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WIC Program

Generated from the delivery-benefits catalog. It lists what the owner record states. It is not an eligibility decision; confirm current rules with the program.

WIC helps you buy healthy food for you and your family.

  • Owner record: ny/wic
  • Jurisdiction code: NY
  • Frame: household
  • Review by: 2026-11-28
  • Authority: New York State Department of Health
  • Also called: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); New York State WIC

Offering 1: food_and_nutrition_support

Money to buy healthy food and infant formula; nutrition classes and workshops; support for your pregnancy and/or growing child; and breastfeeding/chestfeeding support and breast pumps for parents who need them.

  • Availability (owner codes): {"intake": "unknown", "type": "unknown"}

Conditions:

  • All of these:
  • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Live in New York State"
  • Any one of these:
    • All of these:
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Are pregnant, breastfeeding, or had a baby within the last 6 months"
    • All of these:
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Have a child under 5 years old"
    • All of these:
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Are a guardian or foster parent of a child under 5"
  • Any one of these:
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "You're automatically income eligible if you already receive Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), TANF (cash assistance), Essential Plan, or Head Start/Early Head Start benefits."
    • All of these:
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "You don't participate in one of these programs"
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "Meet income limits"
    • Stated condition, not checked automatically: "For each additional member, add: + $10,508"

Access route 1.1

  • Where: New York State WIC
  • How: Chat with Wanda to get connected to your preferred local office for a phone or in-person appointment, or find your preferred office and contact them directly. For further assistance, call the Growing Up Healthy Hotline.
  • Url: https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/nutrition/wic/how_to_apply.htm
  • Phone: 1-800-522-5006

Tables (as stated by the owner)

  • annual_income_limit: {"1": 29526, "2": 40034, "3": 50542, "4": 61050, "5": 71558, "6": 82066, "7": 92574, "8": 103082}

Owner confirmations

  • /offerings/0/rules/all/1: sha256:7645810426d0472da551c019cccd77628b4cc79c0d94e0306e4d79a4a6d1bf60

Evidence

  • /name: "## WIC Program" (source, capture 1803523eee5284f97d571b5f0d32c21fb7372f79d978fdd5868d015612ba9f02)
  • /authority: "# Department of Health" (source, capture 1803523eee5284f97d571b5f0d32c21fb7372f79d978fdd5868d015612ba9f02)
  • /caregiving_effect: "WIC helps you buy healthy food for you and your family. WIC stands for Women, Infants, and Children. It's a free nutrition program for:" (source, capture 1803523eee5284f97d571b5f0d32c21fb7372f79d978fdd5868d015612ba9f02)
  • /offerings/0/summary: "* Money to buy healthy food and infant formula\n* Nutrition classes and workshops\n* Support for your pregnancy and/or growing child\n* Breastfeeding/chestfeeding support and breast pumps for parents who need them" (source, capture 1803523eee5284f97d571b5f0d32c21fb7372f79d978fdd5868d015612ba9f02)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "* Live in New York State\n* Are pregnant, breastfeeding, or had a baby within the last 6 months\n* Have a child under 5 years old\n* Are a guardian or foster parent of a child under 5\n* Meet income limits (you can be working and still qualify)" (source, capture dddb7f1eb5c0a912a8c2bb8fc6648cae1fa36534e9a27fc1e3898797b46f9429)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "WIC helps many families with low to moderate incomes. You're automatically income eligible if you already receive Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), TANF (cash assistance), Essential Plan, or Head Start/Early Head Start benefits. You can also participate in WIC if you don't participate in one of these programs, but you meet the WIC income limits." (source, capture dddb7f1eb5c0a912a8c2bb8fc6648cae1fa36534e9a27fc1e3898797b46f9429)
  • /offerings/0/rules: "Effective through June 30, 2027| Household Size | Annual Income | Weekly Income |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | $29,526 | $568 |\n| 2 | 40,034 | 770 |\n| 3 | 50,542 | 972 |\n| 4 | 61,050 | 1,175 |\n| 5 | 71,558 | 1,377 |\n| 6 | 82,066 | 1,579 |\n| 7 | 92,574 | 1,781 |\n| 8 | 103,082 | 1,983 |\n| For each additional member, add: | + $10,508 | + $203 |" (source, capture dddb7f1eb5c0a912a8c2bb8fc6648cae1fa36534e9a27fc1e3898797b46f9429)
  • /tables/annual_income_limit: "Effective through June 30, 2027| Household Size | Annual Income | Weekly Income |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | $29,526 | $568 |\n| 2 | 40,034 | 770 |\n| 3 | 50,542 | 972 |\n| 4 | 61,050 | 1,175 |\n| 5 | 71,558 | 1,377 |\n| 6 | 82,066 | 1,579 |\n| 7 | 92,574 | 1,781 |\n| 8 | 103,082 | 1,983 |\n| For each additional member, add: | + $10,508 | + $203 |" (source, capture dddb7f1eb5c0a912a8c2bb8fc6648cae1fa36534e9a27fc1e3898797b46f9429)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "* Chat with Wanda to get connected to your preferred local office for a phone or in-person appointment\n* You can also find your preferred office and contact them directly" (source, capture d282dda1ae0f7519f6395d33cc6f15a3e25867670d3afa7716e2b764bd1336af)
  • /offerings/0/access/0: "You can also call the Growing Up Healthy Hotline at 1-800-522-5006 for further assistance or Chat with Wanda, WIC's 24/7 virtual assistant. In less than 3 minutes, you can see if you are qualified and get a referral to your local WIC office. Find Wanda in the bottom right corner of this screen. She speaks English and Spanish." (source, capture 3082446268df46caf703fc639c088d5b03e5042a63bf279d16786e9ad4198cca)