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Blog Post: WIC Shopping in the COVID-19 Emergency
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AppWashington WIC has a smartphone app! The WICShopper app helps simplify shopping for your WIC foods
  1. Install the WICShopper app from your app store.
  2. Select Washington.
  3. Register your WIC Card:
    • If you don’t have a card, select Do Not Register. You can still use most of the app features.
    • If you have a card, enter in the card number on both lines and select Register Card (PDF).
  4. Start using the app features. 
​App Features
  • Scan foods using Scan Barcode to see what is WIC allowed.
  • View the WIC Allowable Foods list.
  • Use I Couldn't Buy This! to report a food that you think is WIC allowed and you can't buy at the store.
  • Use the Farmers Market Nutrition Program button to find out where and how to use your farmers market checks.
  • Look for Yummy Recipes!
  • Register your WIC Card and use My Benefits to see your latest benefit balance.
  • Find a WIC Office or a WIC Store.
  • Use the Produce Calculator and Cereal Calculator while you shop.

Shopper App Tips
Know your WIC food benefits

You’re only allowed to buy foods in your WIC food package. Even if a food scans “WIC allowed,” it may not be allowed for you to buy as part of your WIC benefits. For example, canned fish must be listed in your food package for you to buy it at the store. You have to have your WIC Card registered in your app or the app won’t know what items are allowed in your family’s food benefits....

Individual WIC benefits and WICShopper app
If you have a WIC Card, you can register it to your WICShopper app.
Once registered you’ll have access to:
  • Up-to-date WIC food benefit balances.
  • Notifications when benefits are about to expire.
  • Ability to scan food items and know:
    • Is this a WIC allowed item?
    • Can I purchase this with my current benefit balance?
  • Updated Cereal and Produce calculators to help keep track of and use benefits.
Fresh fruits and vegetablesFresh fruits and vegetables will scan as "Not a WIC Item" even though most fresh produce is WIC allowed. Check out WIC Allowable Foods on your app for any rules about buying fresh fruits and vegetables

What is WIC?

 The Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition ProgramWIC is a place where families, like yours, get healthy food and a lot more. WIC is for pregnant women, new and breastfeeding moms, and children under 5. WIC made a difference for over 304,000 women, infants and children in Washington in 2014. Almost half of all babies in our state are on WIC. WIC helps improve the health of mothers and children through:
  • Nutrition education
  • Monthly checks for healthy food
  • Health screenings and referrals
  • Breastfeeding Support

WIC Eligibility

Eligibility depends on household size and income.
  • WIC is a nutrition program for pregnant women, new and breastfeeding moms, and children under five.
  • Dad, grandparents, and other caregivers of children under the age of five may also sign kids up for WIC.
  • Foster children under age five and foster teens who are pregnant are eligible for WIC.
  • If you or your family member are on Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or Basic Food you may be eligible for WIC too.
  • Many working families and military families are eligible for WIC.

WIC Income Guidelines

Number of people
in your household*
Maximum annual income
to qualify
Maximum monthly income
to qualify
2
$31,284
$2,607
3
$39,461
$3,289
4
$47,683
$3,970
5
$55,815
$4,652
6
$63,992
$5,333
7
$72,169
$6,015
*If you are pregnant, include each unborn child in household size.

Find out if WIC can help your family.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; fax: (202) 690-7442; or email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

  Updated 5/11/2018