Lawrence County WIC Program - Chesapeake

About this clinic

WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. WIC helps income eligible pregnant and breastfeeding women, women who recently had a baby, infants, and children up to five years of age who are at health risk due to inadequate nutrition. The program improves pregnancy outcomes by providing or referring to support services necessary for full-term pregnancies; reduces infant mortality by reducing the incidence of low birth weight (infants under 5 ½ pounds are at greater risk of breathing problems, brain injuries and physical abnormalities), and provides infants and children with a healthy start in life by improving poor or inadequate diets. WIC provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education and support; supplemental, highly nutritious foods such as cereal, eggs, milk, whole grain foods, fruits and vegetables, and iron-fortified infant formula; and referral to prenatal and pediatric health care and other maternal and child health and human service programs (examples: Head Start, Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps).

Type: Clinic/Application Site

WIC foods: Milk: Cow’s Milk, Nonfat Dry Milk, Low Lactose or Lactose Free Milk, Soy Milk; Juice; Cereals: Cold Cereals, Hot Cereals (Regular or Original Flavor Only); Whole Grains: Whole Wheat or Whole Grain Bread, Buns, Tortillas, Brown Rice, Oatmeal; Peanut Butter; Beans or Peas: Dried Beans or Peas, Canned Beans; Eggs; Cheese; Tofu; Fruits and Vegetables; Fish: Canned Tuna, Canned Salmon; Dry Infant Cereal; Baby Foods; Formulas