12 Days of Services: WIC

12 Days of Services: WIC

 On the twelfth day of Christmas, DCHC highlights these services to you: WIC (Woman, Infant & Children) Services.

  • Qualifications for the program include: 
    • Women 
      • Pregnant (during pregnancy and up to 6 weeks after the birth of an infant or the end of the pregnancy
      • Postpartum (up to six months after the birth of the infant or the end of the pregnancy)
      • Breastfeeding (up to the infant’s first birthday)
    • Infants up to the first birthday.
    • Children up to the fifth birthday.
  • Qualified individuals will get nutrition education and counseling, supplemental nutritious foods (including formula), and height/weight and iron assessments.