WIC Program - Women, Infants, Children

WIC stands for Women, Infants and Children. WIC is a special supplemental food program that provides nutritious foods, milk, juice, formula and other items to low income pregnant or breastfeeding women, infants and children up to age five.

WIC has been shown to improve the health of pregnant women, new mothers and their infants and children. The foods provided through WIC are a good source of essential nutrients that are often missing from the diets of women and young children. WIC participants have longer healthier pregnancies and fewer premature births. Click here if the information on this page needs to be updated.

To Qaulify For WIC

You can receive WIC benefits if you meet all four of these requirements:

1. You must be:

          * A pregnant woman of any age;
          * An infant or child up to five years of age;
          * A mother of a baby that is up to six months of age; OR
          * A breastfeeding mother of a baby that is up to 12 months of age.

2. You must be a resident of New York State, but you do not need to be a U.S. citizen.

3. You must meet the income eligibility guidelines (click here) OR be receiving benefits from Food Stamps, Medicaid or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

4. Your medical or nutritional needs must be assessed by a WIC health care professional to determine which benefits are available to you.

To Apply For WIC

Call your local agency to make an appointment.

          * View a listing of local agencies (click here) providing WIC services.

          * Call the Growing Up Healthy Hotline to locate the WIC Local Agency nearest to you: 1-800-522-5006

Source: www.state.ny.us