New debit card available soon to WIC recipients

Next year, Missouri’s Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly called WIC, will begin giving monthly benefits to qualifying mothers/parents on a debit card.

It’ll be called e-WIC.

The State Department of Health and Senior Services information says more than 100,000 Missourians participate.

The program provides breastfeeding support and nutritious foods to pregnant women, infants and children up to five years old.

The new program will start at different times, depending on where recipients live in the state.