{"id":9352,"date":"2025-03-01T13:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dphwicparfaq01\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:18:54","slug":"dphwicparfaq01","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/chca\/dphwicparfaq01\/","title":{"rendered":"chca\/dphwicparfaq01 ~  General Information About the WIC Program  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/chca\/dphwicparfaq01.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->General Information About the WIC Program<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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means that an individual has medical-based or dietary-based conditions.\u00a0\n\n\n\nThere are many examples. Some medical-based conditions include anemia (low blood levels), underweight,\n\n\n\nor history of poor pregnancy outcome.\u00a0 A dietary-based condition includes, for example, a poor diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>At a minimum, the applicant&#8217;s height and weight must be measured and bloodwork taken to check for\n\n\n\nanemia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>An applicant must have at least one of the medical or dietary conditions on the State&#8217;s list of\n\n\n\nWIC nutrition risk criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Get answers to your questions about breastfeeding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">Call your clinic<\/a> or<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/bfhelpcard.pdf\">Contact our Breastfeeding Peer Counselors.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Find out if you qualify for WIC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Call the regional WIC office nearest you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">In New Castle County<\/a> &#8211; Hudson State Service\n\n\n\nCenter<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">In Kent and Sussex Counties<\/a> &#8211; Milford State\n\n\n\nService Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>If you miss your appointment or need to change it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">Call your clinic<\/a> and reschedule. If the clinic\n\n\n\nis not open on the day you call, you may reschedule by calling either of the regional WIC offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">In New Castle County<\/a> &#8211; Hudson State Service\n\n\n\nCenter<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">In Kent and Sussex Counties<\/a> &#8211; Milford State\n\n\n\nService Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>If you need to change the formula<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">Call your clinic<\/a> and explain why you need to\n\n\n\nmake the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>If the clinic is not open on the day you call, call either of\u00a0the regional WIC offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">In New Castle County<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Hudson State Service\n\n\n\nCenter<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/dph\/chca\/dphwichominf01.html\">In Kent and Sussex Counties<\/a> &#8211; Milford State\n\n\n\nService Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"dphwicparinf01.html\">Return to the Current WIC Participant Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"dphwicparapp01.html\">Return to the WIC Applicant Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"dphwichominf01.html\">Return to the WIC Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n  <!--[END]-->\n\n\n  \n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen General Information About the WIC Program Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections Screening and Testing WIC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9296,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9352","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10600,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9352\/revisions\/10600"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}