The WIC program is funded through the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, and is administered in Ohio by the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Nutrition Services (Women, Infants, and Children - WIC). WIC offers screenings for nutritional problems, nutrition and breastfeeding education, authorized supplemental foods, and referrals which are made to health or social services agencies. Therefore, WIC was authorized to provide supplemental nutritious foods and nutrition education as an adjunct to good health care during critical times of growth and development in order to prevent the occurrence of health problems and to improve existing health. Congress recognized that the physical and mental health of substantial numbers of pregnant women, infants, and young children were at special risk because of poor or inadequate nutrition, health care, or both.
Mothers who fully or partially (mostly) breastfeed their infants are eligible to participate in WIC for up to one year after giving birth.The WIC program was authorized by Public Law 92-433 which is a 1972 amendment to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. WIC staff provide moms with a breastfeeding assessment and help mom meet her breastfeeding goals. What's in your food package depends on how much you are breastfeeding and how much infant formula your baby may get from WIC. WIC's goal is to encourage mothers to breastfeed without supplementing with infant formula. WIC provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education and support supplemental, highly nutritious foods such as cereal, eggs, milk, whole grain foods, fruits and vegetables, and iron-fortified infant formula and referral to prenatal and pediatric health care and other maternal and child health and human service programs.Īs part of the WIC program, moms get nutritious food packages. Women Infant and Children (WIC) Authorized Food List
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