WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program offers supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.

WIC provides monthly benefits for buying nutritious foods, breastfeeding support and guidance to improve participants’ health and nutrition.

Anyone who is a caregiver of a child, including grandparents and foster parents, may apply for WIC.

Families receiving Medicaid, TANF or SNAP already meet income eligibility requirements. Children in foster care under age five are automatically eligible for WIC. To check eligibility and apply, families can use the application found on First5SC, reach out to their WIC county offices or contact WIC directly at 1-855-4-SCDHEC.

South Carolina Early Advisory Council

First Five SC is a collaborative effort of SC public services and supported by the Early Childhood Advisory Council.

"The project described was supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0080-02-01 from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."

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