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Adair County WIC Announces Continued WIC Contract & Income Guidelines For The 2023 Fiscal Year

The Adair County WIC Agency announces a contract continuance to provide WIC services for federal fiscal year 2023 has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a special supplemental nutrition program providing services to pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to their 5th…

Adair County WIC Announces Continued WIC Contract & Income Guidelines

KIRKSVILLE, MO – The ADAIR COUNTY WIC announces a contract continuance to provide WIC services for the federal fiscal year 2023 has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a special supplemental nutrition program providing services to pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up…

Adair County WIC Program Renews Contract

The Adair County Health Department is pleased to be able to continue offering nutritional education services and support to nearly 700 women, infants and children through the Adair County WIC Program thanks to a renewed contract and funding from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,…

WIC Continues to Improve the Health of Missouri’s Women, Infants, and Children

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Every month, over 80,000 Missourians participate in the Missouri WIC program. WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The program provides quality nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, nutritious foods, and referrals to health services. Missouri WIC offers healthy food choices that target specific essential nutrients…

Missouri WIC Temporary Benefit Increase

Kirksville, MO – ADAIR COUNTY WIC is temporarily increasing the Cash Value Benefit for Fruit and Vegetable Purchases (CVB). The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) gave USDA authority to temporarily increase the CVB to $35 per month for eligible women and children during the federally declared COVID-19 public health emergency. Missouri WIC has elected to…

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Adair County WIC Program

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release The Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, remains in operation in Missouri. Local agencies continue to support current participants and to enroll new participants who may now be income-eligible due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the recommendations of the Centers for Disease…

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WIC – Government Shutdown Press Release

Kirksville, MO- Although the federal government shutdown has been announced, the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC, will remain in operation in Missouri. The Adair County WIC program has been notified that there is sufficient funding to continue Missouri WIC operations in the event of a federal government shutdown. The…

WIC Press Release

Kirksville,  MO- Although the federal government shutdown has been announced, the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC, will remain in operation in Missouri. The Adair County WIC agency has been notified that there is sufficient funding to continue Missouri WIC operations in the event of a federal government shutdown. The…

WIC 2019 News Release

The Adair County Health Department is pleased to be able to continue offering nutritional education services and support to nearly 700 women, infants and children through the Adair County WIC Program thanks to a renewed contract and funding from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,…

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September Is Infant Mortality Awareness Month

The death of a baby before his or her first birthday (infant mortality) remains a sad reality for many parents, and this takes a serious toll on the health and well-being of families. The top five leading causes of infant mortality include: birth defects; preterm birth (Less than 37 weeks gestation) and low birth weight…