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Volusia County, Fl – The Florida Division of Well being in Volusia County oversees the federal nourishment system for Ladies, Infants and Kids. WIC presents cost-free healthful meals, nutrition education and learning and counseling, breastfeeding assist and referrals for overall health care and other services.
The application is for pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding girls, infants and small children under age 5. In Volusia County there are above 7,600 shoppers enrolled, with many more qualified to participate. To obtain out if you qualify, use the on the net WIC prescreening tool.
In Florida WIC clientele use a WIC EBT (electronic benefit transfer) card to order WIC accepted meals at licensed WIC grocery outlets. WIC food items incorporate iron-fortified infant cereal, adult cereal, vitamin C-rich fruit juice, eggs, milk (lactose free or soy are solutions), cheese, peanut butter, dried and canned beans/peas, and canned fish. Fruits and veggies, infant meals, complete-wheat bread, and other total-grain alternatives ended up not too long ago added to far better meet the dietary requirements of WIC participants.
WIC recognizes and encourages breastfeeding as the optimum supply of nourishment for infants. For women of all ages who do not completely breastfeed, WIC supplies iron-fortified infant system. Specific infant formulas and healthcare meals might be presented when prescribed by a medical professional for a specified healthcare ailment.
The Florida WIC Cell Application presents WIC individuals the possibility to look at upcoming appointments, scan and add paperwork for impending appointments, see meals rewards that have been issued, scan UPCs although procuring at the shop to see if the UPC is a WIC authorized product or not and give information and facts on spots of WIC stores and WIC clinics all over Florida. The purpose of the Florida WIC Cellular App is to give individuals all the data they need to have at their fingertips to make their purchasing working experience fun and easy.
To sign-up to use the Florida WIC Cellular Application, you should be a WIC participant and have been issued a WIC EBT card. The application is accessible from Google Enjoy and the Apple Retailer.
Team at DOH-Volusia have been functioning to minimize wait around moments for WIC purchasers. At the moment WIC providers are available by appointment in our Orange Town workplace at 775 Harley Strickland Blvd., Suite 110 and at our Daytona Seaside business at 1845 Holsonback Push. (Our Keech Street place in Daytona Beach was destroyed during Hurricane Ian but ought to reopen sometime in 2023).
WIC certifications are performed in individual. The clients (mother, newborn, boy or girl) who will be obtaining the advantages, need to be current for the certification visit. Other WIC solutions will likely be done with a tele-wellbeing visit. To minimize hold out situations, we talk to that all clientele try out to preserve their scheduled appointments and make guaranteed to update their speak to details (cellular phone and email address) and have functioning voicemail. For extra facts, connect with (866) 942-3663.
