Service Name: WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) PROGRAM

Organization Name: CITY OF LONG BEACH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

• Description: COVID-19 update: in-person visit is not available. Currently issuing benefits remotely over the phone. Please call or email health-wic@longbeach.gov for any questions.
  
  Provides nutrition education, food vouchers, and breastfeeding support for income-eligible women and children. Also offers referrals to medical and social services in the community. Food vouchers are redeemable at authorized stores for specified food items. Such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, milk, cereal, eggs, cheese, juice, and infant formula.
• Website: http://www.longbeach.gov/health/
• Email: health-wic@longbeach.gov
• Phone(s): (562) 570-4242
• Hours: Central Facilities Center: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm Health Department: Mon 8:30am-7pm Tue-Fri 8:30am-6pm Open three Saturdays out of each month 8:30am-noon North WIC Site: Mon-Fri 8:30am-6pm Saint Mary's WIC Site: Mon-Fri 8:30am-6pm West Facilities Center: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm
• Eligibility: Applicants must
  - have a household gross income at 185% of the Federal poverty level.
  - be one of the following categories: pregnant women, postpartum women, breastfeeding mothers, infants, and children five years and under. Or fathers, grandparents or foster parents taking care of children under the age of five.
  - be at a nutritional risk, determined by trained WIC staff.
• Requirements: -Photo identification -Proof of income
• Areas Served:
  • Los Angeles United States
• Categories:
  • WIC