WIC serves families through crisis

Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) continues to provide critical services to San Marcos families amid COVID-19 closures. 

The WIC program has instituted new procedures to safely provide food services in a critical time when many families are losing income. New procedures include safe office distancing and an expansion of the eligible foods available for participants.

Central Texas WIC (counties of Hays, Comal, Guadalupe and Caldwell) clinics are now set up to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards through a storefront drop-off without face-to-face interaction. A WIC provider will load the benefits and distribute the card through the system identified as most accessible for each location. 

The certification process for both existing WIC clients and new applicants has been expedited and many processes waived to ensure families get their benefits when they need them.

Unfortunately due to stock piling, grocery stores are experiencing shortages of some items. This can prove challenging to families with WIC benefits, who can only use WIC to purchase certain foods. The Texas WIC office has expanded the approved foods list to reduce barriers when clients are trying to shop for WIC foods. By temporarily lifting these restrictions, the new flexibility will allow clients to more easily access the food they need.  These flexibilities should only be utilized when prescribed food items are unavailable.

 For current updates, visit the Central Texas WIC Facebook page or Official Central Texas WIC Website.