All participants receive prescriptive supplemental foods along with nutrition education, breastfeeding support and referrals to attain life-long benefits of good nutrition and healthy lifestyles. WIC agencies in California provide client-centered services such as individual and group education, breastfeeding information, monthly food checks and referrals to community services. It is a cost-effective public health program. WIC Program is geared towards preventing anemia, poor birth outcomes, such as infant deaths, low birth weight, childhood obesity and to generally improve the nutrition and health of its participants. Families that meet income guidelines are provided with checks for buying healthy foods/supplements, nutrition education and help finding other necessary community services. This is done by providing nutritional education and healthy foods/supplements during critical stages of development so that children can achieve required nutritional status. Unlike most welfare programs, WIC is a short-term intervention meant to give California's most vulnerable population the best possible start.
The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program - California is a federal funded health and nutrition program that serves pregnant, breastfeeding, and new mothers, infants and children below five years of age whose family income is low to moderate and are at nutrition risk.
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