Nutrition services provided include monthly monitoring of weight or growth, nutrition needs and problems affecting food intake, yearly nutrition assessment, setting goals for maintaining or improving nutrition status, planning menus that meet each residents needs, working with physicians, physical therapists, Registered Nurses, Group Home staff, and parents to provide adequate and appropriate nutrition for each resident. The cost of this nutrition service depends on income and the number of household members. The program provides a combination of nutrition education, supplemental foods, breastfeeding promotion, and referrals to health care. The supplemental foods include milk, cheese, eggs, cereal, juice, peanut butter or beans, and formula for infants who do not breastfeed or need a supplement to breastfeeding. To be found eligible for WIC, clients must be residents of Jackson County or receive medical services in Jackson County and be found to be at medical or nutritional risk.
Examples are abnormal weight and abnormal iron levels or inadequate diet.
Appointments include a brief history, height and weight and a hematocrit test. Once certified, the client will have follow-up visits approximately every three months.