Tag: nutrition
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WIC Income Guidelines Increase: Who’s Eligible Now?
MONTGOMERY – Alabama families may qualify for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, if you are a woman who is pregnant, who had a baby within the past six months, who is breastfeeding or is the parent or guardian of a child up to age 5, you are encouraged…
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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…