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The Roanoke City WIC Program provides nourishing supplemental foods, nutrition education, and referrals to qualified WIC participants in the Roanoke Valley area.
Who can apply for WIC?
How is eligibility determined?
Please call for additional information of to make an appointment.
There are 3 WIC sites in Roanoke City that enroll WIC participants.
SW City | Roanoke City Health Department | 515 8th Street, SW | Roanoke, Virginia 24016 | Call for appointment or information: 857-7600 | Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SE City | Belmont Presbyterian Church | 1105 9th Street, SE | Roanoke, Virginia 24013 | Call for appointment or information: 857-6063 | Tuesday & Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
NW City | First Church of the Brethren | 2001 Carroll Ave, NW | Roanoke, Virginia 24017 | Call for appointment or information: 857-6473 | Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
WIC (women, infants and children) is a nutrition program that helps mothers and young children stay healthy and eat properly. WIC helps women, infants and children during times of important growth and helps women and children get the nutrition services and foods that they need to stay healthy. The WIC program serves eligible women who are breastfeeding, pregnant or have just given birth, infants less than 1-year-old, and children less than 5.
WIC provides
Eligibility
To be eligible for WIC you must meet categorical eligibility which includes:
(Ref: VDH Your WIC Participant Handbook)
In Roanoke City there are three sites providing WIC services. The demographics for each site are listed below. All sites require appointments for services:
Roanoke City Health Department | 515 Eighth St. SW | Roanoke , Virginia 24016 | (540) 857-7600 ext. 322 | Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. | 2 nd & 4 th Thursday 8: a.m. – 6 a.m.
First Church of the Brethren | 2001 Carroll Ave NW | Roanoke , Virginia 24017 | 540-857-7643 | Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Belmont Presbyterian Church | 1009 9 th St SE | Roanoke , Virginia 24013 | 540-857-6063 | Tuesday & Thursday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Each site is staffed with clerical, nutrition assistants, or nutrition associates and nutritionists. Services include certification, low and high risk nutrition education and community referrals and are provided at all sites.
According to March 2004 program statistics the Roanoke City Health District caseload is 3,026 participants. The main site serves 1,430, First Church of the Brethren serves 1,025 and Belmont Presbyterian Church serves 571 participants.
The Roanoke Care Connection Center serves children with special health care needs from 34 counties. We provide care coordination, medical insurance benefits evaluation and coordination, information and referral to community resources, and consultation with community providers on issues relating to special health care needs. Our role in providing care coordination is to assure that these families have assistance in guiding them though the confusing maze of services from health care plans, schools systems, state agencies and private agencies. It is often left to families to figure out who will provide for services such as physical, occupational, speech, and mental health therapies. Families many times are left un-served while agencies and programs try to decide about whom is responsible to pay for or provide these services. Our goal is to assist families in navigating though these systems.
We have a Pool of Funds to assist families who are uninsured or underinsured that have a gross income at or below 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. These funds help purchase medication, supplies or equipment that is not covered by insurance or for children without insurance. Eligibility for these funds is as follows:
Children have a special health care disorder that has a physical basis; Have lasted, or expected to last, at least 12 months and produce one or more of the following sequel.
Currently, we maintain some clinic activities to assist with specialty care in the area. These clinics include Urology, Neurology, Hearing Impairment, Rheumatology, Maxillofacial, and Cystic Fibrosis clinics. We always look for services that children can receive in their own communities. This is not always possible since some specialists are not available in their communities.
Included in our plans for children with special health care needs are to teach families and patients to advocate for themselves , to assist with transition to adult care, and to include the child in every aspect of his own care. Many children with special health care needs grow to be productive members of society and need to have skills for self-care and self-advocacy.
Families who have experienced the death of an infant through sudden death syndrome may contact the care coordination nurse at (540) 983-1089. The nurse works to provide education and resources for grief management.
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