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District 4 Public Health - About WIC

WIC is a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children. District 4 provides WIC services FREE for eligible:

  • Infants and children 1-5 years old
  • Pregnant women
  • Postpartum women (up to 6 months)
  • Breastfeeding mothers (up to 1 year)

If you are a current member of the District 4 WIC program, you can make an appointment by calling 706.298.6080 or 770.722.0633.

All WIC participants must be at nutritional risk and have financial need. Click here to see the national WIC-eligibility requirements.

About the Program

WIC benefits individuals and families in need by increasing access to healthy foods, providing breastfeeding support, promoting low-risk births, and offering cost-savings to health care.

At WIC appointments, participants will get personalized nutritional advice from our friendly and welcoming staff of health experts. We will check height, weight and screen for anemia to track growth and development. Your appointment may also include breastfeeding support and advice.

Our WIC services include:

Only WIC participants are eligible to receive these benefits.

Apply for our program today!

To see if you are eligible, complete and submit a WIC Online Application on the Georgia Gateway website. One of District 4’s WIC clinics will contact you to complete a pre-clinic screening, see if you are eligible for services, and schedule an appointment. You can also contact the District 4 WIC program directly to apply! Call 706.298.6080.

Non-Discrimination Statement 

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/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint 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: 

 

  1. mail:
    S. Department of Agriculture 
    Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 
    1400 Independence Avenue, SW 
    Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or 
  2. fax:(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or 
  3. email:intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider

De acuerdo con la ley federal de derechos civiles y las normas y políticas de derechos civiles del  

Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta entidad está prohibida de  

discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo (incluyendo identidad de género y  

orientación sexual), discapacidad, edad, o represalia o retorsión por actividades previas de  

derechos civiles.  

 

La información sobre el programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas que no sean el inglés.  

Las personas con discapacidades que requieren medios alternos de comunicación para obtener la  

información del programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lenguaje de señas  

americano (ASL), etc.) deben comunicarse con la agencia local o estatal responsable de  

administrar el programa o con el Centro TARGET del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o  

comuníquese con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Retransmisión al (800) 877-8339. 

 

Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe llenar un  

formulario AD-3027, formulario de queja por discriminación en el programa del USDA, el cual  

puede obtenerse en línea en: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027s.pdf, de cualquier oficina de USDA, llamando al 

(866) 632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida a USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre del 

demandante, la dirección, el número de teléfono y una descripción escrita de la acción 

discriminatoria alegada con suficiente detalle para informar al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles 

(ASCR) sobre la naturaleza y fecha de una presunta violación de derechos civiles. El formulario 

AD-3027 completado o la carta debe presentarse a USDA por: 

(1)     correo: 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or 

(2)     fax: 

(833) 256-1665 o (202) 690-7442; o 

(3)     correo electrónico: 

program.intake@usda.gov 

 

 

Esta institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.

 

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