Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Program

Bring proof of address to your appointment. One of the following items that have your current address on it will work:

• A current utility bill, a rent or mortgage receipt
• A driver's license, Iowa non-driver ID, voter registration
• Public assistance notification or identification such as Medicaid, hawk-I, FIP, and Food Stamps (SNAP)

Bring proof of identity to your appointment. Examples of acceptable forms of I.D. include:

• Valid driver's license, non-driver I.D., passport/visa, social security card, work or school I.D. card
• Medicaid or Health Benefit card, pay stubs
• Matricula Consular Card, immunization record, other medical or health record (including crib cards)
• Birth certificate, voter registration, and eWIC card

Bring proof of your household income. Some examples of proof to bring in are:

• Pay stubs, unemployment benefit checks, award notices, business records, a signed statement from your employer, or income tax forms.
• Applicants certified as eligible for certain other assistance programs are automatically income eligible for the WIC program.
• Bring proof of the following to automatically qualify as income eligible:
• Certified as eligible to receive Food Stamps (SNAP), Medicaid or FIP; presumptively eligible for either FIP or Medicaid
• Applicant for Medicaid Home and Community Based Ill and Handicapped Services, Intellectual Disability, AIDS/HIV, or Brain Injured Waiver Program
• Member of a household with a FIP recipient or a pregnant woman or an infant currently on Medicaid

Before your appointment, read and sign the Iowa WIC Program Participant Rights and Responsibilities document:

• Rights and Responsibilities (English)
• Rights and Responsibilities (Spanish)

Your local WIC office will have these documents if you forget yours.

Text4baby is a service for pregnant women and moms with infants under the age of one. There is no cost to sign up for this texting service from the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. Even if you do not have a text messaging plan, you can receive these messages for free.

You can now use Text4Baby to set up a text reminder for your next WIC appointment using these simple steps:

1. If you are already a text4baby participant, text the word “WIC” to 511411.
2. To set up the appointment reminder text the word “REMIND” (or “CITA” for Spanish) to 511411.
3. When prompted, enter the appointment date (e.g., 10/02/20) and a short description of the appointment (examples: “with WIC at Front St. office/bring proof of address/get lab results”).
4. You will receive the following automated text message: “Your reminder is set for your appointment on 10/02/20. We will send you a reminder three days before.”

Wichealth.org is your resource for nutrition education online! It only takes a minute to create an account and you will only need your WIC family ID number. If you do not know your ID number you Local Agency can provide this number to you. Need help creating an account? Check out this video to help walk you through the process.

• English

• Spanish

In Iowa, the WIC program welcomes fathers and stepfathers to take active roles when participating in the WIC program. WIC knows the importance of your roles in your partner's and children’s lives and encourages you to attend your child's or partner's appointments. Here are some resources to help you in adjusting to the roles of fatherhood.

Fatherville is an online resource for fathers, by fathers, and about fathers. Fatherville provides articles, essays, and resources, and encourages the exchange of stories and ideas among fathers.

The National Center for Fathering provides information to inspire and equip fathers (and father figures) to be actively engaged in the life of every child. Visit their website for more information, articles, program information and education options.

This website calls itself the baby manual for fathers and is a resource offering a collection of videos around the "New Dad Manual." Visit their website for videos on car seat installation, diapering, bathing and more!

Contact your local WIC clinic if you have difficulty understanding or reading English for help translating resources. If you have a language barrier, there is free language assistance or other aids and services available upon request at your local WIC clinic. Relay Iowa is a telephone relay service that links people who are hearing, deaf, hard of hearing or have speech difficulties with one another for communication over the telephone.