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Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Supplemental Nutrition Program

 

Program Description

WIC is a special supplemental nutrition program for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have recently had a baby, infants, and children under five years of age. The WIC Program provides supplemental foods (such as milk, cheese, cereal, eggs, beans, peanut butter, and juice), breastfeeding and nutrition education, and referral to health care.

 

Population Served

To be eligible for WIC, families must meet income eligibility guidelines, live in San Francisco, and have a nutritional or medical risk as documented by a health care provider.

 

Other Information

A person interested in participating in WIC must bring to the WIC clinic a medical referral form filled out by her/his doctor, proof of income such as a check stub, proof of address such as a utility bill, and identification such as California ID. For more information please call the main number 415-575-5788 or any of the WIC clinic numbers.

 

Locations & Contact

 

WIC Resources

 

WIC Services and Referral Guidelines (English, Spanish & Chineses)

 

WIC Can Help (WIC Income Guidelines, updated April 2009, Acrobat files)

WIC Referral Forms:

WIC Changing Lives (Acrobat file)

Other Resources

 

Guidelines for Healthy Meetings - Make it easier for people to make healthy food choices by providing healthy food at meetings and other events.

 

Farmers' Markets in San Francisco (list:,link to Chinese version for Farmers Markets English and Español - Note: if printing, this requires legal-size paper (Acrobat file, updated July, 2009) + greyscale version for single-color printers

 

Implementing the New California Lactation Law (Acrobat)

 

Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health

 

Maternal Health: Accessing Free or Low-Cost Care (Acrobat)

 

Pregnant?  Resources for Help

 

Substance Abuse Resources in San Francisco - Primarily for Pregnant Women and Parents with Children, September 2007 (Acrobat file, 28 pgs)

 

Voting in San Francisco

 

Breastfeeding Resources, 2004  (Acrobat file)

 

WIC Breastfeeding Handouts Available in: (Acrobat file)
Your Guide To Breastfeeding:
Positioning, Getting started, Four Ways To Hold Your Baby
English, Spanish, Chinese
Your Guide To Breastfeeding:
How To Tell If Baby Is Getting Enough Milk
English, Spanish, Chinese
Your Guide To Breastfeeding:
Caring For Your Breasts & Nipples
English, Spanish, Chinese
Engorgement & Sore Nipples English, Spanish, Chinese
Sore Breast: Plugged Ducts & Mastitis English, Spanish, Chinese
Pumping Your Breastmilk English, Spanish, Chinese
Breastfeeding Mothers Who Pump At Work Or School English, Spanish, Chinese
Storing Your Breastmilk English, Spanish, Chinese
Weaning Your Baby From Breastfeeding English, Spanish, Chinese

 

California Women Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program

 

Food Stamps

 

Women’s Health Services (Family Planning)

 

Women's Services

 



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