WIC

The Belmont County WIC program is pleased to announce that it is now offering Barnesville area WIC participants the option of picking up their WIC coupons at Dr. Lee-Wood’s office at the Barnesville Family Health Center in downtown Barnesville. WIC participants must enroll at the St. Clairsville WIC office, which is located at 45240 National Road. For more information, call (740)695-0222.

Plans are being made to have local managed care agencies, such as CareSource, Molina and Unison, representatives of Children’s Services, and the car seat program available to assist clients. Also for children there will be crafts and inflatables available for their enjoyment. Inflatables will be present from 10am until 1pm.   Light refreshments will be served free of charge.  

Women and children participants are eligible to receive one $15.00 booklet per family and must present their WIC ID Folder in order to receive the booklet. Hours of distribution will be from 9:00am until 3:00pm. If you miss this date please contact the WIC office for availability.  For more information please contact WIC at 740-695-0222 (St. Clairsville) or 740-676-2232 (Bellaire). This agency is an equal opportunity provider

 

What is WIC?

The Belmont County WIC Program is a sub-grantee of the Ohio Women, Infants & Children (WIC), which is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. WIC helps income- eligible pregnant and breastfeeding women, women who recently had a baby, infants and children up to five years of age who are at health risk due to poor nutrition.  

The Belmont County WIC staff provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education and support; supplemental, highly nutritious foods such as milk, eggs, cheese, juice, cereal, beans, peanut butter and iron-fortified infant formula; referrals to prenatal and pediatric health care providers, and other maternal, child health and social service programs, such as Head Start, Help Me Grow and Medicaid.

Who is eligible?

·         Pregnant and breastfeeding women; women who recently had a baby; infants birth through 12 months of age and children 1 to 5 years old who are:

·         Present at the clinic and provide proof of identity;

·         Residents of the State of Ohio;

·         Determined by a health professional to be at medical/nutritional risk; and

·         Meet income guidelines, which are 185% of the Federal Poverty level (see chart below).

In order to be eligible for WIC, the gross income of the economic unit of which the participant is a member, must be less than or equal to the Ohio WIC program income guidelines. WIC income guidelines are updated each year.

Economic unit size

Annual income

Monthly income

Weekly income

1

$20,036

$1,670

$835

2

26,955

2,247

1,124

3

33,874

2,823

1,412

4

40,793

3,400

1,700

5

47,712

3,976

1,988

6

54,631

4,553

2,277

7

61,550

5,130

2,565

8

68,469

5,706

2,853

Where are the WIC clinics located?

There are two WIC clinics in Belmont County. The Bellaire office is located at 3201 Belmont Street, Bellaire on the fourth floor of the Chase Bank Building. The phone number is (740) 676-2232. The St. Clairsville office is located at 45240 National Road, St. Clairsville behind the Oakview Juvenile Center. The phone number is (740) 695-0222.

"In accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability."