The Texas Health and Human Services Commission announces the launch of an awareness campaign to encourage eligible pregnant women, nursing mothers, and families with children up to age 5 to apply for the WIC program this holiday season.
Texas WIC provides free resources to proactively improve the diets of infants, children, and pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women. Program benefits include a monthly healthy food package (includes fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and cheese), nutritional counseling, and live, self-paced breastfeeding and nutrition training, according to a news release from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Includes classes and expert breastfeeding support. Welfare Committee.
This year, WIC celebrates 50 years of helping Texas families access healthy food not just during the holidays, but year-round. Since 1974, Texas WIC has provided assistance to more than 7 million women. The program currently serves more than 800,000 women, infants and children each month, according to a news release.
“Children and families are often at home during the holidays, making it difficult to get nutritious and healthy meals and snacks on the table,” said Amanda Hovis, director of nutrition education and clinic services at Texas WIC. There is a possibility.” “Texas WIC provides families with nutritious food so they can focus on purchasing other items they need.”
The program is open to anyone with a child under the age of five, including fathers, foster parents, guardians and grandparents, and pregnant women can apply as soon as they find out they are pregnant.
“When I became a WIC mom, I was able to get a breast pump for free when my insurance couldn’t provide one,” says 2-year-old WIC recipient from Texas and Austin resident says Ashley Castro, who is also the mother of another child. “I was also able to get free fruits and vegetables, milk, eggs, pasta, tortillas, and everything else that makes a healthy diet possible for me and my family.” I was able to meet a nutritionist who helped me plan my meals, and I was able to talk to a breastfeeding peer counselor who answered any questions I had.”
