Wic State Agency, 1806 Seneca Dr, Ottawa, IL 61350, US

WIC Clinic is a government program available to pregnant, breast feeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to age five and provides basic nutritious foods to eligible women, as well as infants and children. These foods are rich in protein, iron, calcium and vitamins A and C. These are key nutrients commonly lacking in the diets of the WIC target population. Women and children participating in WIC receive food vouchers for milk, cheese, eggs, cereals high in iron, peanut butter or dried beans or peas, and fruit or vegetable juices high in vitamin C. Women who exclusively breastfeed their babies may also receive carrots and canned tuna fish. Participants exchange WIC food vouchers at authorized retail grocery stores and pharmacies. To be eligible women and children must be a resident of the state or receive health care in the state. Aliens are eligible to apply as long as they reside in the state. Participants must have a family income less than 185 percent of the United States Poverty Income Guidelines. A person receiving Medicaid, Work First Families Assistance (AFDC), or Food Stamps automatically meets the income eligibility requirement. Those eligible must be at nutritional risk. A nutritionist or other health professional makes the nutritional risk assessment at no cost to the participant. The WIC program serves more than 190,000 women, infants and children each month.