Women Infants And Children Program (WIC) | Lorain County Public Health
Provides supplemental food vouchers, nutrition education, counseling, support and referral services to eligible women, children, fathers, and kinship caregivers. Nursing mothers are provided with information and education on breastfeeding.
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Physical Address
9880 Murray Ridge Road, Elyria, OH 44035
Hours
By appointment only.
Voice
Application process
Call the WIC office to check eligibility and to schedule an appointment. NOTE: All WIC text messages, including appointment reminders, news/updates, will come from 22300. Clients are automatically enrolled in this texting program while they have WIC. If client has opted out of WIC's text message system, text "alert" to 22300 to re-enroll. If a client has opted out they will no longer receive appointment reminders, farm market voucher information, breastfeeding information, surveys, missed appointment notices, and any other information from the WIC program.
Fee
No fee.
Eligibility
- Participants must be income-eligible, have nutritional need, and live in Ohio. - Must also be one of the following: -- Pregnant woman. -- Postpartum woman, up to six (6) months postpartum. -- Breastfeeding woman, up to 12 months postpartum. -- Infant/child up to 5 years old.
Languages
Spanish.
Service area
Lorain County, Ohio
Agency info
Lorain County Public Health
Responsible for preventing disease and promoting health in Lorain County. Offers a wide range of health services, birth and death certificates, child safety seat instruction and distribution, communicable disease control, food service inspection, immunizations, public health nursing, WIC, lead poisoning screening, and many other programs.