ALBANY – State funding through the
Women, Infants and Children program has been announced for several area
agencies.
The WIC program provides resources to qualifying New Yorkers in need of
nutrition assistance. The program also helps to reduce obesity, health
disparities and the risk for chronic disease among participants by promoting
positive health outcomes and breastfeeding.
Statewide WIC currently provides services to some 110,000 income eligible
pregnant, post-partum or breastfeeding women and approximately 360,000
infants and children up to five years old each month.
RECIPIENT – ANNUAL AWARD – TOTAL 5-YEAR AWARD
Hudson River Healthcare $1,360,962 – $9,627,900
Middletown Community Health Center $139,923 – $699,615
Mt. Vernon Neighborhood Health Center $1,021,161 – $9,913,540
Orange County Health Department $1,128,038 – $5,640,190
Putnam County Health Department $401,411 – $2,007,055
Rockland County Health Department $2,118,720 – $10,593,600
Sullivan County Public Health Services $3,361,889 – $16,809,445
Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center $921,260 – $2,953,625
Ulster County Health Department $755,017 – $3,775,085
Westchester County Department of Health $2,538,249 – $2,654,400
