Trumbull County WIC Program - Mespo WIC Clinic

About this clinic

In most WIC State agencies, WIC participants receive checks or vouchers to purchase specific foods each month that are designed to supplement their diets with specific nutrients that benefit WIC’s target population. In addition, some States issue an electronic benefit card to participants instead of paper checks or vouchers. The use of electronic cards is growing and all WIC State agencies are required to implement WIC electronic benefit transfer (EBT) statewide by October 1, 2020. A few State agencies distribute the WIC foods through warehouses or deliver the foods to participants’ homes. Different food packages are provided for different categories of participants. WIC foods include infant cereal, iron-fortified adult cereal, vitamin C-rich fruit or vegetable juice, eggs, milk, cheese, peanut butter, dried and canned beans/peas, and canned fish. Soy-based beverages, tofu, fruits and vegetables, baby foods, whole-wheat bread, and other whole-grain options were recently added to better meet the nutritional needs of WIC participants. WIC recognizes and promotes breastfeeding as the optimal source of nutrition for infants. For women who do not fully breastfeed, WIC provides iron-fortified infant formula. Special infant formulas and medical foods may be provided when prescribed by a physician for a specified medical condition.

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