Northern Essex WIC Program

145 Essex Street
Haverhill, MA - 01832
(978) 374-2191

County: Essex County

Hours:

Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday closed
Sunday closed

** Please call to verify all WIC Hours posted on the website as hours change frequently.

Office Information: WIC Hours:
Mon Fri & 1 Sat

Northern Essex WIC Program is a main WIC location for the area. If this is the closest WIC office to your home, please call to make an appointment to apply or ask for a closer WIC location to your home. WIC has day, evening and Saturday appointments available. WIC even has walk-in hours!WIC Helps YOU Help Your FAMILY by:
providing health screenings and nutritional counseling to help you, your baby and your children stay healthy,
food packages to help you purchase healthy nutritious food,
and free lactation services to help you with your breastfed baby.
To be eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), a person must meet three criteria. The criteria are:

1. Category

Pregnant women
Women who are breastfeeding an infant (under one year of age)
Postpartum women to the sixth month after delivery
Children from birth to five years of age

2. Income

Income eligibility requires that a household have gross income at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level.

3. Nutrition Risk

Nutrition risk is any medical or health problem which can be corrected or lessened by proper amounts and types of food intake. Examples of nutrition risk are:

Low iron levels
Insufficient growth, i.e. low weight for age, low weight for height
Premature delivery
Inadequate dietary intake (types or amounts of food)

The Official WIC program is available to low to moderate income pregnant women, recently delivered women, breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk. Fathers can also bring their children to apply for WIC. You may apply for WIC if you are working or unemployed. Check the Income Guidelines Table to see if you are eligible for WIC. This website was created for women looking for WIC information and locations. We are also working towards adding other locations and services that may help out women.

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2021-09-10 09:19:01

Not a review, but more of a question? i met with a social worker in the hospital the other day who started the wic application for me and told me i just needed to call and someone would help me with the rest of the application process. i did call the other day and left a voicemail but nobody has gotten back to me, did i misunderstand and have to come into the office? please let me know, thank you

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WIC is a registered service mark of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.