Women Infant Children (WIC) Program

WIC is a nutrition program that helps families feed their children healthy foods. WIC provides nutrition information, healthy foods, and help accessing health care to moderate to low-income families. The program is available to families with pregnant women, new mothers, and children under the age of five.

What Can WIC Offer My Family?

  • Benefits that can be used at the grocery store to buy healthy foods like milk, yogurt, whole grains, beans, juice, eggs, cheese, cereal, peanut butter, and fruit and vegetables
  • Information about nutrition and health to help you and your family eat well and be healthy
  • Help with breastfeeding your baby
  • Help in finding health care and other community services
  • Breastpumps to help you breastfeed even when you return to work

Contact
WIC

Located inside PHN Building
102 Medicine Way Road
Peridot, AZ 85542

Phone: (928) 475-1530

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Can My Family Enroll In WIC?

WIC is for all kinds of families – families with married or single parents and those who are working or not working.  WIC has different requirements than SNAP (Food Stamps) so even if you don’t qualify for SNAP, you may still qualify for WIC.

Income Guidelines

If you are a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent or other legal guardian of a child under 5 years of age, you can apply for your child.

If you are a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or has a baby up to six months old, you can apply for yourself.

How to Apply

Step 1: Find a WIC Clinic

Step 2: Submit your pre-application here or call the clinic and make an appointment.

Step 3: Bring identification, proof of residency, and proof of income to your WIC appointment.

Examples of proof of identification are:

  • Driver’s License or state issued identification card
  • Birth certificate
  • Immunization record
  • Tribal enrollment card
  • Social security card
  • AHCCCS card
  • Hospital card for newborn baby

Examples of proof of residency are:

  • Driver’s License or State issued ID Card
  • Bank statement
  • Utility bill
  • Payroll stub
  • Rent/lease agreement
  • Tribal enrollment card (if address is on card)

You may be eligible if your income is in the range listed.  (Income Guidelines)

If you are pregnant, you may count your unborn child as a family member.

Examples of proof of income are:

  • Current pay stub including the pay time frame
  • Most recent year’s income tax return
  • Letter from employer stating your current pay
  • Tribal per capita check stub.
  • TANF benefit letter
  • Social security/DES benefit letter or check stub

* You are automatically income eligible for WIC services if you currently receive TANF, SNAP (Food Stamps) or Medicaid (AHCCCS).

Step 4:  Provide the requested information to the WIC staff during your first appointment.  If you are eligible you will receive an eWIC card with your benefits loaded the day of your appointment. No waiting!

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