Our open office hours may vary at times, please call to schedule an appointment. Women, Infants & Children (WIC) is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. WIC helps eligible pregnant and breastfeeding women, women who recently had a baby, infants, and children up to 5 years of age. The program improves pregnancy outcomes by providing or referring eligible women to support services necessary for full-term pregnancies; reduces infant mortality by reducing the incidence of low birth weight (infants under 5 ½ pounds are at greater risk of breathing problems, brain injuries and physical abnormalities), and provides infants and children with a healthy start in life by improving poor or inadequate diets. WIC provides nutrition education, breastfeeding education and support; supplemental, highly nutritious foods such as cereal, eggs, milk, whole grain foods, fruits and vegetables, and iron-fortified infant formula; and referral to prenatal and pediatric health care and other maternal and child health and human service programs. Non-Discrimination Statement
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 on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email: [email protected]
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Thank you for being a fan of the Mercer County WIC Program on Facebook. The Mercer County
WIC Program participates in Facebook in order to provide individuals, families, and partners with
nutrition and breastfeeding news and best practices. While we encourage fans to share thoughts and opinions on our page, we expect that this will
be done in a respectful manner. All links posted as comments on Mercer County WIC Program page will be reviewed and
may be deleted. A comment will be deleted if it contains:
• hate speech, profanity, obscenity or vulgarity;
• nudity (breastfeeding dyads excepted) in pictures;
• defamation, name calling and/or personal attacks to a person or people, or
Mercer County WIC Program employee;
• spam comments, such as the same/similar comments posted repeatedly on a profile;
• comments that would disclose protected health information;
• comments that include promotion of events, groups, pages, websites, organizations and
• programs not related to the promotion of healthy living, good nutrition, including breastfeeding
• or improved parenting; and
• other comments that Mercer County WIC program director deems inappropriate. Violations of Mercer County WIC Program’s comment policy may cause the author to be
blocked from all Mercer County grantee pages. Information posted on any of our social media platforms should not be considered medical advice and
should not replace consultation with a healthcare professional including an International Board Certified
Lactation Consultant for breastfeeding issues or a Registered, Licensed Dietitian for nutrition questions. Mercer County WIC Program will make reasonable efforts to monitor and/or moderate content
posted on its social media platforms; however, we may not always respond in as timely a manner to
online requests for information as you might require. For more immediate attention, call the
Mercer County WIC Program at 419-584-0037. By submitting content to Mercer County WIC Program’s page, you understand and
acknowledge that this information is available to the public. Please note that other participants may use
your posted information beyond the control of Mercer County WIC program. If you do not
wish to have the information you have made available via this site used, published, copied and/or
reprinted, please do not post on this page. All links to other websites linked from Mercer County WIC program’s social media sites are
provided as a service to readers, but such linkages do not constitute endorsement of those sites by
Mercer County WIC program or the State of Ohio and as such Mercer County
WIC Program is not responsible for the content of external websites.
