Affinia Healthcare announces the opening of a new WIC clinic in St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The clinic will be open Monday-Friday, for hospital patients only. The location opened September 30, 2024.

WIC is a special supplemental nutrition program providing services to pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to their 5th birthday based on nutritional risk and income eligibility. The primary services provided are healthy, supplemental food, risk assessment, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding promotion and support, health screenings, and referrals to health care.

To be eligible for WIC, applicants must have an income of less than or equal to 185 percent of the poverty level and be at nutritional risk.

The new clinic is located at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, One Children’s Hospital Place near the Central West End, and will serve those families with children who are patients at the hospital.

“Affinia Healthcare is extremely proud to work with St. Louis Children’s Hospital to provide these vital services to families who have children receiving care at the hospital,” said Kristen Gore, Affinia Healthcare WIC Director. “Providing high-quality care to families is the core of what we do and to be able to work with a nationally recognized organization like St. Louis Children’s Hospital to help alleviate some of the other concerns families may be dealing with, is an honor and a privilege.”

Those interested in scheduling an appointment should call 314-898-1701. For more information on the WIC program, visit https://www.affiniahealthcare.org/department/women-infants-and-children-wic/or WIC.Mo.Gov.

The Affinia Healthcare WIC program also has offices at the organization’s health centers and satellite locations throughout the St. Louis metro area.

WIC supplemental food packages are specially chosen to provide foods high in protein, iron, calcium, and vitamins A and C. Eligible women and children receive fortified milk and cheese, eggs, whole grain bread products, hot or cold cereals, 100% fruit juices, and fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables. The WIC program recommends breastfeeding and provides breastfeeding support, baby foods, and infant cereal. For women who cannot or choose not to breastfeed, infants may receive supplemental, iron-fortified formula. WIC participants obtain their foods using their eWIC cards for specific items at participating local grocery stores and pharmacies.

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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

1400 Independence Avenue, SW

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or

fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or

email: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.