WIC Program

WIC is a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
 

Services

• Healthy foods: Milk, Juice, Cheese, Eggs, Cereal, Peanut Butter, Dried Beans and Peas, Infant Formula and Infant Cereal
• Nutritional information, Infant Feeding, Nutrition for Healthy Pregnancy, Child Growth and Development, Food Buying, Breastfeeding, and Postpartum Women's Health 
• Breastfeeding Support
• Loan of Electric Breastpumps to WIC Participant who meets loan requirements

Hours of Service
The WIC office is open Monday thru Friday, 8;00am - 5:00pm
 

Eligibility

All kinds of families qualify for WIC. You may or may not be working. You may be a student. You may be single or married. You may live with your parents. WIC is for: Pregnant women, Breastfeeding women who have had a baby in the last 12 months, Infants (birth to 1 year), Children (1 year to 5 years of age) and Postpartum women who have delivered in the last six (6) months.


To qualify you must:

• Meet federal income guidelines
• Have an interview with a Nutritionist
• Applicants must be seen at the WIC site to determine eligibility
• Provide proof of identification
• Provide proof of address

 
 What happens at a WIC visit?

• Your income information will be reviewed
• You will be asked questions about your health and your diet
• Height, weight, and blood test for iron deficiency will be done unless you bring the information from another clinic or doctor's office
• A Nutritionist will interview you 
• Any nutrition concerns or questions you have will be discussed
• If eligible, you will be given food instruments to take to the store to get your food

• Food and Nutrition Service
• N.C. Nutrition Services Branch
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• MyPlate
• Women's Health/Breastfeeding