Women, Infants, and Children

Sinai Community Institute helps households complete applications for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition assistance program. The WIC program provides healthy eating classes, breastfeeding support, and food vouchers to eligible pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5. In order to be eligible for this program, households must meet income guidelines and also be at nutritional risk as determined by a health professional. Nutritional risk recognizes medically-based risks such as anemia and diet-based risks including poor nutrition.

Date of Last Formal Update

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211 Metro Chicago

Physical Address

2653 West Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608

Hours

Mon 8:30am - 5:00pm; Tue 8:30am - 5:00pm; Wed 8:30am - 5:00pm; Thu 8:30am - 5:00pm; Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm; Sat 8:30am - 5:00pm; Lunch break from 12:30pm to 1:30pm; Saturdays by appointment only

Application process

Please contact (773) 257-6246 to request an appointment or for additional information.

Eligibility

The WIC target population is low-income, nutritionally at-risk pregnant women (through pregnancy and up to 6 weeks after birth or after pregnancy ends), breastfeeding women (up to the infant's 1st birthday), non-breastfeeding postpartum women (up to 6 months after the birth of an infant or after pregnancy ends), and children up to their 5th birthday.

Languages

English

Spanish

Service area

Cook county, IL

Agency info

Sinai Chicago

Sinai Chicago is a network of 4 hospitals, 17 community clinics, 1 community institute, and 1 nationally recognized research institute all serving communities on Chicago's West and Southwest sides.