Women, Infants & Children Program (WIC)
The Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program, popularly known as “WIC”, helps pregnant women, new mothers, and young children learn about nutrition to stay healthy. Nutrition education and counseling, nutritious foods, and help accessing health care are provided to low-income women, infants, and children through the WIC program. WIC also refers clients to a variety of health and social service agencies and programs. Studies show that WIC plays an important role in improving birth outcomes and containing health care costs. WIC has a positive impact on children’s diets. WIC improves infant feeding practices by actively promoting breastfeeding as the best method of feeding infants. WIC clients have improved rates of childhood immunizations and a regular source of health care. Other health benefits of WIC include:
- Improved infant-feeding practices
- Premature births reduced
- Fetal death rate reduced
- Infant low birth weight reduced
- Long-term medical expenses reduced
- Improved dietary intake
- Improved cognitive development
- Fewer premature births
WIC Clinics:
| Amarillo / Canyon | |
| Austin Street WIC Clinic 411 South Austin Amarillo, TX 79106 |
North Branch Library WIC Clinic 1500 NE 24th Avenue Amarillo, TX 79107 |
| Southeast WIC Clinic 2709 Manhattan Street Amarillo, TX 79103 |
Canyon WIC Clinic United Methodist Church 1818 4th Street Canyon, TX 79015 |
| Other Panhandle Locations | |
| Groom WIC Clinic Groom Community Center 200 Broadway Groom, TX 79039 |
Vega WIC Clinic County Barn 305 Coke Vega, TX 79092 |
| Panhandle WIC Clinic War Memorial Building 500 Main Street Panhandle, TX 79068 |
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| Contact Information | |
| For more information or to make an appointment call: Amarillo WIC Nutrition Program Phone: 806-371-1119 Fax: 806-342-1577 |
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Mission Statement:
The purpose of the program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is to promote and maintain the health and well-being of nutritionally at-risk pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children. WIC provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition and breastfeeding information, and referrals to other health and nutrition services. WIC promotes and supports breastfeeding.
