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Healthy Happenings: You may qualify for WIC
BY DOROTHY DILLON Every child deserves a healthy start — and WIC helps make that possible. The WIC Program provides families with access to nutritious foods, breastfeeding support, and education that helps children grow strong from the very beginning. WIC benefits can be used at local stores, and the WIC Shopper app makes keeping track
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Healthy Happenings: WIC supports moms and children
BY DOROTHY DILLON The WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program helps pregnant women, new moms and young children eat well, stay healthy and thrive. Through WIC, families receive healthy foods, nutrition guidance and breastfeeding support—all designed to give children a strong start. Benefits can be used at local stores, and the WIC Shopper app makes
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Healthy Happenings: WIC Shopper app is a must-have
BY DOROTHY DILLON If you are a Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participant, the WIC Shopper app is a must-have tool to make shopping for WIC-approved foods easier and stress-free. With just a few taps, you can: Using the WIC Shopper app helps ensure you are getting the right foods
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WIC program expands nutrition access for Kentucky moms, babies
BY NADIA RAMLAGAN KENTUCKY NEWS CONNECTION A federal nutrition program for low-income moms and babies now includes canned fish and beans, whole grains such as quinoa and cornmeal, and more money for fruits and vegetables. Theda Simpson, a former participant in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants and Children from Metcalfe County,
