​Jackson County W.I.C. Program
(Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) 

WIC is a Nutrition and Health Education Program funded by the Ohio Department of Health via the United States Department of Agriculture.
 
WIC services include:

• Nutrition & Breastfeeding Education and Support
• Supplemental foods supplying key nutrients
• Referral to health care providers and community programs
• Height checks, weight checks and iron testing.

 
The supplemental foods WIC provides promote good health for pregnant women, women who just had a baby, breastfeeding moms, infants and children up to age five years. The foods are loaded onto a WIC Nutrition Card {WNC}  to redeem at participating grocers throughout the state. WIC earns money for our community vendors.
 
To qualify for WIC:

• You must live in Ohio
• Have medical/nutritional risk based on health & diet information assessed by a health professional {HP} at time of certification
• Meet WIC income guidelines which are 185% of Federal Poverty Income Guidelines but can be eligible up to 200% of Poverty Income Guidelines if receiving assistance from: Click Here! for current Income Guidelines
  • Ohio Works First
  • SNAP Food Assistance
  • Medicaid Programs

​ Jackson County WIC is a walk-in clinic, open Monday through Friday from 8am to 4:30pm. In order to best serve participants for certification please visit the office between 8am and 11am and 12:30pm to 3:30pm.
 
What to Expect at a Certification Visit

• Income/address/IDs are verified
• Parent/Guardian completes a Health History for each qualifying participant which is assessed by the Health Professional {HP}
• HP will take heights & weights of each participant
• Iron testing will be performed.
  • Iron levels are checked with a drop of blood via finger prick using the Hemoglobin for children 3 years or younger
  • or by using the bloodless Pronto machine for older children and women
• Program participants need to visit the WIC office every 3 months to load their WIC Nutrition Card {WNC} with new food benefits
• Certification visits are done every 6 months
• participants need to visit WIC every 3 months to load food benefits to their WIC nutrition Card.  At these visits, clients have the opportunity for weight/iron checks and to speak with a Health Professional.  Visits with HP aren't limited; clients can come in more often than quarterly if needed.

 
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For more information on services please contact or visit them at:
Rebecca Akers
740-286-5443
Monday - Friday
8:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.
12:30 P.M.-3:00 P.M.
73-A East Huron Street
Jackson, OH 45640
wicjackson@odh.ohio.gov