Bottom Dollar Grocery Store Accepting WIC Vouchers

Bottom Dollar Food, which has a new location at the Brownsville Plaza in Baldwin Borough, is now participating in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental food and nutrition program, according to a Feb. 17 press release from the Allegheny County Health Department.

WIC, a federally funded program, provides supplemental foods, health care referrals and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to 5 years of age who are found to be at nutritional risk.

WIC families receive nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support and food vouchers redeemable at participating grocery stores for infant formula; infant cereal; milk; eggs; cheese; juice; cereal; peanut butter; whole grains, including bread, tortillas, oatmeal and rice; soy milk; tofu; jarred baby foods; dry or canned beans; canned tuna, sardines and pink salmon; and fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables.

For more information about WIC and how to apply for benefits, call the Allegheny County Health Department WIC Program at 412-350-5801 or 800-WIC-WINS (942-9467).

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