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Good Neighbor Programs
 
    PHONE: 402-564-9931 or 800-395-7862
ADDRESS: 2282 E. 32nd Ave., Columbus, NE 68601

WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

The Nebraska Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program provides food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant women, infants, and children under five years of age healthy and strong.
If you are eligible, you will receive nutrition information and counseling, referrals to other services, and checks to buy foods such as: milk, cheese, eggs, tuna fish, cereal, fruit juice, infant formula, peanut butter, carrots, and dried beans and peas.

SERVICES OFFERED

  • Counseling on how to use WIC foods to
    improve health
  • Checks to buy foods that help keep you
    healthy and strong
  • Immunization screening and referrals
  • Discussions on food shopping, recipes, taking care of babies, and breastfeeding education Information on good eating during pregnancy and breastfeeding and how to feed your child
  • Referrals to doctors, health centers, dentists, and programs like Food Stamps, ADC, and Medicaid

Services are available in English and Spanish

  • Schuyler WIC: 402-352-3488
  • Boone/Nance WIC: 402-395-3248

COST OF SERVICES

Eligibility and income guidelines (English) 

BROCHURES AND INFORMATION

Breastfeeding

LINKS

Who qualifies for WIC?
Is breastfeeding for me?
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Medicaid
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