WIC Program Seeks Public Comment about 2019 State Plan

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC provides nutrition education and supplemental foods, and serves pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women and children up to age 5 whose family incomes are up to 185 percent of poverty. Special emphasis is placed on the participation of infants, children and high-risk pregnant women.

The WIC Program regulations require public comment from interested individuals in the writing of the 2019 State Plan of Program Operations for the WIC Program. The plan may be reviewed online at http://alabamapublichealth.gov/wic/ between Sept. 4-18, 2018.

Written comments may be e-mailed via the adph.org website or mailed to the following address by Sept. 18, 2018:

Alabama Department of Public Health
WIC Program, Attention Amanda Martin
The RSA Tower, Suite 1300
201 Monroe St.
P.O. Box 303017
Montgomery, Ala. 36130-3017

Telephone: (334) 206-5673