City of Corpus Christi Approves WIC Grant Increase
City of Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI (News Release) – The Corpus Christi City Council approved a $113,000 increase to the federal grant for the Corpus Christi – Nueces County Public Health District’s Women, Infants, and Children program, also known as “WIC.” The increase in funding will help equip and enhance current WIC services and facilities.
WIC hopes to provide new incentive items for its participants and provide staff with additional equipment needed to perform duties and maintain safety.
The WIC target population are low-income and nutritionally at risk:
Pregnant women (through pregnancy and up to six weeks after birth)
Breastfeeding women (up to infant’s first birthday)
Non-breastfeeding postpartum women (up to six months after the birth of an infant)
Infants (up to first birthday)
Children up to their fifth birthday
WIC serves 53 percent of all infants born in the United States.
It is the goal of WIC to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age five who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating and breastfeeding, and referrals to health care.
