St. Clair County Health Department Announces New WIC Income Guidelines to Expand Assistance
The St. Clair County Health Department has announced that new federal income eligibility guidelines for the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program took effect on June 1. This change is part of the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, aimed at potentially allowing more families to access assistance. WIC is a federally funded program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture that helps eligible families purchase healthy foods using a Michigan WIC EBT card. The benefits can be used at participating grocery stores and pharmacies to buy approved foods such as milk, yogurt, eggs, whole wheat breads, fresh fruits and vegetables, and infant formula. The new guidelines may help Michigan residents who were previously ineligible due to income restrictions. Eligible individuals include pregnant women, new parents who have had a baby within the past six months, breastfeeding mothers with babies younger than 12 months, and children under the age of five. 
