The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program at Quincy Medical Center promotes the health and well being of women, infants and children and their families. It provides quality nutrition education, nutritious food, and access to health and social services" during the most critical years of fetal and childhood development.
The WIC program at Quincy Medical Center serves over 4,700 women, infants and children from the 20 towns we serve.
WIC is for all kinds of families: married and single parents, working or not working. If you are a father, mother, grandparent, foster parent of other legal guardian of a child under 5, you can apply for WIC for your child.
WIC is funded with both federal and state tax dollars. On the federal level, WIC is administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In Massachusetts, WIC comes under the Department of Public Health.