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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

What is WIC?

WIC is a special nutrition program for women, infants, and children.

It provides free foods and nutritional advice.

WIC helps:

Pregnant women

Breastfeeding women

Women with a baby less than 6 months old

Infants

Children under 5

You can join WIC if you:

Live in Virginia

Meet moderate income guidelines

Have a nutritional need

Why get WIC?

Nutrition education

For free healthy foods

Where to get WIC?

You can only get WIC at your local health department. (Directions and scenes from each health department are available in the "Office Locations" section of this site)


How does WIC help the community?

1. WIC helps to prevent low birth weight babies

  • Gives pregnant women nutritional counseling
  • Gives referrals for prenatal care and classes
  • Provides healthy foods to "grow" a baby

2. The WIC program works to prevent iron-deficiency

3. WIC promotes breastfeeding

Virginia WIC Program Income Chart

Effective Date: July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

Economic Unit

 

Income

 

ANNUAL

MONTHLY

WEEKLY

1

16,391

1386

316

2

22,089

1,841

425

3

27,787

2,316

535

4

33,485

2,791

644

5

39,183

3,266

754

6

44,881

3,741

864

7

50,579

4,215

973

8

56,277

4,690

1,083

Each additional Person

+5,698

+475

+110

If income is reported as weekly, biweekly or semi-monthly, make the following calculations to convert into monthly or annual income:

Monthly Income Equals:

  • Weekly income X 4.3
  • Biweekly income (every 2 weeks) X 2.15
  • Semimonthly income (twice a month) X 2

Annual Income Equals:

  • Monthly X 12
  • Biweekly income (every 2 weeks) X 26
  • Semimonthly income (twice a month) X 24



 
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