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Public Assistance in Oakland
Below are the listings of public assistance programs in Oakland. Our Oakland listings include 7 public assistance programs that help people with low income in different areas.
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Native American Health Center - Oakland Wic Location: Oakland, CA - 94601 Contact Phone: (510) 434-5300 Details: WIC is a supplemental nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children providing nutritious food (via prescriptive checks), individual counseling and nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to other needed services to at-risk, low-to-moderate income women and children up to the age of five. Native American Health Center WIC provides our services in 4 languages: English, Spanish, Mam & Vietnamese. We have an extensive breastfeeding program to help promote, educate, and support breastfeeding in individual and group settings. In addition to this, we also have Breastfeeding Peer Counselors that support breastfeeding mothers and their babies. Our program also offers electric pumps for working mothers and those who are going back to school. WIC provides families with healthy food vouchers which include: milk, cheese, eggs, whole grains, cereal, beans or peanut butter, juice, vegetables, and fruits. WIC also helps families connect to other resources in Alameda County and San Francisco County to support overall health of families. |
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Alameda County Public Health Department - North Oakland Wic Location: Oakland, CA - 94609 Contact Phone: (510) 595-6400 Details: WIC (Women, Infants & Children) is a national nutrition education program that promotes healthy eating. Clients get nutrition advice, help with breastfeeding, referrals to other community services. They also get special checks to buy healthy food items such as fruits and vegetables, milk, cheese, whole grains, cereals, pure juice, and eggs. Studies show that clients who get WIC have healthier pregnancies and healthier children. WIC serves pregnant and breastfeeding women and parents raising infants or children under the age of 5 years. Foster parents, guardians and single fathers who have custody of their children can also get WIC. You must be low income to get WIC. WIC looks at your family income before taxes, and your family size. Working families can get WIC. |
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Alameda County Public Health Department - Eastmont Mall Wic Location: Oakland, CA - 94605 Contact Phone: (510) 595-6400 Details: WIC (Women, Infants & Children) is a national nutrition education program that promotes healthy eating. Clients get nutrition advice, help with breastfeeding, referrals to other community services. They also get special checks to buy healthy food items such as fruits and vegetables, milk, cheese, whole grains, cereals, pure juice, and eggs. Studies show that clients who get WIC have healthier pregnancies and healthier children. WIC serves pregnant and breastfeeding women and parents raising infants or children under the age of 5 years. Foster parents, guardians and single fathers who have custody of their children can also get WIC. You must be low income to get WIC. WIC looks at your family income before taxes, and your family size. Working families can get WIC. |
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La Clínica De La Raza Inc. - Fruitvale Neighborhood Wic Location: Oakland, CA - 94601 Contact Phone: (510) 535-4110 Details: La Clínica's Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support and supplemental food to pregnant/postpartum mothers, infants, and children under 5 years old. Staff utilize Learner Centered Education and Motivational Interviewing to help patients make healthy lifestyle changes. |
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La Clínica De La Raza Inc. - San Antonio Neighborhood Health Center Wic Location: Oakland, CA - 94606 Contact Phone: (510) 272-1500 Details: La Clínica's Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support and supplemental food to pregnant/postpartum mothers, infants, and children under 5 years old. Staff utilize Learner Centered Education and Motivational Interviewing to help patients make healthy lifestyle changes. |
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West Oakland Health Council - East Oakland Health Center Wic Location: Oakland, CA - 94621 Contact Phone: (510) 430-9401 Details: Women, Infants and Children’s Nutritional Supplement Program, (W.I.C.) a program providing nutrition counseling and free supplemental food for pregnant women and children up to 5 years of age. |
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West Oakland Health Council - West Oakland Health Center Wic Location: Oakland, CA - 94607 Contact Phone: (510) 835-9610 Details: Women, Infants and Children’s Nutritional Supplement Program, (W.I.C.) a program providing nutrition counseling and free supplemental food for pregnant women and children up to 5 years of age. |