Food Directory - Independent Living Program

Service Planning Area (SPA) 1
Food Services
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL - LANCASTER WIC SITE
Agency AKA's: ANTELOPE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
701 W. Ave. K, Ste. 104
Lancaster, CA 93534
(661) 949-5805 (Service/Intake)
Service Types: Food Vouchers
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
This is a supplemental food program that provides food vouchers and nutrition education for pregnant
women, new and/or breastfeeding mothers, infants, and children younger than five who live in the
Antelope Valley. Services include breast pumps, breastfeading support programs, food vouchers,
nutrition education, pregnancy/childbirth support groups and WIC. Intake is centralized and services
are provided at various community sites. Eligible applicants meet federal low-income guidelines and
have been determined to be at nutritional risk by a health professional; they may include undocumented
women. When funding is cut, services may only be provided to pregnant women and children younger
than age one.
The program provides vouchers that are redeemed at authorized stores for specified foods such as mild,
eggs, cheese, juice, peanut butter, beans and infant formula. Vouchers are issued monthly and must be
used within 30 days. Participants also receive regular medical assessments. If eligibility continues,
women may participate in WIC for as long as six months after their baby is born or up to one year if they
are breastfeeding, or earlier, if the nutritional problem is resolved. Infants and children may participate
until age five unless the nutritional problem is solved first.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Call the program office to apply. A medical referral, attesting to pregnancy or nutritional risk, is required,
as are proof of income and residence; medical referral forms are mailed to all applicants. Eligible
applicants are referred to the clinic nearest them.
FEES/PAYMENT SOURCE
There are no fees for service.
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