WIC
What is WIC?
WIC is a supplemental food program that provides nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, education, nutritious foods and referrals to healthcare services. WIC improves the health of pregnant, breastfeeding, postpartum women, infants and children up to age 5.
- WIC State Website
- WIC Prescreening Tool
- Approved Food Brochure (Spanish)
- Approved Food Brochure (English)
- Income Guidelines for the WIC Program (English)
- Pautas de ingresos para el programa WIC (Español)
- Greenup County Farmers Market
What is WIC?
WIC is a supplemental food program that provides nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support, education, nutritious foods and referrals to healthcare services. WIC improves the health of pregnant, breastfeeding, postpartum women, infants and children up to age 5.
How WIC Supports Breastfeeding
WIC promotes, supports and encourages mothers to breastfeed their babies for the many provden health, nutrition and emotional benefits to both mothers and babies. Breastfeeding is the best way to both nourish and nurture your baby.
Currently, more than half of U.S. infants benefit from the WIC nutrition program.
Learning to breastfeed takes practice for you and your baby.