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Popular Government Program Wic Research Paper

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You may or may not be familiar with the program popular government program WIC which is an acronym for The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. WIC is a great program that enables pregnant women, moms, and infants to purchase healthy food at low cost. They give you a series of coupons for each month that you take to a participating grocery store to get things like milk, fruit, beans, rice, cereal, and peanut butter. If you or your children have special allergies or nutritional needs, they ask for a doctors note and will provide you with coupons for special formula or milk. I remember when I was pregnant they gave you a $10 month allowance for participating fruit and vegetables, eggs, 4-6 gallons of milk per …show more content…

I had to figure out where the WIC offices were, which happened to be inside the sliding scale clinic I went to as my OB-GYN. I then had to find out when they were open and waited about an hour and a half to talk to a representative who told me to come back with documentation of my income, proof of pregnancy, etc. It was the busiest time of the year at my hotel job for the Holidays and I was working 6 days a week there and 3-4 nights a week at my other job. Once I found the place, it took me a few weeks to get off work and wake up in time to go. Once I did, they subsidized my coupons for the month and I can remember rushing on New Years Eve to a grocery store and trying to figure out what products qualified as a WIC product or not. I remember the store being crowded with tons of people making last minute purchases before they celebrated the new year. After a long time waiting in line to check out in which I was already late to my next job, I went to hand them my WIC coupons and they told me they couldn't accept any WIC at that location. I was beyond frustrated. At the time I didn't have a car and there were no grocery stores close to my house and this was the only window of time I had had to try and use the

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