Community Health Programs
Women Infant and Children Program (WIC) NALINI CHARLES • Program Manager • nac9026@nyp.org
Mission and Goals
The NewYork-Presbyterian Ambulatory Care Network’s Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program is a federally and state-funded nutrition education and supplemental foods program. WIC clients can receive nutritional counseling, healthy lifestyle support, and breastfeeding promotion and support, as well as an individualized food packages for eligible participants.
All WIC staff have been trained and ready to take on the launch of the new electronic benefits transfer (EBT) system that is coming to NewYorkPresbyterian’s WIC program in 2019. WIC participants will be able to purchase WIC foods using the “eWIC” card. This EBT system will result in an easier, quicker, and more discreet shopping experience for WIC participants.
Number of People Reached WIC serves approximately 10,500 participants each month.
Key Accomplishments
Our Breastfeeding Help & Referral Center provides one-on-one breastfeeding support plus aids such as breast pumps, breast shells, and nipple shields to WIC participants. WIC works with mothers to increase the rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. We continue to strive for higher breastfeeding rates through education and support provided by our nutrition and peer counseling staff.
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Our Breastfeeding Help & Referral Center provides one-on-one breastfeeding support plus aids such as breast pumps, breast shells, and nipple shields to WIC participants.
