WIC is a federally-funded health and nutrition program for women, infants and children. WIC helps families by providing checks for buying healthy supplemental foods from WIC-authorized vendors, nutrition education, and help finding healthcare and other community services. Participants must meet income guidelines and be pregnant women, new mothers, infants or children under age five.

https://www.co.forsyth.nc.us/publichealth/WIC.aspx

WIC is available to pregnant, breast feeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to age five. To participate, persons must:

• Be a resident of Forsyth County.
• Have a family income less than 185% of the U.S. Poverty Income Guidelines. A person receiving Medicaid, Work First Families Assistance , or Food Stamps automatically meets the income eligibility requirement.
• Be at nutritional risk. A nutritionist or other health professional makes the nutritional risk assessment at no cost to the participant, usually at the local WIC office.

In Forsyth county we provide WIC services to over 11,000 women, infants and children. WIC helps improve health and nutrition program for women, infants and children. 

WIC continues to support Forsyth County mothers in receiving food and nutrition counseling related to WIC food stamps. Parents and children continue to be enrolled in WIC services during the child's first five years of life. 

WIC continues to support Forsyth County mothers in receiving food and nutrition counseling related to WIC food stamps. Parents and children continue to be enrolled in WIC services during the child's first five years of life. 

Data for SF 2024 is not yet available as of February 2025.