The Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) is a nutrition program offered by the Chickasaw Nation. WIC Clinics are located in Ada, Ardmore, Tishomingo, Sulphur, Pauls Valley, Purcell and Duncan.

WIC is designed to assist in meeting the health and nutrition needs of growing children from the prenatal period up to age five. The WIC Program offers nutrition education to teach families about nutritious choices, along with a supplemental food package high in protein, calcium, iron and vitamins A and C. The WIC Program helps people improve their diet, get immunizations and health care if needed and promotes breastfeeding as the best method for feeding infants.

To participate in the Chickasaw Nation WIC Program you must:

1. Be a pregnant or breastfeeding woman, or have had a baby in the past six months, or have a child up to five years of age.

2. Meet income guidelines.

3. Have a nutritional screening at the WIC office to see if you are at nutritional risk.

Homeless persons are served immediately upon request if the above criteria are met. Standards for participation in the program are the same for everyone regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability.

The WIC food package includes milk, cheese, fruit juice, eggs, cereal, carrots, tuna and peanut butter or dry beans/peas and infant formula for infants if needed. WIC has Peer Counselors available to assist mothers who choose to breastfeed in having a successful experience. Electric breast pumps are available for use by WIC participants at Carl Albert Indian Health Facility, Chickasaw Nation tribal headquarters (Ada), and Chickasaw Nation WIC Clinics in Ardmore, Tishomingo, Sulphur, Pauls Valley, Duncan, and Purcell.

In the summer months the Chickasaw Nation WIC participants are eligible for Farmers Market Nutrition Program checks for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables at local farmers markets.

For more information about the Chickasaw Nation WIC program, please call (580) 436-7255. WIC has a toll free number for your convenience. The toll free number is 1-888-436-7255.

In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.