits by going to www.EBTShopper.com
WIC is a 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 an electronic benefit card (eWIC card) that has food benefits to supplement their diet.
WIC Rights and Responsibilities
English:
I have been advised of my rights and obligations under the WIC Program. This includes the rights and responsibilities for the eWIC card and any household benefits issued to the cardholder account. I understand that I am also responsible for ensuring the security of the eWIC benefits card and the PIN. I certify that the information I provided for my eligibility determination is correct, to the best of my knowledge. This certification form is being submitted in connection with the receipt of Federal Assistance. Program officials may verify information on the Certification Form(s). I understand that intentionally making false or misleading statements or intentionally misrepresenting, concealing, or withholding facts may result in paying the state agency, in cash, the value of the food benefits improperly issued to me and may subject me to civil or criminal prosecution under State and Federal Law. I also understand that my name may be given to other health and welfare programs for eligibility purposes for that program. Spanish:
De mi propio libre voluntad, consiento a la atención que puede incluir exámenes, exámenes, pruebas de laboratorio, tratamientos, medicinas, radiografías, y cualquier otro servicio de salud que se me haya dado a mí o a la persona mencionada anteriormente por el personal o los agentes de este Departamento de salud. Entiendo que no se están haciendo garantías en cuanto al efecto de cualquier examen o tratamiento en mí o el individuo arriba nombrado. También entiendo que puedo ser sometido a una prueba de infección (VIH), hepatitis B, o cualquier otra enfermedad llevada por sangre o fluidos corporales, si tal (s) prueba(es) es necesaria para un diagnóstico, para ayudar en mi o el tratamiento de la persona mencionada anteriormente, o si un trabajador de salud está expuesto t o la sangre, los fluidos corporales o el tejido de la persona mencionada anteriormente, según sea aplicable por la ley.
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WIC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, and American Sign Language) should contact the responsible State or local Agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. To file a program discrimination complaint, a complainant should complete a Form AD 3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, which can be obtained online, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by: mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Conforme a la ley federal y las políticas y regulaciones de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta institución tiene prohibido discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, edad, discapacidad, venganza o represalia por actividades realizadas en el pasado relacionadas con los derechos civiles (no todos los principios de prohibición aplican a todos los programas).
La información del programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas además del inglés. Las personas con discapacidades que requieran medios de comunicación alternativos para obtener información sobre el programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra agrandada, grabación de audio y lenguaje de señas americano) deben comunicarse con la agencia estatal o local responsable que administra el programa o con el TARGET Center del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o comunicarse con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Transmisión de Información al (800) 877-8339.
Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe completar un formulario AD 3027, Formulario de queja por discriminación del programa del USDA, que se puede obtener en línea, en cualquier oficina del USDA, llamando al (866) 632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida al USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del reclamante, y una descripción escrita de la supuesta acción discriminatoria con suficiente detalle para informar al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles (ASCR, por sus siglas en inglés) sobre la naturaleza y la fecha de la presunta violación de los derechos civiles. La carta o el formulario AD-3027 completado debe enviarse al USDA por medio de:
correo postal: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; o´ fax: (833) 256-1665 o´ (202) 690-7442; correo electrónico: program.intake@usda.gov. Esta institución ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.
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