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Food Packages | Texas WIC
- Pregnant Women
Your WIC foods:
- Are low in fat and high in fiber.
- Provide nutritional variety.
- Help promote a healthy weight gain and a healthy baby.
Food Package
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 1 pound
- Fruits and vegetables: $11.00
- Juice: 144 ounces (3 - 12 ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 4.5 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans and peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans and peanut butter 16 to 18 ounce jar
Before your baby is born, speak to a WIC counselor about choosing one of the three food packages for you and your baby.
- Are low in fat and high in fiber.
- Moms and Fully Breastfeeding Babies
This food package is the largest and does not contain any formula. Moms and babies can get this food package until baby’s first birthday.
You will receive breastfeeding support throughout your baby’s first year. WIC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend you feed your baby only breastmilk for the first 6 months of life. When your baby is around 6 months old, introduce solid foods and continue to breastfeed for 2 years or longer, as desired.
Mom’s Food Package
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 1 pound
- Fruits and vegetables: $11.00
- Juice: 144 ounces (3 - 12-ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 5 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 2 pounds
- Eggs: 2 dozen
- Beans and peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans and 16 to 18 ounce jar of peanut butter
- Canned tuna, salmon, sardines and mackerel: 30 ounces
Mothers who are fully breastfeeding multiples (twins, triplets, etc.) will receive additional amounts of foods.
Baby’s Food Package
When your baby is age 0-5 months:
- The best and only food source your baby needs during this time is your breastmilk.
When your baby is age 6-11 months:
- Infant cereal: 24 ounces (8 ounce or 16 ounce containers)
- Baby food fruits and vegetables: 64 containers, 4 ounces each
- Baby food meats: 31 containers, 2.5 ounces each
- Moms and Partially Breastfeeding Babies
This package is for families who are feeding both breastmilk and formula. It contains less food than the fully breastfeeding food package but more than the formula feeding package, and it includes some formula. The amount of formula will vary depending on how much your baby needs and her age. Moms and babies can get this package until baby’s first birthday.
As a WIC mom, you will receive breastfeeding support throughout your baby’s first year.Mom’s Food Package
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 1 pound
- Fruits and vegetables: $11.
00 - Juice: 144 ounces (3 - 12-ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 4.5 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans and peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans and 16 to 18 ounce jar of peanut butter
Baby’s Food Package
Breastfeed when you and your baby are together.
In your baby’s birth month
- Formula: You may be able to get 1 can of 12.4 ounce powder formula. Ask the staff at your local WIC office.
When your baby is age 1-3 months
- Formula: up to 4 cans of 12.4 ounce powder*
When your baby is age 4-5 months
- Formula: up to 5 cans of 12.4 ounce powder*
When your baby is age 6-11 months
- Formula: up to 4 cans of 12.4 ounce powder*
- Infant cereal: 24 ounces (8 ounce or 16 ounce containers)
- Baby food fruits and vegetables: 32 containers - 4 ounces each
*All formula amounts are approximate
- Moms and Formula Feeding Babies (also includes some breastfeeding)
This package is for families who are feeding mostly formula with some breastfeeding or only formula.
It includes more formula than the partially breastfeeding package, but not all the formula your baby may need. Moms who choose this package will receive foods for the first 6 months after baby is born. If you choose this package, your baby will receive the following foods throughout her first year. You will receive foods for yourself only during the first 6 months.
As a WIC mom, you will receive breastfeeding support throughout your baby’s first year.
Mom’s Food Package
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Fruits and vegetables: $11.00
- Juice: 96 ounces (2 - 12-ounce frozen or 48 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 3 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans or peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans or peanut butter 16 to 18 ounce jar
The Formula Feeding food package provides these foods for six months after your baby is born. Moms who choose the Fully or Partially Breastfeeding food packages will receive more food for one full year.
Baby’s Food Package
Breastfeed when you and your baby are together.
When your baby is age 0-3 months
- Formula: up to but no more than 9 cans of 12.4 ounce powder*
When your baby is age 4-5 months
- Formula: up to but no more than 10 cans of 12.4 ounce powder*
When your baby is age 6-11 months
- Formula: up to but no more than 7 cans - 12.4 ounce powder*
- Infant cereal: 24 ounces (8-ounce or 16-ounce containers)
- Baby food fruits and vegetables: 32 containers - 4 ounces each
*All formula amounts are approximate
- Children 1 to 2 Years
Your child’s WIC foods:
- Are low in fat and high in fiber.
- Provide nutritional variety.
- Help promote a healthy weight.
Food Package
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 2 pounds
- Fruits and vegetables: $9.
00 - Juice: 128 ounces (2 - 16 ounce frozen or 64 fluid ounces)
- Whole milk: 3 gallons
- Yogurt or whole milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans or peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans or peanut butter 16 to 18 ounce jar
- Children 2 to 5 Years
How is this package different from the food package for children 1 to 2 years old?
- Whole milk is replaced with low-fat (1%) or fat-free milk.
- Peanut butter and canned beans are included as an alternative to dry beans.
Food Package
- Cereal: 36 ounces
- Whole grains: 2 pounds
- Fruits and vegetables: $9.00
- Juice: 128 ounces (2 - 16 ounce frozen or 64 fluid ounces)
- Low-fat or fat-free milk: 3 gallons
- Yogurt or low-fat or fat-free milk: 1 quart
- Cheese: 1 pound
- Eggs: 1 dozen
- Beans or peanut butter: 1 pound dry or 4 cans or peanut butter 16 to 18 ounce jar
QUESTION-ANSWER
FREE PROVISION OF CHILDREN IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF LIFE WITH DAIRY PRODUCTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
(program “BELEKECH”)
1. Question : Who has the right to free of charge of dairy products?
Answer : children of the first three years of life who are artificial or mixed feeding, permanently residing in the Republic of Tatarstan, registered as an outpatient at the place of residence in a healthcare institution of the republic, belonging to preferential categories (Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan dated December 31, 2009 No. 933)
2. Question : Why do other regions give food to all children, but we don't?
Answer: Federal Law No. 323 of November 21, 2011 “On the Fundamentals of Protecting the Health of Citizens in the Russian Federation” regulates the provision of adequate nutrition for children under the age of three upon the conclusion of a doctor, in accordance with the legislation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (Article 52).
In the Republic of Tatarstan, this is the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan No. 933 dated 31.12.2009 “On the procedure for providing children of the first three years of life free of charge with special dairy products and mixtures according to doctor's prescriptions and financing the expenses for its organization”.
3. Question: Which categories of children are eligible for free dairy products?
Reply : children are eligible for benefits:
- From families with an average per capita income not exceeding the subsistence level established in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan according to a certificate from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan.
- Children with chronic diseases who have a medical condition on the opinion of a doctor:
- iron deficiency anemia,
- protein-energy deficiency of moderate and severe form (weight loss).
3. Children with HIV infection, children born to HIV-infected mothers.
4. Question : On the basis of what documents is food issued?
Reply : The main document for receiving meals is a prescription issued by a pediatrician at the clinic where the child is registered. When receiving products at a milk distribution point, you must present a prescription and a document confirming the identity of the recipient (parent). One of the parents has the right to receive food. Another recipient, along with a prescription and a document, must have a power of attorney from a legal representative (parent) to receive meals.
5. Question: What are the criteria for determining medical indications?
Answer: The decision to prescribe nutrition is made by the local pediatrician based on the results of clinical studies, clinical recommendations, standards of medical care.
6. Question: In case of disagreement with the opinion of the local doctor, where can the parent apply?
Answer: A parent can apply to the head of the department, to the deputy head physician, to the head physician of the polyclinic.
7. Question: How often do I get a prescription for free meals?
Answer: Prescriptions for free meals are issued by the district pediatrician once a month in two copies, one of which is given to parents, the other is kept in an outpatient clinic. This rule applies to all recipients of nutrition (medical, social indications).
8.Question: Why is a prescription for free baby food valid for 1 month?
Answer:
Since the number of children's dairy products (kefir, milk, cottage cheese, liquid adapted milk formula) must correspond to the number of recipients in each age category of each children's clinic, a prescription is issued once a month.
9.Question: How long is free baby food issued for?
Answer: The period of preferential provision of food for a child is determined by the period of validity of the benefit: the period of treatment of the disease or the validity period of a certificate issued by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan, the age of the child (up to three years). There are no regulated terms for the duration of receiving baby food in the regulatory documents.
The validity of the certificate is established by the territorial department of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The term of treatment of the disease is determined by the local doctor in accordance with the current standards of medical care, clinical guidelines.
10. Question: How safe and of high quality are children's milk products of the Zelenodolsk Dairy Plant (ZMK)?
Answer: During the 10 years of the existence of the "Belakech" program, not a single case of adverse effects of ZMK products on the child's health has been registered.
Milk for baby food is supplied only by the best enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan, which have automated milk collection lines. The ZMK baby milk food production line is fully automated. ZMK baby milk products are certified and consist only of a natural product without the addition of preservatives or other additives. At all stages of the collection, transportation and manufacture of products, continuous monitoring is carried out. Each batch of products is delivered to milk distribution points with a certificate of conformity for this batch. Delivery of products from ZMK to milk distribution points is carried out in specialized vehicles equipped with refrigeration equipment.
11. Question: How many children receive milk nutrition under the program “Belakach”?
Answer: 40,938 children.
12. Question: I live with a child in Kazan, registered in Pestretsy. Can I get baby milk food for a child in Kazan.
Answer: Yes, you can. To do this, you need to get a detachment at the clinic in Pestretsy and register with a children's medical institution at the place of residence in Kazan.
13. Question: My child has low hemoglobin, but the local pediatrician does not write out a prescription, he says it is not allowed. Why?
Answer:
The district doctor makes a decision on the need to issue a prescription for free baby food based on clinical and laboratory indicators, guided by the standards of medical care, clinical recommendations of leading pediatricians and pediatric nutritionists. At the same time, the doctor is obliged to explain the reason for the refusal to the parent of the child.
14. Question: How is a child underweight determined and in what case is it necessary to provide baby food?
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15.
Question: What range of foods should a child receive under the Belacare program?
Answer: Child under 6 months old. receives a liquid adapted milk formula - 200 ml per day.
Infants born to HIV-infected mothers and children with HIV infection up to 6 months of age receive 800 ml of liquid formula milk per day.
Child over 6 months old up to 1 year receives:
- liquid adapted milk formula - 200 ml
- milk - 200 ml
- kefir - 100 ml
- cottage cheese - 30 gr.
A child aged 1 to 3 receives:
- milk - 200 ml
- kefir - 200 ml
- cottage cheese - 40 gr.
16. Question: If the mother was not able to get food on distribution days, what happens to this product?
Answer: Dairy products that the parent does not show up for within three days are considered unclaimed.
Within one day, a medical organization redistributes unclaimed good nutrition in favor of newly registered children who are entitled to free provision of good nutrition.
A child whose parent does not show up for dairy products within three days is entitled to adequate nutrition until the end of the grace period, excluding days during which no food was provided.
17. Question: Who can get baby food in the dairy kitchen except parents?
Answer: This may be a relative (grandmother, grandfather, sister, etc.) who must have a prescription and a power of attorney.
18. Question: My child gets free baby food, but he doesn't eat the yogurt included in the meal. Can I receive a set without kefir?
Answer: A measure of social support in the form of gratuitous provision of special dairy products and mixtures according to doctors' prescriptions (complete nutrition) is issued in full and is not divided into parts.
19. Question: I brought a certificate from social security to the local pediatrician on February 21. The doctor said that they would only put my baby on the baby food list from mid-March. Is it legal? And why can't I receive groceries from March 1st?
Answer: Medical institutions update the lists of children for receiving baby milk food every five days. Therefore, your child must be included in the application for infant milk formula from March 1st.
20. Question: My child and I live in Tatarstan, but we are registered in Saransk. Can my sick child receive free infant formula?
Answer: Financing of expenses for free provision of baby food is carried out at the expense of the budget of the Republic of Tatarstan, therefore, children are provided, permanently residing in the Republic of Tatarstan, registered as outpatients at the place of residence in medical organizations of the republic.
21. Question: Is a child with a disability under the age of three entitled to free children's meals?
Answer: The presence of a disability is not included in the list of categories that have the right to provide free food for children.
22. Question: Why can baby milk be stored for 3 months if it is an organic product and there are no additives?
Answer: The manufacturer of children's dairy products, ZMK JSC, uses a progressive method of heat treatment - milk ultra-pasteurization. At the same time, vitamins and microelements are preserved in milk. Pathogenic microorganisms and spores are killed, which lead to rapid deterioration of the product.
The product is bottled in a multi-layer hermetic package, which ensures the storage of the product during the expiration date. The entire production and bottling process takes place under sterile conditions and in a closed system.
23. Question: Who controls the supply of free baby milk products?
Answer: Delivery of free baby food (quantity, quality of packages, return and replacement of baby food) is monitored all days of the week by specialists from the Dairy Nutrition Department of the Dispatch Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Phone for consultations: (843) 221-16-95, 221-16-90.
Dairy kitchen who is entitled to and how to apply for free food
In most regions, after the birth of a newborn, families are provided with material assistance in the form of free food. Products are issued at special points. Instead of food packages, additional cash benefits may be assigned.
The article reveals the concept of "dairy cuisine", and you will also find out who is entitled to free food, how to get it and what nuances exist.
Article contents
○ Calculation of maternity benefit.
○ What is a dairy kitchen?
○ Who gets free meals?
○ Methods of receiving baby food
✔ Putation transfer at issuing points
✔ Obtaining a “children's” bank card
○ Feedback Power supply
✔ The necessary package of documents
✔ Conclusion of a pediatrician
✔ Statement
○ Card registration
✔ In what cases is
✔ Drawing up a statement
✔ The necessary package of documents
✔ Additional documents from incomplete families
○ What products are issued to the child?
○ Product issues
○ The recipe for the dairy kitchen
○ Lawyer tips:
✔ Is it possible to arrange a dairy kitchen for a child-arbitrarier 7 years old, if the family is poor?
✔ Can HIV-positive mothers count on government assistance in the form of a dairy kitchen?
○ Video.
○ What is a dairy kitchen?
Dairy Kitchen is a form of financial support given to pregnant women and young children in the form of special meals.
In accordance with part 3 of article 52 of the Law on the basics of protecting the health of citizens dated November 21, 2011 No. 323-FZ:
“3. The provision of adequate nutrition for pregnant women, nursing mothers, as well as children under the age of three years, including through special food outlets and trade organizations, is carried out at the conclusion of doctors in accordance with the legislation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Each subject has regional regulations that establish the procedure for providing free meals to privileged categories.
○ Who gets free meals?
Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and babies under the age of three are eligible for adequate nutrition under federal law.
In specific regions, in accordance with local legislation, an individual list of persons in need of social security may be established.
Thus, in the Moscow region, the norms of laws dated February 27, 2006 No. 26/2006-OZ, dated March 1, 2006 No. 27/2006-OZ, dated November 14, 2013 No. 132/2013-OZ, 08/23/2013 No. 663/38, dated 02/12/2008 No. 90/5, orders of the Ministry of Health dated 01.12.2017 No. 300-r.
Benefit categories include:
- Children aged 0 to 3 years.
- Pregnant women from 12 weeks to childbirth.
- Nursing mothers within six months after childbirth, if the baby is receiving breast milk.
In Moscow, by order of the Department of Health of 04/06/2016 No. 292, the following are included in the list of beneficiaries:
- Babies under the age of 3 years.
- Nursing mothers.
- Children from large families who are under 7 years old.
- Disabled children.
- Pregnant women.
- Children under the age of 15 with chronic diseases (oncology, chronic glomerulonephritis, hemoblastoses).
○ Ways to get baby food
You can get baby food as a free food package or a special benefit. Each region decides this issue independently.
✔ Food distribution at distribution points
Products are distributed through distribution points in the Murmansk, Saratov, Belgorod regions, Moscow and the Moscow region, and other regions.
Food packages are collected on the basis of standards that are approved for each category of beneficiaries. The composition differs depending on the region and the decision of the pediatrician.
✔ Receive a "children's" bank card
In the Penza, Leningrad, Voronezh, Amur regions, instead of food, they pay a special allowance intended for buying food. In St. Petersburg, children's bank cards are issued.
Users can use them to purchase only permitted goods in stores from the approved list.
You cannot withdraw cash from an ATM.
○ Registration of food distribution
Consider the procedure for issuing meals using the example of the Moscow Region. In other regions, the rules may differ slightly.
Therefore, we recommend that you clarify this point with a gynecologist in a antenatal clinic or a pediatrician in a children's clinic.
✔ Required package of documents
To receive free meals, you must complete an application in the approved form and prepare a package of documents.
Attached to the application:
- Passport with registration stamp in Moscow or Moscow region.
- Birth certificate (if the food package will be given to a nursing mother or child).
- Doctor's report.
- Recipe.
✔ Pediatrician's report
For a woman, an obstetrician-gynecologist issues a report, for a child - a pediatrician. First, a medical examination is carried out and the results are recorded in the medical record.
Then they are determined with the term of imprisonment.
The document is issued for the following period:
- For a month (pregnant women, nursing mothers, babies up to a year).
- For three months (children aged one to three years).
Further, on the basis of a doctor's opinion, a prescription for free meals is filled out every month. They are transferred to the administration of the municipality of the region, which allocates subventions for the purchase of a food package. The issuance of products is carried out by special points at the medical institution.
✔ Application
An application form has been approved for residents of Moscow and the Moscow Region. Citizens living in other regions should clarify this information in relation to their region.
The following information is entered in the application:
- Position, full name of the head of the medical organization.
- Full name of the pregnant woman, nursing mother, legal representative of the child.
- Request to be included in the meal list.
- Date and signature of the applicant.
Sample application
Source: consultant. ru
○ Issuing a card
Residents of St. Petersburg receive social cards that allow them to purchase products from a special list.
The procedure for the sale of goods and services using plastic cards is established by part 4 of article 20 of the Social Code of St. Petersburg:
"4. The sale of goods and services using plastic cards is carried out by organizations, individual entrepreneurs who have passed the qualification selection. At the same time, the right to sell goods and services using plastic cards should be granted to at least three organizations, individual entrepreneurs.
✔ In what cases is it allowed
It is allowed to use a social card only for non-cash payments.
Cash withdrawal is not provided. Banking services are provided by the Bank of St. Petersburg. It is allowed to purchase products with the card only in those stores that are included in a special list.
✔ Compiling an application
To receive a card, you need to fill out an application for a specific type of allowance addressed to the municipality administration. Together with inclusion in the list of beneficiaries, a plastic card is automatically issued.
The following must be entered in the application:
- Full name of the applicant.
- Address of residence.
- Passport data.
- Phone, e-mail.
- Type of allowance.
- List of papers.
- Date and signature.
✔ Required package of documents
Depending on the situation, attach to the application:
- Applicant's passport.
- Certificate of registration in a medical institution for pregnant women.
- Child's birth certificate.
- Certificate of registration of a minor at the place of residence.
✔ Additional documents from single parent families
If a woman is raising a child alone, additionally you need to bring:
- Certificate of registration and divorce.
- Information about the establishment of paternity.
- Other papers as needed.
○ What food is given to the child?
It is not federally mandated which foods should be given to children. The subjects of the Russian Federation decide this issue on their own.
Standard list includes:
- Mixtures.
- Kashi.
- Baby milk.
- Kefir, cottage cheese.
- Puree.
- Juices.
- Fruit teas.
- Baby water.
○ Norms for issuing products
Norms for issuing meals are set by regional authorities individually for each category.
So, in accordance with the Decision of the Penza City Duma dated February 20, 2015 No. 88-6/6, children who receive breast milk are given the following number of products:
Infants of the first year of life, who are on artificial and mixed feeding, receive the following norms of products:
Children of the second year of life are given: in a day. The prescription is issued for one month. In some cases, it can be extended for three months. The decision is made by the doctor on the basis of a medical examination and a conclusion about the health of the woman or child. Meals for a preschool child under 7 years old are not issued in all regions. Each region deals with this issue differently. For example, in the Chelyabinsk Region, the Ministry of Health adopted Order No. 493 dated March 29, 2016, according to which children born to HIV-infected mothers are provided with adapted milk formulas. To be included in the preferential list, you must provide an extract from the history of the development of the newborn indicating the diagnosis code according to ICD-10 Z 20. ○ Expiration date of the prescription for dairy cuisine
○ Legal advice:
✔ Is it possible to arrange a dairy kitchen for a 7-year-old preschool child if the family is poor?
So, in Moscow, the norms of the order of the Department of Health of 04/06/2016 No. 292 are in force, which include this category of persons in the list of beneficiaries. Together with the standard list of papers, you need to provide a certificate of a large family, a certificate of the presence of chronic diseases. Residents of other constituent entities of the Russian Federation should check with the medical organization whether they are entitled to a benefit in accordance with local legislation. ✔ Can HIV-positive mothers count on government assistance in the form of a dairy kitchen?
