Women, Infants, and Children

The City of Laredo WIC Program

The City of Laredo WIC Program is your family’s partner in health every step of the way. WIC benefits are for pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up to their 5th birthday. The WIC program offers personal nutrition and breastfeeding support, helps you buy the foods that you and your children need to stay healthy, and helps you find other health-care services near you.  Come to Texas WIC to get the services, support and inspiration you need to eat right, have a healthy pregnancy, breastfeed successfully and raise amazing kids!

WIC is a nutrition program for women, infants, and children < 5 years old.

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Our program offers multiple clinics all over Texas! Find the nearest for your convenience.

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If you are on Medicaid, TANF, or SNAP you meet the income eligibility guidelines for WIC.

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WIC Eligibility

Who can apply?

  • Pregnant women
  • Women who are breastfeeding a baby under 1 year of age
  • Women who have had a baby in the past six months
  • Parents, step-parents, guardians, and foster parents of infants and children under the age of 5 can apply for their children
  • If you have a job or if you have private health insurance, you can still apply for WIC.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Meet the income guidelines.
  • Be at nutritional risk.
  • Live in Texas.
 

How to Become a WIC Client:

What does WIC provide and who receives the benefits?

WIC provides nutrition education, nutritious foods package, referrals to health and human services and breastfeeding support. Food benefits are issued for each client.

Clients receive individual nutrition counseling and nutrition classes.

Breastfeeding

Clients receive encouragement and instruction in breastfeeding. In many cases, breastfeeding women are provided breast pumps free of charge. WIC helps clients learn why breastfeeding is the best start for their baby, how to breastfeed while still working, Dad’s role in supporting breastfeeding, tips for teens who breastfeed, how to pump and store breastmilk, and much more.

Nutritious Foods

The WIC packages includes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat milk, yogurt, and baby food in addition to cereal, eggs, juice, peanut butter and beans. Overall, WIC offers a variety of foods to help you make smart choices for you and your family.

What is a Baby Café?

Baby Cafés are free, drop-in, informal breastfeeding support groups offering ongoing professional lactation care and intervention.
Most are open for 2 hours at least once a week.

Baby Café
2201 Saltillo St (inside Santo Niño WIC program)
Every Tuesday 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM by appointment
(956) 795-2488

The City of Laredo
WIC Program

Clinic Hours of Operation

1301 Ladrillera Health Promotion Center

2100 Pinder (956) 795-2487

Laredo, Texas 78040

Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:00 - 6:00

1302 Santo Nino Health Promotion Center

2201 Saltillo St. (956) 795-2488

Laredo, Texas 78046

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1303 Cedar Health Promotion Center

2600 Cedar (956)795-4943

Laredo, Texas 78041

Monday - Thursday
8:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1305 Farias Health Promotion Center

1210 Philadelphia (956) 795-2482

Laredo, Texas 78042

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1306 Rio Bravo Health Promotion Center

1600 Orquidia Lane (956) 795-2174

Rio Bravo, Texas 78046

Tuesday & Thursday
9:00 - 6:00

1307 Larga Vista Health Promotion Center

5401 Cisneros (956) 717-3538

Laredo, Texas 78043

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1310 Northwest Health Promotion Center

10224 Atlanta Dr. (956) 712-4015

Laredo, Texas 78046

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1311 CLHD LMC WIC Clinic

1700 E. Saunders #455 (956) 727-9253

Laredo, Texas 78041

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1312 Hebbronville WIC Clinic

517 W. Viggie (361) 527-9135

Hebbronville, TX 78361

Tuesdays & Thursdays
9:45 - 1:00
2:00 - 5:00

1313 Zapata WIC Clinic

101 1st Street (956) 765-8442

Zapata, TX 78076

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 1:00
2:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 12:00
1:00 - 5:00

1318 Alice WIC Clinic

2041 E. Main St. Ste 500 (361) 453-4033

Alice, TX 78332

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1319 Live Oak County WIC Clinic

301 Houston St. (361) 449-2733 x1065

George West, TX 78022

2nd & 4th Thursday of the month
9:45 - 1:00
2:00 - 5:00

1320 Kingsville WIC Clinic

1403 E. Corral (361) 592-2022

Kingsville, TX 78363

Monday - Thursday
9:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 5:00

1322 Falfurrias WIC Clinic

125 E. Miller (361) 325-2600

Falfurrias, TX 78355

Monday & Wednesday
9:00 - 1:00
2:00 - 6:00
Friday
8:00 - 12:00
1:00 - 5:00