To find out all the foods available through your WIC benefits, select your state below. Some of the foods available through the WIC program include eggs, cheese, infant and adult cereal, fruits and vegetables, canned fish, peanut butter and canned beans and peas and more. Special infant formulas and medical foods may be available when prescribed by a physician for specific medical needs and conditions. For women who do not breastfeed fully, WIC provides iron-fortified infant formula. WIC believes and promotes breastfeeding as an optimal source of nutrition for infants. Also, instead of having to visit your local WIC clinic each month for new checks our vouchers, your eWIC card will automatically be refilled electronically. From there, the POS system would deduct the amount from your current WIC balance. Instead of using the checks or vouchers at checkout, you would hand the cashier your WIC EBT Card and they would swipe it like a normal debit or credit card. This replaces the paper checks and vouchers with a WIC EBT (Electronic benefit transfer) Card. In some states they have rolled out the new eWIC system. The foods specified are designed to supplement your diet with specific nutrients that benefits you and your child's needs. Each month you would go down to a WIC clinic nearby and they would issue the checks or vouchers. At this visit, your household income and the medical/nutrition status of each applicant will be reviewed.In most cases, if you are receiving WIC benefits in your state, you are given WIC checks or vouchers that allow you to purchase WIC approved foods at your local grocery store. The Alabama Approved Foods Brochure includes information on what foods and brands are WIC approved and the Shopping List indicates the specific types and quantities of WIC foods that have been allowed for your household. The local WIC office will give you an appointment to see if you are eligible for WIC. Use the Alabama WIC Approved Foods Brochure that your WIC clinic gave you to plan and shop with your eWIC card. Find the local phone number in the list or call 1-80 and ask for the phone number of your local WIC office. To apply for WIC, contact a local WIC office.
Prescreening Tool is available in multiple languages. * Note: Use the WIC Prescreening Tool to see if you might be eligible for WIC. You can do this by calling WIC EBT Customer Service at 1-86 or by going to the WIC EBT website. If there is a WIC EBT Point of Sale (POS) machine at the store, you can also slide your card and enter your PIN to get your balance.
If you have a WIC EBT Card and have questions or problems using your card, call WIC EBT Customer Service at 1-86.Ĭheck your balance before shopping. WIC provides the following at no cost: healthy foods, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care and community services.įlorida WIC clients use a WIC EBT card to purchase WIC approved foods at authorized WIC grocery stores. WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children.
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