Nearly 127,000 people utilize the WIC program in Alabama. To find out all the foods available through your WIC benefits, select your state below. Time spent in line will also be cut down because participant authentication will be managed through the use of a participant PIN, eliminating the need for the cashier to verify the signature on the check with the signature on the WIC ID folder.Īdditionally, the WIC customer will no longer be required to separate individual family member’s WIC items during checkout. Some of the foods available through the WIC program include eggs, cheese, infant and adult cereal, fruits and vegetables, canned fish, peanut butter and canned beans and peas and more. Since the move to e-WIC will eliminate paper checks, it will reduce paperwork and streamlining back end processing, which means that store’s will receive credit within 24 to 48 hours of food benefits being redeemed by program participants.
This database will be updated regularly to ensure all authorized WIC items are available for purchase.”ĪDPH officials say that this system will reduce the number of non-approved WIC items being purchased, because non-WIC items will be identified during scanning. DC Health Search form Featured Services HAHSTA Epidemiology and Surveillance Report 2020 Follow DC Health on Twitter Upcoming Events Latest Whats New.
Alabama WIC will maintain the UPC database with the assistance of our authorize WIC vendors.
“Each WIC approved item will be maintained in the Universal Product Code (UPC) database, providing stores with a more accurate description of WIC approved items.