What is Wic?

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a nutrition program that helps mothers and young children stay healthy and eat properly. WIC helps women, infants and children during times of important growth and helps women and children get the nutrition services and foods that they need to stay healthy. The WIC program serves eligible women who are breastfeeding, pregnant or have just given birth, infants less than one year old, and children less than five years old.

WIC provides:

What you get for wic voucher?

WIC provides checks for nutritious foods
  • Providing nutritious supplemental food vouchers for WIC-approved foods, such as fruits, vegetables, milk and cereals.
  • You can use the checks to purchase items like eggs, milk, cheese, cereal, beans, peanut butter, Vitamin C juices, whole grains, infant cereals, meats, fruits, and vegetables.

Who will qualify for Wic ?

Families who qualify for Medi-Cal and food stamps already meet the income qualification for WIC.

WIC serves women, and meet income guidelines, including:*
  • Pregnant women
  • Breastfeeding women up to 1 year after giving birth
  • Non-breastfeeding women up to 6 months after giving birth
  • Infants and children under 5 years old
  • All foster children under 5 years old
  • Women up to six months after a pregnancy loss


Gross Income Guidelines
(Effective July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017)

Family Size** Annual Monthly Bi-Monthly Bi-Weekly Weekly
1 $21,978 $1,832 $916 $846 $423
2 $29,637 $2,470 $1,235 $1,140 $570
3 $37,296 $3,108 $1,554 $1,435 $718
4 $44,955 $3,747 $1,874 $1,730 $865
5 $52,614 $4,385 $2,193 $2,024 $1,012
6 $60,273 $5,023 $2,512 $2,319 $1,160
7 $67,951 $5,663 $2,832 $2,614 $1,307
8 $75,647 $6,304 $3,152 $2,910 $1,455
8+ Add $7,696 per added family member Add $642 per added family member Add $321 per added family member Add $296 per added family member Add $148 per added family member


*Decimals are rounded up to the nearest dollar/cent.
** For WIC’s purposes, pregnant woman should be counted as 2 in a family unit. A woman pregnant with twins should be counted as 3.