Women, Infants and Children Program
(WIC)
The
WIC Program is a nutrition, education and supplemental
food program funded by the US Department of Agriculture
and operated by The NH Bureau of WIC Nutrition Services.
WIC provides free nutrition and consumer counseling,
health screening and tailored food packages to persons
who are determined to be at medical or nutritional risk
due to inadequate nutrition and/or income. program
participants are issued vouchers that can be used to
purchase specific food items that are approved for their
nutritional content.
The
WIC Program also provides breastfeeding support through
the use of peer counselors who are experienced
breastfeeding mothers.
In
addition to nutrition education and vouchers, the
program provides information and referrals to many local
social service agencies in Cheshire and Sullivan
counties.
WIC
has clinic appointments available in Keene, Winchester,
Hinsdale & Jaffrey, as well as Claremont, Newport
& Charlestown. WIC offers evening appointments
in both Claremont and Keene in order to meet the needs
of working families.
For
more information, please call the WIC Staff at 352-7512
or 1-800-529-0005 Ext: 4234
Total
Income Guidelines
| Family
Size
Annual
Monthly
Weekly |
| 1
Person |
$
19,240 |
$
1,604 |
$
370 |
| 2 |
$
25,900 |
$
2,159 |
$
499 |
| 3 |
$
32,560 |
$
2,714 |
$
627 |
| 4 |
$
39,220 |
$
3,269 |
$
755 |
| 5 |
$
45,880 |
$
3,824 |
$
883 |
| 6 |
$
52,540 |
$
4,379 |
$ 1,011 |
| 7 |
$
59,200 |
$
4,934 |
$ 1,139 |
| 8 |
$
65,860 |
$
5,489 |
$
1,267 |
| Each
add'l family member add: |
+
6,660 |
+
555 |
+
129 |
*Guidelines
Effective April 1, 2008-June 30, 2009
Emergency
Food Assistance Program (EFAP)
SCS
distributes USDA surplus commodity foods to emergency
feeding organizations (soup kitchens, food pantries,
homeless shelters and charitable food institutions)
through out Cheshire and Sullivan counties. Four
deliveries per year consisting of 9-18 food items.
Clients can pick up food at any of the emergency food
organizations. Emergency food organizations served by
EFAP are
In
Cheshire County
St
Vincent DePaul Society
Helping
Hand Inc, Troy
Salvation
Army, Keene
Marathon
House of Keene
Marathon
House of Dublin
Keene
Community Kitchen
Monadnock
Area Housing Coalition
St
Peter's Food Pantry-N. Walpole
Community
Church, West Swanzey
Fall
Mt Emergency Food Shelf, Alstead
Cheshire
County Nursing Home, Westmoreland
In
Sullivan County
Claremont
Soup Kitchen
City
of Claremont Welfare Dept.
Sullivan
County Housing Coalition
St
Vincent De Paul Society, Claremont
Newport
Area Association of Churches
For
more information Contact Laurie
Jewett at 352-7512 ext: 4290
Farmer's
Market Nutrition Program
WIC
and CSFP participants will be given coupons to use at
area Farmers" Markets to purchase fresh vegetables
and fruit. Coupons are issued at no cost to
participants, and may be used in place of cash at the
markets.
Commodity
Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
Administered by the
WIC program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program
provides nutritious foods to families with infants
between the ages of 6 and 12 months, and children from
the ages of 5 to 6. Also, elderly persons over the
age of 60 can qualify for this program. Food boxes are
available at bi-monthly distribution sites in the
following towns: Keene, Claremont, Newport,
Charlestown, Jaffrey, Troy, Hinsdale and Winchester.
For more information,
P lease call 352-7512, ext 4230, or
1 (800)
529-0005, ext 4236..
Total
Income Guidelines
| Family
Size:
May earn up to monthly: |
| 1
Person |
$ 1,107 |
| 2
Persons |
$
1,484 |
| 3
Persons |
$
1,861 |
| 4
Persons |
$
2,238 |
*Guidelines
Effective April 1, 2008-June 30, 2009
