FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Carolyn Battle
(334) 206-5673

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutrition education and supplemental foods, and serves women and children whose incomes are up to 185 percent of poverty. Special emphasis is placed on targeting infants and high-risk pregnant women, especially teenagers. WIC also supports and encourages breast feeding as the optimal choice.
The WIC Program regulations require public comment from interested individuals in the writing of the 2011 State Plan of Program Operations for the WIC Program.

The plan may be reviewed online at http://adph.org/wic/Default.asp?id=2569. The state plan may also be viewed at the State WIC Office at the address listed below.

Written comments may be e-mailed via the www.adph.org Web site or mailed to the following address by Sept. 17, 2010:

Alabama Department of Public Health
WIC Program, Attention Carolyn Battle
The RSA Tower, Suite 1300
P.O. Box 303017
Montgomery, Ala. 36130-3017
Telephone: (334) 206-5673

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