[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Public Health and Human Services Signs WIC Contract for 2012

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Contact: Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services WIC Unit
573-874-7384

Public Health and Human Services Signs WIC Contract for 2012

COLUMBIA, MO (November 8, 2011) - WIC Program Provides Assistance for Eligible Women, Infants and Children

Public Health and Human Services Department Signs Annual WIC Contract

 

The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services recently signed the annual WIC contract to provide WIC services in Boone County again in 2012. WIC, or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program, provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and referrals to health care and community resources to participants. The WIC program is available at the Public Health and Human Services Department, 1005 West Worley Street in Columbia.

 

WIC applications can be processed over the phone (573-874-7384) or in person at the WIC office, Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm.

 

To be eligible, a person must:

*Be a pregnant woman; a breastfeeding woman who has had a baby in the last 12 months; a woman who has had a baby in the last six months; an infant; or a child up to the fifth birthday

*Reside in Missouri

*Meet the income eligibility scale - the gross annual household income cannot exceed 185% of the Federal poverty income guidelines. All Medicaid, Food Stamp and TANF recipients meet the WIC income eligibility criteria; and

*Have an identified nutritional risk as determined by a health professional. Nutritional problems include anemia, poor growth and previous poor pregnancy outcome, inadequate dietary intake and other nutrition related health problems.

 

Columbia/Boone County's WIC program currently averages about 30,000 visits per year. For more information about WIC or to make an appointment, please visit the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services at 1005 West Worley or call (573) 874-7384. 


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