The Georgia

WIC program currently provides vouchers for supplemental foods such as

cereal, eggs, juice, milk, peanut butter and infant formula to approximately

243,000 low-income women, infants and children. Women also receive nutrition

counseling, breastfeeding support and referrals to other health and social

services.

Eligibility

for WIC is based on nutritional need and gross income. Both working and

unemployed women who are pregnant or have recently given birth and meet

income guidelines are eligible.

Information

about WIC is available at all county health departments, some military

bases, and at Grady Health Systems and Southside Healthcare, Inc. in Atlanta.

You may also call 1-866-814-5468, or go to https://health.state.ga.us/programs/wic.

WIC is 100 percent federally funded and administered by the Georgia Department

of Human Resources, Division of Public Health.

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