Services List: Women, Infants and Children's Nutrition Program (WIC)
WIC has been helping families for over 30 years, preventing children’s health problems and improving their health, growth and development. WIC children enter school ready to learn and show better cognitive performance.
To find out if you are eligible to become a WIC participant, please call your local health department or visit www.nwica.org. You can also find more information on the Georgia WIC website at http://health.state.ga.us/programs/wic/. WIC uses the same income guidelines as the School Lunch program. All WIC services a free of charge. Clients must show proof of income, home address and identification at the first visit.
Already on WIC…go to http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Learning_Center/WICfood_recipes.html for recipes that use WIC foods.
Eating well is only one piece of the puzzle. Visit http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Food_Fun/active_play1.htm for information on exercise activities that you can do with your children.
Visit the Food pyramid at http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html to help make a plan for you and your family to continue to eat right.
Link to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Nondiscrimination Statement for Food and Nutrition Services Programs: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fns/non-discrimination.htm
WWW Address: http://www.gachd.org/services-list/women_infants_and_childrens_nu_1.php