[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Boone County WIC Program Recognized

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Erin Harris, WIC Supervisor
573-874-7384 or emharris at gocolumbiamo.com

Boone County WIC Program Recognized

COLUMBIA, MO (December 17, 2012) - The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services' WIC program recently received a Certificate of Excellence from the Missouri WIC Association. WIC, or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program, provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and health care/community resource referrals to participants. Additionally, Public Health and Human Services officials signed the annual WIC contract to provide WIC services in Boone County again in 2013. 

 

WIC applications can be processed over the phone by calling 573-874-7384 or in person at the WIC office, located inside Public Health and Human Services at 1005 West Worley in Columbia, Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

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 Level 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 pregnancy outcome, inadequate dietary intake and other nutrition related health problems.

 

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


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