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Program Description:

If you are a pregnant, breastfeeding or postpartum woman or have children under age 5, you maybe eligible for WIC's specialized nutrition services.

WIC stands for Women, Infants, and Children and is a special supplemental nutrition program that is funded by the Department of Agriculture at the national level, by the Ohio Department of Health at the state level, and by the City of Cincinnati Department of Health at the local level.

WIC provides:
* Nutrition Education and Counseling
* Breastfeeding Support
* Nutritious foods such as milk, fruit juices, cheese, egges, cereals, and peanut butter or beans
* Infant formula can also be provided if needed as a supplement to breastfeeding or if breastfeeding is not an option

Many working families can participate in the WIC program. Eligibility is based on 6 requirements:
* Physical Presence-applicant must be physically present at certification visits
* Medical/Nutritional Needs-applicant must be determined to be at medical or nutritional risk by a registered dietitian in the WIC program
* Categorical-applicant must be either a pregnant, postpartum or breastfeeding woman or a child from birth to five years of age
* Income-applicant must have income within the Ohio WIC income guidelines (see guidelines below)
* Hamilton County Residency
* Identification-applicatant must provide personal indentifying information

Who is eligible?
Pregnant and breastfeeding women; women who recently had a baby; infants birth through 12 months; children 1 to 5 years; who are:
Present at the clinic appointment, and provide proof of identity;
Residents of the State of Ohio;
Determined by health professionals to be at medical/nutritional risk; and
Meets income guidelines - 185% of Federal Poverty Income Guidelines.

Ohio WIC Program Income Guidelines

In order to be eligible for WIC, the gross countable income of the economic unit, of which the applicant/participant is a member, must be less than or equal to the Ohio WIC program income guidelines for economic unit size provided in the following chart. WIC income guidelines are updated each year.

 

 * A Pregnant woman counts as 2 -  For Income guidelines for family size larger than 9 people, please call 821-6949
Revised 4/08

How To Apply

WIC clinics are located in all 88 Ohio counties. Applicants can call the Help Me Grow Helpline at 1-800-755-GROW(4769) for specific clinic locations or call your county WIC clinic (see WIC Clinic Directory button on the first page for your county WIC clinic phone number.)

You can also apply by clicking on http://jfs.ohio.gov/OHP/consumers/Application.stm , completing a Combined Programs Application and mailing it to the WIC clinic in your area. Please note that you must schedule an appointment at the clinic, too.

Contact us today. We can let you know if you qualify fiancially by telephone in just a couple of minutes. Appointments are available at 18 locations throughout Hamilton County. Evening appointments available at many locations. For general information please call (513) 821-6946 or (513) 821-7012.

To Schedule an Appointment please call a WIC office in your neighborhood.

 

 

 

Clement Health Center                                           Norwood BMF Clinic                                East End Health Center
3101 Burnet Avenue (45229)                                   4623 Wesley Avenue (45212)                   4027 Eastern Avenue (45226)
357-7340                                                              458-5678                                                321-1395

 

Price Hill Health Center                                          Elm Street Health Center                         Roselawn
2136 W. 8th Street (45204)                                    1525 Elm Street (45202)                           7710 Reading Road Suite 001 (45237) 
357-2727                                                              352-3816                                                 821-6813

 
Forest Park                                                          West End Health Center                            Mt. Healthy
924 Waycross Road (45240)                                  1413 Linn Street (45214)                           7801 Affinity Place (45231)
742-3555                                                              352-3566                                                 522-4300

 

Harrison BMF Clinic                                              Lincoln Heights Health Center                    Millvale Health Center
10400 New Haven Road (45030)                             1401 Steffen Avenue (45215)                      3301 Beekman Street (45225)
367-5383                                                              769-5290                                                  352-3199

 

Western Hills                                                        Winton Hills Health Center                         University Hospital OB/GYN Clinic
4966 Glenway Ave Suite 301 (45238)                      5275 Winneste Avenue (45232)                   584-8220
251-4700                                                              242-1720