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Mothers on WIC __**Mission Statement **__ To safeguard the health of low- income women, infants, and children up to the age of 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to healthcare. =What is WIC? =

WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) is a federal grant program designed to provide education for optimal nutrition for pregnant women, new mothers, and young children during a critical stage of growth and development. The program targets low- income women who may be unaware or unable to provide proper nutrition for themselves and their young children.

The program was established in 1972 and made permanent in 1974. it is administered by the Food and Nutrition Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

__The program is designed for: __

 * Pregnant women (through pregnancy and up to 6 weeks after birth or after pregnancy ends).
 * Breastfeeding women (up to infant’s 1st birthday)
 * Nonbreastfeeding postpartum women (up to 6 months after the birth of an infant or after pregnancy ends)
 * Infants (up to 1st birthday). WIC serves 53 percent of all infants born in the United States.
 * Children up to their 5th birthday.
 * Children up to their 5th birthday.

Family Member || + $7,437 || +$620 || +$310 || +$287 || +$144 || The effects on a family size with a person who is pregnant. A women who is pregnant and does not meet the income eligibility requirement on her family size and income will be re-looked based upon rise in one or number of multiple births.
 * Who is Eligible for WIC? **
 * Family Size || Annual || *Monthly || Twice- Monthly || Bi-Weekly || *Weekly ||
 * 1 || $ 21,257 || $1,772 || $886 || $818 || $ 409 ||
 * 2 || 28,694 || 2,392 || 1,196 || 1,104 || 552 ||
 * 3 || 36,131 || 2,392 || 1,506 || 1,390 || 695 ||
 * 4 || 43,568 || 3,011 || 1,816 || 1,676 || 838 ||
 * 5 || 51,005 || 3,631 || 2,126 || 1,962 || 981 ||
 * 6 || 58,442 || 4,251 || 2,436 || 2,248 || 1,124 ||
 * 7 || 65,879 || 4,871 || 2,745 || 2,534 || 1,267 ||
 * 8 || 73,316 || 5,490 || 3,055 || 2,820 || 1,410 ||
 * Each additional

A mother must have proof that has multiple births have occurred. WIC Federal Income Guidelines has come into affect from April 2013- to June 30, 2012 it is based on Income from Deductions or Gross.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">WIC Food Packages __
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The WIC food packages provide supplemental foods designed to meet the special nutritional needs of low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, non-breastfeeding postpartum women, infants and children up to five years of age who are at nutritional risk. WIC food packages and nutrition education are the chief means by which WIC affects the dietary quality and habits of participants.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Electronic copies of actual package flats or labels for the product. For those foods that must comply with the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 and relevant Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling regulations (21 CFR Parts 100-169), include electronic copies of the Nutrition Facts panels. Files should be JPG or GIF formats.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Universal Product Code (UPC)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Nutrient profiles for the product, in the form as sold or at standard dilution (if relevant), expressed in metric measurements in accordance with applicable Federal WIC regulations (7 CFR Part 246.10).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Ingredients of the product, listed in decreasing order of predominance by weight.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Include written verification that the product meets Federal WIC requirements. For example, is the juice 100% fruit/vegetable juice; what is the vitamin C fortification level in milligrams per 100 milliliters?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Copies of product literature, if available, providing additional details about the development and/or intended use of the product, such as brochures or monographs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Available forms of the product.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Types and sizes of all product package containers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Average/suggested retail prices for the product per container size.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Date when the product will be available on the market, if it is a new item.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Expected or current geographic and store distribution of the product (e.g., confirmation that the product is or will be available nationally or just in certain states or regions of the United States and its territories and a list of the major chain stores that will sell or currently sell the product).

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">WIC Food Brochure __
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=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Types of WIC Checks =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Regular WIC Checks
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">WIC checks can be accepted by most local grocery and neighborhood stores. A person can also use coupons and discounts when purchasing with WIC checks

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Farmer's Market Checks
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Checks can only be used at WIC approved Farmers Market during the months of June through October. Person(s) can use checks to buy fresh fruits and vegetables except white potatoes.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Fruit and Vegetable Checks
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Checks for fruit and vegetables are given monthly based upon eligibility.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Breastfeed your Baby = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Breastfeeding a baby is health for mother and baby(s). WIC promotes breast-feeding and helps with providing education on the nutritional basis of breastfeeding.

= = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Research has shown that there is no better food than breast milk for a baby’s first year of life. Breastfeeding provides many health, nutritional, economical and emotional benefits to mother and baby. Since a major goal of the WIC Program is to improve the nutritional status of infants, WIC mothers are encouraged to breastfeed their infants. WIC has historically promoted breastfeeding to all pregnant women as the optimal infant feeding choice, unless medically contraindicated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Breastfeeding Promotion and Support **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">WIC mothers choosing to breastfeed are provided information through counseling and breastfeeding educational materials.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Breastfeeding mothers receive follow-up support through peer counselors.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Breastfeeding mothers are eligible to participate in WIC longer than non-breastfeeding mothers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mothers who exclusively breastfeed their infants receive an enhanced food package.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Breastfeeding mothers can receive breast pumps, breast shells or nursing supplementers to help support the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.

Making healthy food choices with regular physical activity will keep you healthy.



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Immunizing children against certain diseases is one important way to help them stay healthy. WIC’s mission is to be a partner with other services that are key to childhood and family well-being, such as immunization. As an adjunct to services that provide immunizations, the WIC Program’s role is to find out about a child’s need for immunizations and share that information with parents, including where to get a child immunized. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Because immunization rates of low-income children continue to lag behind those of more affluent children, a White House Executive Memorandum was issued in December 2000 directing WIC to screen the immunization records of all infants and children under the age of two at WIC certification visits. Parents are encouraged to bring their infant/child’s immunization record to WIC appointments so that WIC staff can review the record as part of the WIC certification process. WIC provides a referral to immunization services, ideally to the child’s usual source of medical care. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Immunization records and/or an infant/child’s immunization status are in no way tied to the receipt of WIC benefits.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Immunization Screening and Referral **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">For information on WIC’s role in immunization promotion, contact your [|State WIC agency.] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">For information regarding childhood immunizations, call the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">The CDC immunization hotline at
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Visit the American Academy of Pediatrics website on their Childhood Immunization Support Program at @http://www.cispimmunize.org/ ,to see the latest immunization recommendations and schedule.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">1-800-232-2522 (English)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">1-800-232-0233 (Spanish)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Or visit CDC’s Vaccines and Immunizations website at @http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">How To Apply for WIC ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">To apply for WIC, just call a local WIC office and make an appointment. At the appointment, the client will be weighed, measured, and have an iron screening. The client will then speak with a nutritionist for suggestions on eating healthy and will be given any referrals that they may need. The nutritionist will provide a food prescription along with checks for healthy foods. Fathers, grandparents, and foster parents can also apply for WIC to receive supplemental nutrition benefits for infants and children who are five years old or younger in their care. If the appointment is for a child, the child will have to go to the appointment with the parent or guardian. At this time, the child will be screened for iron in the blood and growth development.

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__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">What Can We Do ? **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The most effective thing to do would be to increase awareness of the WIC program. The program gets a good amount of funding from the federal government but If more women are aware of these health alternatives, they can make different choices for themselves and their children. Assistance is only as good as one's awareness of it.

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> [|East Bay Community Action Program]150 Franklin St Bristol 02809 > Phone: 401-253-7577 > [|Tri-Town Community Action Agency (WIC Acency)]185 Main St Burriville 02859 > Phone: 401-567-0510 > [|Childrens Friend Family Support Center]621 Dexter St Central Falls 02863 > Phone: 401-752-7827 > [|Family Health Services of Coventry]191 MacArthur Blvd Coventry 02816 > Phone: 401-828-5335 > [|Family Health Services of Cranston]1090 Cranston St Cranston 02920 > Phone: 401-943-1981 > [|Wood River Health Services]823 Main St Hope Valley 02832 > Phone: 401-539-2461 > [|Tri-Town Community Health Center]1126 Hartford Ave Johnston 02919 > Phone: 401-351-2750 > [|East Bay Community Action Program]19 Broadway Newport 02840 > Phone: 401-847-7821 > [|Thundermist Health Center of South County (WIC Agency)]50 East Ct. North Kingstown 02852 > Phone: 401-398-8708 > [|Childrens Friend (WIC Agency)]500 Prospect St Pawtucket 02860 > Phone: 401-721-6463 > [|Friendship Center]350 Point St. Providence 02903 > Phone: 401-752-7781 > [|Chad Brown (Intenational Institute)]645 Elmwood Ave Providence 02907 > Phone: 401-444-0530 > [|St. Josephs Health Services (WIC Agency)]21 Peace St Providence 02907 > Phone: 401-456-4045 > [|WIC State Program Office]3 Capitol Hill Providence 02908 > Phone: 401-222-5960 > [|Women & Infants Hospital (Outpatient Nutrition Services)]101 Dudley Street, MOC - Suite 565 Providence 02905 > Phone: 401-274-1122 ext 276 > [|Scalabrini Dukevich Center]300 Laurel Hill Avenue Providence 02909 > Phone: 401-632-4770 > [|Allen Berry Health Center]355 Prairie Ave Providence 02907 > Phone: 401- 444-0570 > [|Capitol Hill Health Center]40 Candace St Providence 02908 > Phone: 401-444-0550 > [|Chad Brown Health Center]285A Chad Brown St Providence 02908 > Phone: 401-274-6339 > [|Olneyville Health Center]100 Curtis St Providence 02909 > Phone: 401-444-0540 > [|Chafee Health Center]1 Warren Way Providence 02905 > Phone: 401-444-0530 > [|East Bay Family Health Care]100 Bullocks Point Ave Riverside 02915 > Phone: 401-437-1008 > [|East Bay Community Action Program]1048 Stafford Road Tiverton 02878 > Phone: 401-625-1364 > [|Thundermist Health Center of South County]1 River St Wakefield 02879 > Phone: 401-783-0523 > [|West Bay Community Action]205 Buttonwoods Ave Warwick 02886 > Phone: 401-732-4660 > [|West Bay Community Action]145 Washington St West Warwick 02893 > Phone: 401-826-3230 > [|Wood River Health Services (WIC Agency)]93 Tower St Westerly 02891 > Phone: 401-387-9611 > [|Thundermist Health Center]450 Clinton St Woonsocket 02895 > Phone: 401-767-4100
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=References= Janet M. Wojcicki, Melvin B. Heyman, Use of food labels, awareness of nutritional programmes and participation in the special supplemental program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005–2006), // Maternal & Child Nutrition //, 2013, ** 9 ** , 2

Gemelli, M. (2008). Understanding the Complexity of Attitudes of Low-Income Single Mothers Toward Work and Family in the Age of Welfare Reform. Gender Issues, 25(2), 101.

Food and Nutrition service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. //Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">State of Rhode Island Department of Health. Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). http://www.health.ri.gov/programs/wic//