HOW DO I BECOME A WIC CLIENT?
- Call 817-321-5400 to schedule a WIC appointment at your local WIC office.
- To find your local WIC office, visit the WIC Clinic locations page or Texas WIC locator.
- You must apply in person at your local WIC office and bring the child who is applying.
- Bring the following documents to your WIC appointment:
1) Identification for both parent/guardian applying AND for child applying for WIC, such as:
- Birth certificate
- Driver's license/ID card (school, employee or official)
- Social Security card
- Immunization record
- Military ID
- Medicaid, Food Stamps or TANF letter/form (applicant must be identified as a recipient of benefits)
- Foster placement letter
- WIC Lone Star card, if you already receive WIC
- Passport
- Baby’s ID can be: Crib card, Immunization Record or Baby Hospital ID bracelet
2) Proof of your current address, with your name and complete address with zip code on it, such as:
- Utility Bill (water, electric or phone)
- Lease agreement or letter from your landlord
- A business letter
- A signed letter from a person you are living with and their proof of address with their name on it.
- A voter’s registration card
- Letter from a homeless shelter
- Medicaid, Food Stamps or TANF letter/form
- Foster placement letter
- Or you can complete and bring in WIC-R02, Residency form (Must be accompanied with proof of address and completed by utility bill holder)
****** P.O. BOXES are NOT allowed as proof of address ******
3) Proof of income for everyone in the same household, such as:
- All current income for the last 30 days
- Child support statement (can be printed from Child Support website, www.childsupport.oag.state.tx.us) or by calling 1-800-252-8014.
- Social Security benefits statement (to retain a copy of award letter, call 1-800-772-1213)
- Unemployment statement (debit card issued cannot be used as proof of unemployment income)
- Signed statement from employer, with employer name and contact phone number
- WIC-19b, Employment verification form, must be completed by your employer and signed by actual employee to be released
- WIC-19a, Assistance documentation form (if your household has NO income but receives assistance from family, friends or an organization) (THEY CANNOT LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD!!!)
- WIC-32, Applicants statement of Farm/Self Employed
- If you currently receive Medicaid, Food Stamps or TANF, you will need to bring the current copy of your eligibility forms
4) Immunization Records for infants and children, if available.
If you don't have any of the items listed above or have questions, call the WIC Appointment Line to find out what you should bring to your appointment. If you are unable to bring all required documents to your appointment, benefit issuance may be delayed.
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