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Presbyterian Hospital Community Health Services

• Women, Infant, Children (WIC) Program
  
  Site 1:
  
  Christina Diaz,
  Nutritionist Coordinator
  
  626 West 165th Street
  4th Floor, Area 1
  (between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue)
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-305-7122
  Fax: 212-305-8407
  
  Hours:
  Monday through Thursday:
  8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
  Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  
  Site 2:
  
  Jean Paul Roggiero,
  Nutritionist Coordinator
  
  630 West 170th Street
  (between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue)
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-928-0307
  Fax: 212-928-8632
  
  Hours:
  Monday through Thursday:
  8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
  Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  
  Site 3:
  
  Cristina Diaz,
  Nutritionist Coordinator
  
  New York-Presbyterian Hospital
  Vanderbilt Clinic Building
  622 West 168th Street
  4th Floor, Area 1
  New York, NY 10032
  
  Tel: 212-305-7122
  Fax: 212-305-8407
  
  Hours:
  Monday through Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
  Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
  
  The Women, Infant, Children Program (WIC) provides nutrition education, health assessment and referral, as well as supplemental food vouchers for pregnant women, infants and children under five years of age who are at nutritional or medical risk with a family income that meets federal poverty guidelines. Supplemental food vouchers are used to purchase iron-fortified formula, milk, vitamin-fortified fruit juices, cheese, eggs, beans, peanut butter and iron-fortified cereals. In addition, breastfeeding women can use their food vouchers to purchase tuna fish, carrots, and beans. The program encourages regular healthcare through referrals to private community physicians, pediatric and prenatal services within the hospital’s Ambulatory Care Network Corporation (ACNC). Referrals are also made to other healthcare agencies, such as social services and food stamps. WIC’s primary goal is to influence the health and nutritional status of women, infants, and children in this community by providing proper nutrition and healthcare during critical stages of growth and development. The program encourages regular and routine medical care and proper immunization schedules. Through nutrition education, WIC mothers learn good eating and health habits, which convey long-term benefits that continue after WIC eligibility expires.