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 individualized food packages for eligible participants.
The launch of the new electronic benefits transfer system at NewYorkPresbyterian’s WIC program in 2019 allowed us to issue benefits to our participants remotely. This was especially important during the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York, where the NewYork-Presbyterian WIC staff was able to serve an average of 9,327 participants a month remotely via telephone, allowing us to reach a great deal of our 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.
