The Tri-County Health Department is sponsoring a WIC clinic for Worth County at the Grant City United Methodist Church every 1st Monday. The next date will be November 5th.
The WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children which helps children to eat healthy and stay well. It provides supplemental foods to assist women, infants, and children under 5 as well as breastfeeding support for postpartum women.
People who are eligible include women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum, infants up to one year old, and children between the ages of 1 to 5. Recipients must meet certain income and nutritional guidelines.
Infants who are not breast-fed get infant formula along with cereal and orange juice at the proper age. Women and children get milk, cheese, eggs, cereal high in iron and low in sugar, fruit juice with vitamin C, and peanut butter, dried peas, or beans. Women who are breastfeeding and not receiving infant formula get tuna and carrots.
For more information, contact the Tri-County Health Department at (660) 783-2707.
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