WIC Application Assistance - UI Health - Mile Square Health Center - Main Location
UI Health's Mile Square Health Center 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 caregivers and 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.
Services
Date of Last Formal Update
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211 Metro Chicago
Physical Address
1220 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Hours
Mon 8:00am - 5:30pm; Tue 9:30am - 5:30pm; Wed 8:00am - 5:30pm; Thu 8:00am - 5:30pm; Fri 8:00am - 5:30pm; Sat 8:00am - 12:00pm;
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Application process
Both appointments and walk-ins on a first-come, first-served basis are welcome.
Fee
Free
Eligibility
WIC does not require proof of citizenship or immigration status. This service is for anyone pregnant, a caregiver (fathers, foster parents, grandparents, step-parents, etc.), or a mom with a child under 5. There are income eligibility guidelines, please contact the agency for more details.
Languages
English
Service area
Chicago, IL
Agency info
UI Health
UI Health provides comprehensive care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. A part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), UI Health comprises a clinical enterprise with a 462-bed tertiary care hospital, 26 outpatient clinics, and 13 Mile Square Health Center facilities, which are Federally Qualified Health Centers.