Program Description
The US Health & Human Services Dept. has launched the WIC Program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance to Women, Infants and Children) which aims to provide Total health care at No Cost to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to 5 years of age.
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 risk conditions).
General Program Requirements
In order to qualify for this benefit program, you must be a breastfeeding and postpartum woman, infant or child up to 5 years of age and: (1) are individually determined by a health professional to be at nutrition risk; and, (2) 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.
WIC Program