WIC

Your first visit will last anywhere from one to two hours; initial appointments for pregnant women typically only take an hour, while individuals who already have one or more children will need to plan for a longer first appointment.  At the first WIC appointment, we will confirm eligibility, and screen you and your child(ren) for height, weight, and hemoglobin (check blood for anemia). We will also conduct a nutrition interview and provide appropriate nutrition education and referrals, if necessary.

After enrollment, you will receive an eWIC debit card to use (starting that day!) at local participating grocery stores, which you may use to purchase nutritious WIC foods.

Please bring:

• Identification
• Proof of physical address
• Proof of income

WIC Physician Authorization for Form for Special Formulas (PDF)

WIC mothers are strongly encouraged to breastfeed their infants unless there is a medical reason not to. Research shows there is no better food than breast milk during a baby’s first year of life. Breastfeeding provides many health, nutritional, economical, and emotional benefits to mother and baby.

WIC provides access to trained breastfeed peer counselors for any interested moms.

• Local Breastfeeding Resources Guide
• Breastfeeding Videos and Handouts
• Using a WIC Breast Pump
• Usando un Extractor de Leche de WIC
• Breast Pump Release Form

The WIC Program at SJBPH has partnered with LiveWell Colorado and local growers for 2 consecutive years to provide weekly produce shares to WIC families in our service area. The goal of LiveWell Colorado’s Nutrition Incentive Program is to increase opportunities for food insecure Coloradans to consume more Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables. Throughout the 2020 growing season, 54 WIC families in our service area of La Plata, Archuleta, and San Juan Counties received weekly produce shares paid for by LiveWell Colorado. This program benefits WIC families and also gives our local farmers secure income throughout the season.

Other resources for free or low cost healthy foods for your family:

• • Southwest Colorado Community Food Resources
  • Archuleta County Food Pantry Network

Read WIC helps address food insecurity during COVID-19.

Colorado WIC recently switched from using paper WIC checks to a convenient eWIC debit card.

WIC clients can expect a better shopping experience and fewer trips to the WIC office:

• Swipe card instead of using paper checks
• No need to separate WIC items at check out
• No need to buy all WIC items at once
• Check your eWIC balance by logging in online or see remaining balance on receipt
• We can load and adjust monthly benefits remotely instead of printing checks at our office.
• Replace some in-person appointments with an online nutrition education lesson. Complete a lesson on WICHealth.org and we’ll load your benefits remotely.

The free WICShopper app lets WIC participants review available benefits, scan products to identify WIC allowed foods, find WIC stores, and view recipes on your smart phone.

• 1. Download the WICShopper App from the App store.
  2. Select Colorado as your WIC agency.
  3. Register your eWIC card number from the front of your eWIC card.
  4. View your benefits.
  5. Scan barcodes to identify WIC allowed foods as you shop.