About...

WIC provides  nutrition education, nutritious foods and breastfeeding education and support to women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, infants and children under the age of 5 years.  The WIC Program is an important part of  good health care during important times of growth and development for children to make sure they are healthy and don't get serious health problems. 

Program Services

WIC Provides:

• Nutrition assessment, education and counseling
• Vouchers to use at major grocery stores for nutritious foods including milk, eggs, cheese, cereal, fruit juice and peanut butter or dried beans
• Referral to health and social service providers
• Breastfeeding education and support

Who Is The Program For?

WIC is for people who live in Franklin County that are pregnant or breastfeeding, infants and children until their 5th birthday, that meet income guidelines (are within 185% of the poverty level for their household) and are at risk for medical or nutritional problems.     

How To Use The Program

Call 645-7280 for the location closest to you or choose from the clinics below.  Call the clinic to schedule a first appointment.   

Bring proof of household income, identification (ID) that includes birth date, children under the age of 5 with ID that includes birth date, proof of address and if pregnant, a physician statement  that will verify due date.

Cost

An applicant/participant must meet specific income guidelines to participate in WIC. The sections which follow contain the Ohio WIC program income guidelines and definitions of an economic unit, earned income, and unearned income. These sections provide information about determining applicable income. This information includes treatment of public assistance income, income that is not counted, verification of earned and unearned income, and calculating countable income.

Ohio WIC program income guidelines are based on FNS income guidelines for reduced-priced school meals established under Section 9 of the National School Lunch Act. FNS adjusts its income guidelines on or before July 1st of each year based on annual adjustments in the revised poverty income guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). FNS multiplies the HHS poverty income guidelines and increment for each additional economic unit member by a factor of 1.85, and rounds the results upward to the nearest whole dollar amount. As a result of using this formula, the Ohio WIC program income guidelines are equal to185% of the HHS poverty income guidelines.

In order to be eligible for WIC, the gross countable income of the economic unit, of which the applicant/participant is a member, must be less than or equal to the Ohio WIC program income guidelines for economic unit size provided in the chart below.

OHIO WIC PROGRAM INCOME GUIDELINES
Economic Unit       Annual               Monthly          Twice Monthly  Biweekly         Weekly
1	$18,889	$1,575	$ 788	$ 727	$ 364
2	25,327	2,111	1,056	975	488
3	31,765	2,648	1,324	1,222	611
4	38,203	3,184	1,592	1,470	735
5	44,641	3,721	1,861	1,717	859
6	51,079	4,257	2,129	1,965	983
7	57,517	4,794	2,397	2,213	1,107
8	63,955	5,330	2,665	2,460	1,230
9	70,393	5,867	2,934	2,708	1,354
10	76,831	6,403	3,202	2,956	1,478
11	83,269	6,940	3,470	3,203	1,602
12	89,707	7,476	3,738	3,451	1,726
13	96,145	8,013	4,007	3,698	1,849
14	102,583	8,549	4,275	3,946	1,973
15	109,021	9,086	4,543	4,194	2,097
16	115,459	9,622	4,811	4,441	2,221

Location

Columbus Public Health WIC
240 Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43215
Hours vary
Telephone: 645-6764
Fax: 645-8253

East Central Health Center
1180 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43205
Hours vary
Telephone: 645-5553 or 645-3640
Fax: 645-5551

Southside John Maloney Health Central
3781 S. High Street, Columbus, OH 43206
Monday - Thursday all day, Closed Friday
Telephone: 645-3131 or 645-3132
Fax: 645-2475

Franklinton
1204 West Broad St. Columbus, OH 43222
Hours Vary
Telephone: 645-6437

Linden Pediatrics &  CPH Prenatal Clinic
1390 Cleveland Ave.,Columbus, OH 43211
Prenatal: Tuesday morning, Thursday all day
Telephone: 294-2498
Fax: 294-4645
Prenatal Dietitian: 645-1966
Prenatal Fax: 294-4645

Nationwide Children's Hospital - Outpatient Care Center
700 Children's Dr.,  Columbus, OH 43205
Monday-Friday all day
Telephone: 722-2685
Fax: 722-3067

Nationwide Children's Hospital West
441 Industrial Mile, Columbus, OH 43228
Hours vary
Telephone: 278-3377
Fax: 278-3380

WIC West
3850 Sullivant Ave., Columbus, OH 43228
Monday through Thursday all day, Friday 7:30-11:30
Telephone: 645-3621 or 645-3622
Fax: 645-2476

Mt. Carmel Hospital
793 State St., Columbus, OH 43222
Hours vary
Telephone: 645-7236
Fax: 645-2477

OSU Hospital
456 W. 10th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
Monday through Thursday,  all day, Friday 7:30-11:30
Telephone: 293-5180
Fax: 645-2480

Eastland
3933 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus,. OH 43227
Monday through Thursday all day, Friday 7:30-11:30
Telephone: 645-3623 or 645-3624
Fax: 645-2474 

Whitehall
579 Yearling Rd., Columbus, OH 43213
Monday through Friday all day
Telephone: 236-3357
Fax: 236-3353

Olentangy
1275 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, OH 43212
Open all day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Telephone: 297-5347
Fax: 299-8927

Northland
1120 Morse Rd., Columbus, OH 43229
Monday through Thursday all day, Friday morning 7:30-11:30am
Telephone: 645-3072 or 645-3073
Fax: 645-2471

Hours

Hours vary depending on location. 
Evening appointments until 6:00 pm on Tuesdays. 
Hours Mondays, Wednesday and Thursdays 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. 
Closed Friday afternoons.

Program Publications

Breastfeeding Help List
local resources, books and websites

Resources and Links

WIC Program - Description, Ohio Department of Health

WIC Program Eligibility

WIC Nutrition Education

Contact Us

(614)  645-7280
Health@columbus.gov