Johnson County Public Well being opens clinic for WIC program on the North Liberty Neighborhood Heart

Johnson County Public Health (JCPH) is happy to announce three new clinics that can provide the providers of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in North Liberty and Coralville. WIC is a diet training and meals help program for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum girls and youngsters as much as 5 years of age. WIC will help households discover different wanted assets like medical doctors, dentists and medical insurance coverage. I-Smile providers can even be provided to youngsters and pregnant individuals at these clinics which features a dental screening, fluoride varnish, training and referral to a dentist.

JCPH is providing WIC clinics all through Johnson County to enhance the accessibility to providers for county residents particularly the place transportation is a barrier. “We analyzed the addresses of households presently receiving WIC and households who’re eligible for Medicaid to determine clusters of the place they stay and websites for clinics to shut these clusters. We anticipate this can assist households already on WIC in addition to appeal to households who’ve by no means been on WIC attributable to transportation points,” mentioned Chuck Dufano, WIC Coordinator for Johnson County.

Clinics might be open month-to-month from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following websites in North Liberty and Coralville:

Second Tuesday of the month starting Oct. 11
North Liberty Neighborhood Heart
520 W. Cherry Avenue
North Liberty, IA
Decrease Degree – Gerdin Convention Room

Third Thursday of the month starting Oct. 20
North Liberty Baptist Church
1215 Jordan Avenue
North Liberty, IA
Church sanctuary

Fourth Tuesday of the month starting Oct. 25
Coralville United Methodist Church
806 – thirteenth Avenue
Coralville, Iowa
2nd Degree lecture rooms

For extra info or to make an appointment, please contact WIC Coordinator Chuck Dufano at 319-356-6042.