Call the state WIC Nutrition Program office at 1-80.

You can find your WIC clinic phone number here

Use the WICShopper app at the store to double check an item and see if an item is on the allowed list.

Use the WIC Shopping Guide to see what foods are approved and make a shopping list prior to shopping.

Not all foods on store shelves are WIC approved. You must buy the exact brands and sizes of foods from the approved WIC foods list.

Make a plan to use WIC fruit and vegetable benefits while this temporary increase lasts. Starting October 1, 2022, WIC is increasing the fruit and vegetable benefits! WIC participants will get more money for frozen and fresh fruits and vegetables each month.

Good sources of calcium, such as, milk, cheese, yogurt and fortified soy beverages.

A variety of protein foods such as eggs, dried/canned beans, lentils, peanut butter and tofu.

Breakfast cereals fortified with iron and low in sugar.

WIC provides a wide variety of healthy foods that includes: WIC supports successful, long-term breastfeeding. To find out all the foods available through your WIC benefits, select your state below.WIC foods meet the special nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum moms, infants, and children up to 5 years old. Some of the foods available through the WIC program include eggs, cheese, infant and adult cereal, fruits and vegetables, canned fish, peanut butter and canned beans and peas and more. Special infant formulas and medical foods may be available when prescribed by a physician for specific medical needs and conditions. For women who do not breastfeed fully, WIC provides iron-fortified infant formula. WIC believes and promotes breastfeeding as an optimal source of nutrition for infants. Also, instead of having to visit your local WIC clinic each month for new checks our vouchers, your eWIC card will automatically be refilled electronically. From there, the POS system would deduct the amount from your current WIC balance. Instead of using the checks or vouchers at checkout, you would hand the cashier your WIC EBT Card and they would swipe it like a normal debit or credit card. This replaces the paper checks and vouchers with a WIC EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) Card. In some states they have rolled out the new eWIC system. The foods specified are designed to supplement your diet with specific nutrients that benefits you and your child's needs.

Each month you would go down to a WIC clinic nearby and they would issue the checks or vouchers.

In most cases, if you are receiving WIC benefits in your state, you are given WIC checks or vouchers that allow you to purchase WIC approved foods at your local grocery store.

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