STE GENEVIEVE – The Ste Genevieve County Health Department has announced that a contract to continue providing WIC (Women, Infant and Children) services for federal fiscal year 2021-2022 has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
WIC is a nutrition education, health promotion and supplemental food program to assist women, infants and children who have nutritional needs.
Women who are pregnant, postpartum (pregnancy ended less than six months ago) or breastfeeding, infants under 12 months old and children under the age of five are potentially eligible for the WIC program. Participants must be a resident of Missouri, meet income guidelines and have a nutritional risk.
If they are receiving Medicaid, TANF or food stamps they automatically qualify. If eligible, participants will be given nutrition education, referrals and EBT benefits for nutritious foods to buy at participating grocery stores. Breastfeeding support and peer counseling services are also available to pregnant and breastfeeding moms under this contract.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider.
To see if you qualify for the WIC program, stop by the Ste Genevieve County Health Department at 115 Basler Drive, Ste Genevieve, MO 63670 or call 573-883-7411.