Perry County Health Department WIC announces the release of updated income guidelines, based on 185 percent of the federal poverty guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS releases annual adjustments to the poverty guidelines before June each year.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides nutrition services to pregnant women, new mothers, infants and children up to their 5th birthday.
The primary services provided are healthy, supplemental food; nutrition risk assessment, education and counseling; breastfeeding promotion and support, and screening and referrals to health care and other services. To be eligible for WIC, applicants must reside in Missouri, meet income guidelines and be at nutritional risk. Participants of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance (TA) and most MO HealthNet programs are automatically income-eligible for WIC benefits.
The income guidelines above reflect gross (pre-tax) income. A pregnant woman may count as two family members.
To view the complete list broken out by family size, visit WIC.Mo.Gov. WIC is administered in Perry County by Perry County Health Department.
Persons interested in applying or who need more information should contact Perry County Health Department at 573-547-6564. WIC clinics are offered from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, at the Perry County Health Department, 406 N. Spring St., Suite 1, in Perryville, MO 63775.
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
