Theresa,

I am not sure about other states, but in MS, we do not have coupons. We
pick up our WIC at a food distribution center. Those responsible take
great care to shop judiciously, and many items change (brand names)
frequently. The $$ not spent on food items is provided to our
Breastfeeding program. These $ are additional to our staffing budget,
and are used to provide hospital grade pumps to the moms of preemies.
But, I digress. These food packages contain:

Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women:
28 quarts total milk products.....
1 pound cheese
1 box nonfat dry milk
1-12oz can evap milk
16 1qt boxes UHT 2% milk
3-16oz cartons pastuerised eggs
36 oz cereal
9-8oz cartons juice concentrate
1# dry beans/peas OR 1-8oz jar peanut butter.

If Exclusively BF (not receiving any ABM from WIC)

add to the above package:
1-8oz carton juice concentrate
1# dry peas/beans OR 1-8oz jar peanut butter
4-6oz cans tuna
2-16oz cans carrotts
1# cheese

Non-Breastfeeding postpartum women receive:

12 qts UHT 2% milk
1# cheese
1 pkg dry nonfat milk
1 120z can evap milk
3 16oz cartons past. eggs
36oz cereal
6-8oz cartons juice concentrate

I am not a nutritionist, so I do not know what % of their diet this
package is supposed to represent. I know I find it hard to use all up,
but I do not eat my daily reccommended minimums. This package certainly
does not represent 3-5 servings of fruit or vegetables each day, even if
you consider juice a fruit. I am not much of a cereal person, so I am
not sure if 36 oz represents 10 servings from the bread group/day.  You
do the math...
While it is true these are not popular food choices, I do not believe
they represent what we in the US consider a month's worth of groceries,
even if you ate them exclusively. And realistically, does anyone believe
that only the WIC receipient eats these foods, and everyone else in the
household buys separate groceries?

WIC is a SUPPLEMENTAL food program.

Infants receive up to 403 fl oz ABM concentrate, OR up to 9# powder, OR
up to 806 floz ready to feed.
For some babies this is enough to last all month. for others not. Again
I have no experience mixing or feeding formula, so I do not know if all
the babies for whom this is enough are getting over-diluted ABM or
not....

Do these quantities hold true with coupon useage?

Laura Wright

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