The Valley Women's Resource Center in Wasilla is reaching out to a vulnerable and needy population one day a month at Burchell Alternative High School. They started a satellite clinic in the school's daycare office in February 2000, with Hemocue and laptop in hand. Warrants are either printed ahead of time, or printed once staff returns to the main clinic and sent to the participant's case manager at the school for distribution. According to Heather Hart, VWRC Coordinator, their 15-20 active participants are mostly pregnant and parenting teens. Heather stated that one of the main barriers to receiving WIC services for these teen mothers is the difficulty with transportation.
Pregnant teens face an adult world with few resources.
Many of the teens are on their own or living with family, and no longer with their children's father. If you would like to inquire about this program, please call Heather Hart at 376-4080. Submitted by Heather Wheeler, MOA WIC Coordinator WIC is on the Move - with the WIC Mobile Clinic. WIC Program uses a converted motor home as a customized mobile clinic to provide WIC services for families with transportation difficulties in the greater Anchorage area. The Mobile Clinic is a full service WIC clinic capable of obtaining anthropometrics, providing individual nutrition education and issuing warrants.