WIC Food & Nutrition
Sometimes it takes more than medical appointments to stay healthy. That’s why our team also provides WIC nutrition program for women, infants, and children.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – better known as the WIC program – serves to safeguard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health care.
WIC Services:
- Nutritious Food Access and Supplementation
- Health Education
- Pregnancy Education
- Breastfeeding Support and Information
- Screenings and Referrals to Services
WIC Eligibility:
- Pregnant women (through pregnancy and up to 6 weeks after birth or after pregnancy ends).
- Breastfeeding women (up to infant’s 1st birthday)
- Non-breastfeeding postpartum women (up to 6 months after the birth of an infant or after pregnancy ends)
- Infants (up to 1st birthday). WIC serves 53 percent of all infants born in the United States.
- Children up to their 5th birthday.
HICHC WIC Locations:
- Pāhoa Family Health
- Kaʻū Family Health and Dental
- Waikoloa Family Health
- Kealakehe Family Health and Dental