Peoria County WIC is the place for questions, answers, concerns, and thoughts about nutrition, resources and breastfeeding for mom, baby, and children age five and under. WIC is a Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. It is a federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for healthcare and nutritio
n of low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants and children under the age of five. We'll try to monitor this site daily, but we are not replacing your medical provider. As always, for emergencies contact your medical provider or 911. We reserve the right to monitor, prohibit, restrict, block, suspend, terminate, or delete any comments, posts, media, or users that are unlawful, threatening, profane, abusive, harassing, racist, s*xist, defamatory, slanderous, obscene, embarrassing, infringe on another person's privacy, or represent political or business sales. This will be determined at the sole discretion of Peoria City/County Health Department.
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In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, s*x (including gender identity and s*xual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
[email protected]
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.