State of New Jersey
Department of Health
Governor Phil Murphy · Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver
Improving Health Through Leadership and Innovation
The 2017 list of approved WIC foods and supplements is now available in both English and Spanish.
Click here for the new additions to the list in English/Spanish.
View/Download the WIC Foods List (English)
New Jersey WIC is a public health nutrition program that provides education, nutritious food and improved access to health care and social services for low or moderate-income pregnant women, new mothers and children younger than five years of age. New Jersey WIC helped about 147,450 residents in 2017.
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New Jersey WIC is implementing a new system called WOW.
This WOW system will generate WIC checks and CVVs with a new design.
Official Announcement
WIC is open for business during the current Federal Government shutdown. Please keep your WIC appointments! Or call 1-800-328-3838 to schedule a WIC appointment.
The New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children is commonly known as WIC. WIC is a successful public health nutrition program that provides wholesome food, nutrition education and community support for income eligible women who are pregnant and post-partum, infants and children up to five years old.
If you are a current WIC participant or are seeking to enroll in WIC benefits, this section contains information that you need.
Healthcare professionals are important partners for New Jersey WIC.
WIC partners with many farmers and farmers' markets around the state. Participants can use WIC funds to purchase selected fresh farm goods.
Information for retail vendors who currently or seek to work with the WIC program.
WIC programs help provide low income New Jersey seniors with the nutritional support they need to lead healthy lives.
Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A.
Commissioner
P.O. Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625
New Jersey is home to over 2,000 licensed hospitals, nursing homes, and medical care facilities. The New Jersey Department of Health works to ensure that citizens receive appropriate levels of care in every regulated facility.
New Jersey's local and county health departments are community-based public health service and a first point of contact for questions about public health services or health conditions.
