Women, Infants, and Children

WIC is a nutrition program that helps families eat well and stay healthy.

WIC program provides:

·         Nutrition Education – nutrition assessments, one-on-one counseling about food and nutrition, and breastfeeding to help you feed your family in a healthy way.

·         Healthy Foods – WIC gives you vouchers to buy healthy foods.

·         Health Services – WIC helps you with referrals to other health and social services.

Who is WIC for?

·         Women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or recently had a baby

·         Infants from birth to 1 year of age

·         Children from 1 year of age to their 5th birthday

To qualify for WIC you need to:

·         Have a nutritional and/or medical need

·         Meet the WIC income guidelines or be enrolled in another program such as MinnesotaCare