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You may be eligible for Food Stamps. If your income is low, you may be eligible for Food Stamps that will enable you to buy healthy food from many stores. Food stamps are available to households of all descriptions, including families, couples without children, individuals, seniors, disabled persons, legal immigrants and victims of family violence. Eligibility depends on several factors like income, household size, resources, etc. The current resource limit is $2,000. (For seniors, the resource limit is $3,000.) Learn more about income guidelines here.
Pilot Program Enables Use of Food Stamps at Farmers' Markets
You can now use your Family First Card to buy nutritious produce at participating farmers’ markets throughout the state. Many farmers’ markets were not able to accept the card until recently because they didn’t have access to the electricity or telephone line needed to process transactions online. The pilot program, launched in August 2009, provides farmers with the wireless equipment they need to process these transactions. The farmers will be able to use this equipment at the various farmers’ markets around the state where they sell their produce. Find a Farmer’s Market near you.
You can apply for Food Stamps online or go to your local Board of Social Services. To apply online, click here. For more information call 1-800-687-9512.
Find your local Board of Social Services here.
You may be eligible for NJ WIC
NJ WIC is a program that is designed to provide funds for the purchase of healthy food to low-income women, who are pregnant, postpartum, or breastfeeding infants; and their other children up to age 5.
If you are:
- Pregnant (up to six weeks after delivery)
- Postpartum (up to six months after delivery)
- Breastfeeding (up to one year if you continue breastfeeding)
- An infant
- A child under five years old
AND
- You have a nutrition or medically related health risk
- Live in New Jersey (proof of residency required)
- Meet income guidelines (proof of income required)
If your family’s gross income is less than or equal to the amount shown, you may be eligible to receive WIC benefits and services.
WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011) |
48 Contiguous States, D.C., Guam and Territories |
Family Size |
Annual |
Monthly |
Twice-Monthly |
Bi-Weekly |
Weekly |
1 |
$20,036 |
$1,670 |
$835 |
$771 |
$ 386 |
2 |
26,995 |
2,247 |
1,124 |
1,037 |
519 |
3 |
33,874 |
2,823 |
1,412 |
1,303 |
652 |
4 |
40,793 |
3,400 |
1,700 |
1,569 |
785 |
5 |
47,712 |
3,976 |
1,988 |
1,836 |
918 |
6 |
54,631 |
4,553 |
2,277 |
2,102 |
1,051 |
7 |
61,550 |
5,130 |
2,565 |
2,368 |
1,184 |
8 |
68,469 |
5,706 |
2,853 |
2,634 |
1,317 |
Each Add'l Member Add |
+$6,919 |
+$577 |
+$289 |
+$267 |
+$134 |
WIC Offers More than Just Food
The benefits and services available through this program go beyond the WIC checks you will receive to purchase nutritious food at the grocery store. If you are eligible, you will also receive:
- Nutrition education and counseling
- Breastfeeding education and support
- Immunization screening and referrals
- Referrals for free or reduced cost health care
- Referrals to health or social services for:
- Medicaid
- Food stamps
- Family care (health care)
- TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
You may apply for WIC by contacting your local WIC agency and scheduling an appointment |
New Jersey WIC Local Agencies
(866)- 44 NJ WIC (446-5942) (toll free)
(800) 328-3838 (24 hour referral line)
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CENTRAL |
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SOUTH |
St. Joseph’s WIC Program
703 Main Street
Paterson, NJ 07503
(973) 754-4575
(800) 427-3244
monicad@sjhmc.org
Passaic WIC Program
333 Passaic Street
Passaic, NJ 07055
(973) 365-5620
passaicwic@jersey.net
North Hudson WIC Program
5301 Broadway, Lower Level
West New York, NJ 07093
(201) 866-4700
KLazarowitz@nhcac.org
rlavagnino@nhcac.org
Jersey City WIC Program
384 Martin Luther King Drive, The Hub
Jersey City, NJ 07304
(201) 547-5682
Help@JCWIC.org
East Orange WIC Program
185 Central Avenue
Suites 505 & 507
East Orange, NJ 07018
(973) 395-8960
Newark WIC Program
394 University Ave.
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 733-7707
reynoldsc@ci.newark.nj.us
UMDNJ WIC Program
Stanley Bergen Building (GA-06)
65 Bergen Street
Newark, NJ 07107
(973) 972-3416
Jacobsva@umdnj.edu |
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Trinitas WIC Program
1124 East Jersey Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07201
(908) 994-5141
aotokiti@trinitas.org
Plainfield WIC Program
510 Watchung Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060
(908) 753-3397
Prema.achari@plainfield.com
NORWESCAP WIC Program
350 Marshall Street
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 454-1210
(800) 527-0125
quinnn@norwescap.org
VNA of Central Jersey
WIC Program
888 Main Street
Belford, NJ 07718
(732) 471-9301
Concerned Citizens of Ewing WIC Program
80 West Upper Ferry Road
Fisk Professional Center, 2nd Floor
Ewing, New Jersey 08628
(609) 498-7755
kelly.ryan@wicmercer.org
Ocean County WIC Program
175 Sunset Avenue
P.O. Box 2191
Toms River, NJ 08754
(732) 341-9700 Ext. 7520
(800) 342-9738
megmccarthy@ochd.org |
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Atlantic City WIC Program
City Hall, 1st Floor
1301 Bacharach Boulevard
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 347-5656
kgesler@cityofatlanticity.org
Burlington County WIC Program
Raphael Meadow Health Center
15 Pioneer Boulevard
P.O. Box 6000
Westampton, NJ 08060
(609) 267-4304
ddas@co.burlington.nj.us
Camden County WIC Program
Mt. Ephraim Plaza
2600 Mt. Ephraim Avenue
Camden, NJ 08104
(856) 225-5050
kkachur@camdencounty.com
Gloucester County WIC Program
204 East Holly Avenue
Sewell, NJ 08080
(856) 218-4116
kmahmoud@co.gloucester.nj.us
Tri-County WIC Program
10 Washington Street
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
(856) 451-5600
jvelpuri@tricountycaa.org |
| Source:http://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/wic/localagencies.shtml (2.10.11) |
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When you go to apply for WIC you should bring the following documentation with you:
- Proof of identity
- Proof of pregnancy
- Proof of income
- Proof of residency
- Your Healthcare Referral Form (if completed by your health care provider)
- Your child's Universal Child Health Record (if completed by your health care provider)
- Your child's vaccination record
** The adult and all child applicants must be present at the appointment.
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