WIC at SBCHC
WIC (Women, Infants and Children) is a nutrition program that provides nutrition education, healthy food, and other services free of charge to qualified Massachusetts families.
WIC clinics will be held at South Boston Community Health Center twice per month starting June 1, 2024:
- Where: 1st floor of 409 West Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127
- When: 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, from 9am to 1pm
- No appointment necessary.
- WIC is for all kinds of families: married and single parents, working or not working. If you are a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent or other legal guardian of a child under 5, you can apply for WIC for your child!
More about the program:
WIC’s goal is to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women and kids under 5 healthy! But, WIC is for all kinds of families: married and single parents, working or not working. If you are a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent or other legal guardian of a child under 5, you can apply for WIC for your child.
The Massachusetts Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program provides vital nutrition care during pregnancy and early childhood.
VISION
To ensure that all eligible families experience long-lasting nutrition and health benefits from WIC’s coordinated, easily accessible services.
MISSION
To improve the health status of families by providing nutrition and health education, lactation support, nutritious foods and referrals to other health and human services. WIC collaborates with families, community organizations, health care providers, retail food stores, and state and federal partners to achieve this mission.
CORE VALUES
MA WIC offers high-quality nutrition and health services in an environment that is:
- Caring
- Responsive
- Respectful
- Supportive
- Collaborative
- Culturally competent
- Family-centered
- Equitable