 WIC Benefits
WIC Benefits Women and Newborns
- WIC saves public health care dollars. In Maricopa County, every WIC dollar spent on a pregnant woman saves in Medicaid costs during the first 60 days of the infant's life.
- WIC participation significantly increases the number of women receiving adequate prenatal care.
- WIC dramatically lowers infant mortality by about 25% to 66% among Medicaid beneficiaries who participated in WIC, compared to Medicaid beneficiaries who did not participate in WIC.
- WIC improves the dietary intake of pregnant and postpartum women. It also improves weight gain in pregnant women.
- WIC participation decreases the incidence of low birth weight by 3.3% and lowers pre-term births by 3.5%.
- Women who received Medicaid benefits and prenatal WIC services had substantially lower rates of low and very low birth weight infants than did women who received Medicaid but not prenatal WIC.
WIC Benefits Children
- WIC lowers the rate of anemia among participating children ages six months to five years. The data shows an average decrease in the anemia rate of more than 16% for each year from 1980 to 1992.
- WIC significantly improves children's diets, particularly when it comes to vitamins and nutrients including iron, vitamin C, thiamin, protein, niacin, and vitamin B6.
- Four and five year-olds who participate in WIC have better vocabularies and digit memory scores than comparable children who do not participate in WIC.
- WIC participation leads to higher rates of immunization against childhood diseases.
Supplemental Food Package
- A standard WIC food package typically includes: milk, cheese, dried beans, cereal, juice, eggs, and infant formula.
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Services offered in the State of Arizona
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Contact WIC/Office of Nutrition Services:
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Note: No direct client services are available at this location
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