Mid-Shore WIC serves Caroline, Dorchester, and Caroline Counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. 

WIC is a federal program that provides free healthy supplemental foods and breastfeeding support for pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children under age 5. WIC also helps other kinds of families with young children (such as adoptive and foster families), single dads, or women who have experienced miscarriage or women who have placed a baby up for adoption. 

The WIC program is one of the most successful governmental programs, with a demonstrated positive impact on the health and wellbeing of participants. Mid-Shore WIC serves nearly 3,000 people in our region each year, creating long-lasting benefits to our participating families and children.  

• WIC reduces fetal deaths and infant mortality.
• WIC reduces low birthweight rates and increases the duration of pregnancy.
• WIC improves the growth of nutritionally at-risk infants and children.
• WIC decreases the incidence of iron deficiency anemia in children.
• WIC improves the dietary intake of pregnant and postpartum women and improves weight gain in pregnant women.
• Pregnant women participating in WIC receive prenatal care earlier.
• Children enrolled in WIC are more likely to have a regular source of medical care and have more up to date immunizations.
• WIC helps get children ready to start school: children who receive WIC benefits demonstrate improved intellectual development.
• WIC significantly improves children’s diets.

Visit the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service WIC page for more information on these positive outcomes, including references.

Mid-Shore WIC is a local agency of the Maryland WIC Program. Maryland WIC operates under the umbrella of the Maryland Department of Health and supervises local agencies like ours. 

The Maryland WIC website is another great source of information about the WIC program. We encourage you to check it out. 

The Mid-Shore WIC team is committed to helping families and children thrive!

Mid-Shore WIC is a great place to work and make a difference. Our employees are Maryland State government employees, working for the local WIC agency.

Mid-Shore WIC is a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. 

The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. mail:
   U.S. Department of Agriculture
   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
   1400 Independence Avenue, SW
   Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. fax:
   (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. email:
   Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.