WIC Highlights
What is our total monthly caseload for our local WIC agency?
What is 8,500?
This federal agency recognized our WIC program in 2025 with the Breastfeeding Excellence Award for outstanding support of breastfeeding families.
What is the USDA, Food and Nutrition Service
The USDA Breastfeeding Award of Excellence recognizes local WIC agencies for their outstanding support of breastfeeding mothers and aims to improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates among WIC participants. Memorial Hospital was recognized as Premier.
Our OneRoof Southeast WIC Clinic set an initial goal of 600 clients by December 2023. Approximately how many families do we serve monthly today?
What is 800 families
Families in ZIP codes 46613 and 46614 now enjoy walkable access to WIC services, eliminating transportation barriers. Parents often share how convenient it is to combine appointments with other on-site resources, including mental health services with walk-in availability and a childcare center. In warmer months, children play on the safe, on-site playground before or after appointments, turning a routine visit into a positive and engaging experience.
Our local WIC agency operates this many clinics and sites each month?
Answer: What is 8 sites (5 clinics, 2 hospitals, and 1 satellite clinic)?
South Bend
Southeast
Mishawaka
North Liberty
Plymouth
Starke
Memorial
St. Joseph Hospital
In what state was the first WIC clinic opened in 1974?
Answer: What is Kentucky?
The first WIC clinic officially opened in Pineville, Kentucky on January 15, 1974. By the end of that year, WIC was operating in 45 states.
WIC operates domestically in the U.S., but through the WIC Overseas Program, it also serves eligible military families abroad. As of recently, the program is available in approximately 12 countries, including Germany, England, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Portugal, various Central American locations, and Iceland.
WIC just celebrated their 50th anniversary