Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a health care intervention program that provides nutrition education and professionally prescribed food packages to eligible individuals. WIC creates a productive interplay between our health care center and the food consumption patterns of mothers and young children with inadequate diets.
WIC Services
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Healthy Lifestyle Program – Improving nutrition, setting target goals, and Enhancing Physical activity (INSTEP)
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Quality nutrition education and services
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Breastfeeding education and support through Peer Counselors
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Monthly supplemental nutritious foods at no cost to participants
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Linkage to prenatal and pediatric health care services
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Smoking cessation education
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Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) – offering fruit and vegetable vouchers
Main Contact
718.250.8126
Locations
Downtown Campus
121 DeKalb Avenue Ground Floor (Main Entrance), Brooklyn, NY 11201
718.250.8126
61st Street Family Health Center/WIC Center
771 61st Street, Brooklyn, New York 11220
718.745.3259
Coney Island
485 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11218
718.282.8904 ext. 221/222
Bedford Stuyvesant
1606-1608 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11213
718.774.6701/6300
Crown Heights
495 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11225
718.467.0010
