![]() ![]() WIC families receive nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support and food vouchers redeemable at participating grocery stores for infant formula infant cereal milk eggs cheese juice cereal peanut butter whole grains, including bread, tortillas, oatmeal and rice soy beverage tofu jarred baby foods dry or canned beans canned tuna/sardines/pink salmon and fresh/frozen/canned fruits and vegetables. Allegheny County residents with family sizes larger than five, should contact the Health Department directly for benefit information. Unborn children are counted when the woman is pregnant. The 2016-17 income limits for eligibility start with an annual gross income of $21,978 for a family of one $29,637 for two $37,296 for three $44,955 for four and $52,614 for five. Eligibility is based on income and nutritional risk. WIC is a federally funded program for pregnant women, postpartum and breastfeeding mothers, infants and children under the age of 5. ![]() Locations and directions to the stores can be found on the Health Department’s website at. More than 100 grocery stores throughout the County participate in the WIC program. PITTSBURGH – The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) today announced that Shop ‘n Save located at 2381 Mountain View Drive in West Mifflin, in the Century Square shopping plaza, will now accept food vouchers for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Food and Nutrition Program. ![]()
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